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Economy
Overview: Bermuda enjoys one of the highest per capita incomes
in the world, having successfully exploited its location
by providing luxury tourist facilities and financial services.
The tourist industry attracts more than 90% of its business
from North America. The industrial sector is small, and
agriculture is severely limited by a lack of suitable land.
About 80% of food needs are imported.
GDP: $1.3 billion, per capita $23,000; real growth rate 2.0%
(1989 est.).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.8% (1988).
Unemployment: 2.0% (1988).
Budget: revenues $280 million; expenditures $279 million,
including capital expenditures of $34 million (FY89 est.).
Exports: $23 million (f.o.b.,1985); commodities--semitropical
produce, light manufactures; partners--US 25%, Italy 25%,
UK 14%, Canada 5%, other 31%.
Imports: $402 million (c.i.f., 1985); commodities--fuel,
foodstuffs, machinery; partners--US 58%, Netherlands Antilles
9%, UK 8%, Canada 6%, Japan 5%, other 14%.
External debt: NA.
Industrial production: growth rate NA%.
Electricity: 134,000 kW capacity; 446 million kWh produced,
7,680 kWh per capita (1989).
Industries: tourism, finance, structural concrete products,
paints, pharmaceuticals, ship repairing.
Agriculture: accounts for less than 1% of GDP; most basic
foods must be imported; produces bananas, vegetables, citrus
fruits, flowers, dairy products.
Aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-81), $34 million;
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-87), $267 million.
Currency: Bermudian dollar (plural--dollars); 1 Bermudian
dollar (Bd$) = 100 cents.
Exchange rates: Bermudian dollar (Bd$) per US$1--1.0000 (fixed rate).
Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March.