total, 13 elected) PDM 11, PNP 2

_#_Communists: none

_#_Member of: CDB

_#_Diplomatic representation: as a dependent territory of the UK, the
interests of the Turks and Caicos Islands are represented in the US by
the UK;

US--none

_#_Flag: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant and the colonial shield centered on the outer half of the flag;
the shield is yellow and contains a conch shell, lobster, and cactus

_*_Economy
_#_Overview: The economy is based on fishing, tourism, and offshore
banking. Subsistence farming--corn and beans--exists only on the Caicos
Islands, so that most foods, as well as nonfood products, must be
imported.

_#_GDP: $44.9 million, per capita $5,000; real growth rate NA% (1986)

_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%

_#_Unemployment rate: 12% (1989)

_#_Budget: revenues $12.4 million; expenditures $15.8 million,
including capital expenditures of $2.6 million (FY87)

_#_Exports: $2.9 million (f.o.b., FY84);

commodities--lobster, dried and fresh conch, conch shells;

partners--US, UK

_#_Imports: $26.3 million (c.i.f., FY84);

commodities--foodstuffs, drink, tobacco, clothing;

partners--US, UK

_#_External debt: $NA

_#_Industrial production: growth rate NA%

_#_Electricity: 9,050 kW capacity; 11.1 million kWh produced,
1,140 kWh per capita (1990)

_#_Industries: fishing, tourism, offshore financial services

_#_Agriculture: subsistence farming prevails, based on corn and beans;
fishing more important than farming; not self-sufficient in food

_#_Economic aid: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral
commitments (1970-88), $100 million

_#_Currency: US currency is used

_#_Exchange rates: US currency is used

_#_Fiscal year: calendar year

_*_Communications
_#_Highways: 121 km, including 24 km tarmac

_#_Ports: Grand Turk, Salt Cay, Providenciales, Cockburn Harbour

_#_Civil air: Air Turks and Caicos (passenger service) and Turks
Air Ltd. (cargo service)

_#_Airports: 7 total, 7 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways;
none with runways over 2,439 m; 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

_#_Telecommunications: fair cable and radio services; 1,446
telephones; stations--3 AM, no FM, several TV; 2 submarine cables; 1
Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

_*_Defense Forces
_#_Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK
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_@_Tuvalu
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 26 km2;