ince NA November 1981);

Head of Government--Prime Minister Dr. Kennedy Alphonse SIMMONDS
(since 19 September 1983, previously Premier of the Associated State
since NA February 1980); Deputy Prime Minister Michael Oliver POWELL
(since NA)

_#_Political parties and leaders:
People's Action Movement (PAM), Kennedy SIMMONDS;
Saint Kitts and Nevis Labor Party (SKNLP), Lee MOORE;
Nevis Reformation Party (NRP), Simeon DANIEL;
Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM), Vance AMORY

_#_Suffrage: universal adult at age NA

_#_Elections:

House of Assembly--last held 21 March 1989
(next to be held by 21 March 1994);
seats--(14 total, 11 elected) PAM 6, SKNLP 2, NRP 2, CCM 1

_#_Communists: none known

_#_Member of: ACP, C, CARICOM, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, IBRD, ICFTU, IDA,
IFAD, IMF, INTERPOL, OAS, OECS, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO

_#_Diplomatic representation: Minister-Counselor (Deputy Chief of
Mission), Charge d'Affaires ad interim Erstein M. EDWARDS;
Chancery at Suite 540, 2501 M Street NW, Washington DC 20037;
telephone (202) 833-3550;

US--none

_#_Flag: divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a broad black
band bearing two white five-pointed stars; the black band is edged in
yellow; the upper triangle is green, the lower triangle is red

_*_Economy
_#_Overview: The economy has historically depended on the growing and
processing of sugarcane and on remittances from overseas workers. In
recent years, tourism and export-oriented manufacturing have assumed
larger roles.

_#_GDP: $97.5 million, per capita $2,400; real growth rate 4.6%
(1988)

_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5% (1989)

_#_Unemployment rate: 15% (1989)

_#_Budget: revenues $38.1 million; expenditures $68.1 million,
including capital expenditures of $31.5 million (1991)

_#_Exports: $32.8 million (f.o.b., 1989);

commodities--sugar, clothing, electronics, postage stamps;

partners--US 53%, UK 22%, Trinidad and Tobago 5%, OECS 5% (1988)

_#_Imports: $89.6 million (f.o.b., 1989);

commodities--foodstuffs, intermediate manufactures, machinery,
fuels;

partners--US 36%, UK 17%, Trinidad and Tobago 6%, Canada 3%,
Japan 3%, OECS 4% (1988)

_#_External debt: $26.4 million (1988)

_#_Industrial production: growth rate 11.8% (1988 est.); accounts
for 17% of GDP

_#_Electricity: 15,800 kW capacity; 45 million kWh produced,
1,120 kWh per capita (1990)

_#_Industries: sugar processing, touri