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Economy
Overview: The economy has traditionally been based on agriculture.
Sugarcane has been the primary crop for more than a century, and
in some years it accounts for 85% of exports. The government is
pushing the development of a tourist industry to relieve a high
unemployment rate that was over 30% in 1986. The economic
well-being of Reunion depends heavily on continued financial
assistance from France.
GDP: $2.4 billion, per capita $4,290 (1985); real growth rate 9%
(1987 est.).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.8% (1987).
Unemployment rate: 32.0%; high seasonal unemployment (1986).
Budget: revenues $358 million; expenditures $914 million,
including capital expenditures of $NA (1986).
Exports: $136 million (f.o.b., 1986); commodities--sugar 75%,
rum and molasses 4%, perfume essences 4%, vanilla and tea 1%;
partners--France, Mauritius, Bahrain, S. Africa, Italy.
Imports: $1.1 million (c.i.f., 1986); commodities--manufactured
goods, food, beverages, tobacco, machinery and transportation
equipment, raw materials, and petroleum products; partners--France,
Mauritius, Bahrain, South Africa, Italy.
External debt: NA.
Industrial production: growth rate NA%.
Electricity: 245,000 kW capacity; 546 million kWh produced,
965 kWh per capita (1989).
Industries: sugar, rum, cigarettes, several small shops
producing handicraft items.
Agriculture: accounts for 30% of labor force; dominant sector
of economy; cash crops--sugarcane, vanilla, tobacco; food
crops--tropical fruits, vegetables, corn; imports large
share of food needs.
Aid: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-87), $13.5 billion.
Currency: French franc (plural--francs); 1 French franc
(F) = 100 centimes.
Exchange rates: French francs (F) per US$1--5.7598 (January
1990), 6.3801 (1989), 5.9569 (1988), 6.0107 (1987), 6.9261
(1986), 8.9852 (1985).
Fiscal year: calendar year.