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Economy
Overview: Financial assistance from the US is the primary
source of revenue, with the US pledged to spend $1 billion
in the islands in the 1990s. Micronesia also earns about
$4 million a year in fees from foreign commercial fishing
concerns. Economic activity consists primarily of subsistence
farming and fishing. The islands have few mineral deposits
worth exploiting, except for high-grade phosphate. The potential
for a tourist industry exists, but the remoteness of the
location and a lack of adequate facilities hinder development;
note--GNP numbers reflect US spending.
GNP: $150 million, per capita $1,500; real growth rate NA%
(1989 est.).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%.
Unemployment rate: 80%.
Budget: revenues $110.8 million; expenditures NA, including
capital expenditures of NA (1987 est.).
Exports: $1.6 million (f.o.b., 1983); commodities--copra;
partners--NA.
Imports: $48.9 million (c.i.f., 1983); commodities--NA;
partners--NA.
External debt: $NA.
Industrial production: growth rate NA%.
Electricity: 15,000 kW capacity; 35 million kWh produced,
340 kWh per capita (1989).
Industries: tourism, craft items from shell, wood, and pearl.
Agriculture: mainly a subsistence economy; copra, black
pepper; tropical fruits and vegetables, coconuts, cassava,
sweet potatoes, pigs, chickens.
Aid: under terms of the Compact of Free Association, the
US will provide $1.3 billion in grant aid during the period
1986-2001.
Currency: US currency is used.
Exchange rates: US currency is used.
Fiscal year: 1 October-30 September.