s in the region.
Almost all consumer and capital goods are imported, with Venezuela
and the US being the major suppliers. Poor soils and inadequate
water supplies hamper the development of agriculture.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $1.92 billion (1994 est.)

GDP real growth rate: 1.8% (1994 est.)

GDP per capita: $10,400 (1994 est.)

GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.5% (1994 est.)

Labor force: 89,000
by occupation: government 65%, industry and commerce 28% (1983)

Unemployment rate: 13.4% (1993 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $209 million
expenditures: $232 million, including capital expenditures of $8
million (1992 est.)

Industries: tourism (Curacao and Sint Maarten), petroleum refining
(Curacao), petroleum transshipment facilities (Curacao and Bonaire),
light manufacturing (Curacao)

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity:
capacity: 200,000 kW
production: 810 million kWh
consumption per capita: 4,054 kWh (1993)

Agriculture: aloes, sorghum, peanuts, vegetables, tropical fruit

Illicit drugs: money-laundering center; transshipment point for
South American cocaine and marijuana bound for the US and Europe

Exports: $1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1993)
commodities: petroleum products 98%
partners: US 39%, Brazil 9%, Colombia 6%

Imports: $1.8 billion (f.o.b., 1993)
commodities: crude petroleum 64%, food, manufactures
partners: Venezuela 26%, US 18%, Colombia 6%, Netherlands 6%, Japan
5%

External debt: $1.95 billion (December 1995)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA

Currency: 1 Netherlands Antillean guilder, gulden, or florin
(NAf.) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: Netherlands Antillean guilders, gulden, or florins
(NAf.) per US$1 - 1.790 (fixed rate since 1989)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 944 km
paved: 299 km
unpaved: 645 km (1985 est.)

Ports: Kralendijk, Philipsburg, Willemstad

Merchant marine:
total: 119 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,141,003
GRT/1,490,958 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 38, chemical tanker 7, combination bulk
1, container 2, liquefied gas tanker 4, multifunction large-load
carrier 18, oil tanker 9, passenger 4, refrigerated cargo 27,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 8 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 4
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
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