quotas for Saint Pierre's trawlers fishing in Canadian and
Canadian-claimed waters for three years. The agreement settles a
longstanding dispute that had virtually brought fish exports to a halt.
The islands are heavily subsidized by France. Imports come primarily from
Canada and France.

_#_GDP: $50 million, per capita $7,900; real growth rate NA%
(1990 est.)

_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%

_#_Unemployment rate: 8.3% (1988)

_#_Budget: revenues $18.3 million; expenditures $18.3 million,
including capital expenditures of $5.5 million (1989)

_#_Exports: $24.1 million (f.o.b., 1988);

commodities--fish and fish products, fox and mink pelts;

partners--US 58%, France 17%, UK 11%, Canada, Portugal

_#_Imports: $61.6 million (c.i.f., 1988);

commodities--meat, clothing, fuel, electrical equipment, machinery,
building materials;

partners--Canada, France, US, Netherlands, UK

_#_External debt: $NA

_#_Industrial production: growth rate NA%

_#_Electricity: 10,000 kW capacity; 25 million kWh produced,
3,970 kWh per capita (1989)

_#_Industries: fish processing and supply base for fishing fleets;
tourism

_#_Agriculture: vegetables, cattle, sheep and pigs for local
consumption; fish catch, 20,500 metric tons (1989)

_#_Economic aid: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral
commitments (1970-88), $493 million

_#_Currency: French franc (plural--francs); 1 French franc (F) =
100 centimes

_#_Exchange rates: French francs (F) per US$1--5.1307 (January 1991),
5.4453 (1990), 6.3801 (1989), 5.9569 (1988), 6.0107 (1987), 6.9261
(1986), 8.9852 (1985)

_#_Fiscal year: calendar year

_*_Communications
_#_Highways: 120 km total; 60 km paved (1985)

_#_Ports: Saint Pierre

_#_Civil air: no major transport aircraft

_#_Airports: 2 total, 2 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways,
none with runways over 2,439 m; 1 with runway 1,220-2,439 m

_#_Telecommunications: 3,601 telephones; stations--1 AM, 3 FM, no TV;
radiotelecommunication with most countries in the world; 1
earth station in French domestic system

_*_Defense Forces
_#_Note: defense is the responsibility of France
_%_
_@_Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 340 km2; land area: 340 km2

_#_Comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Washington,
DC

_#_Land boundaries: none

_#_Coastline: 84 km

_#_Maritime claims:

Contiguous zone: