MO, Interpol, IOC, NAM (observer), OAS, OECS, OPANAL, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WMO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in US: Dominica does not have an embassy
in the US
consulate(s) general: New York

US diplomatic representation: the US does not have an embassy in
Dominica; the Ambassador to Dominica resides in Bridgetown
(Barbados), but travels frequently to Dominica

Flag: green with a centered cross of three equal bands - the
vertical part is yellow (hoist side), black, and white - the
horizontal part is yellow (top), black, and white; superimposed in
the center of the cross is a red disk bearing a sisserou parrot
encircled by 10 green five-pointed stars edged in yellow; the 10
stars represent the 10 administrative divisions (parishes)

Economy
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Economic overview: The economy is dependent on agriculture and
thus is highly vulnerable to climatic conditions. Agriculture
accounts for 26% of GDP and employs 40% of the labor force.
Development of the tourist industry remains difficult because of the
rugged coastline and the lack of an international airport. Hurricane
Luis devastated the country's banana crop in September 1995;
tropical storms had wiped out one-quarter of the crop in 1994 as
well. The newly elected government is attempting to develop an
offshore financial industry in order to diversify the island's
production base.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $200 million (1995 est.)

GDP real growth rate: -1% (1995 est.)

GDP per capita: $2,450 (1995 est.)

GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: 26%
industry: NA%
services: NA% (1995)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.4% (1995)

Labor force: 25,000
by occupation: agriculture 40%, industry and commerce 32%, services
28% (1984)

Unemployment rate: 15% (1992 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $80 million
expenditures: $95.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
(FY95/96 est.)

Industries: soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement
blocks, shoes

Industrial production growth rate: -10% (1994 est.)

Electricity:
capacity: 7,000 kW
production: 30 million kWh
consumption per capita: 347 kWh (1993)

Agriculture: bananas, citrus, mangoes, root crops, coconuts;
forestry and fisheries potential not exploited

Illicit drugs: transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US
and Europe; minor cannabis producer

Exports: $48.3 million (f.o.