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Saint Pierre & Miquelon Economy
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| Economy - overview: |
The inhabitants have traditionally earned their livelihood by fishing and by servicing fishing fleets operating off the coast of Newfoundland. The economy has been declining, however, because of disputes with Canada over fishing quotas and a steady decline in the number of ships stopping at Saint Pierre. In 1992, an arbitration panel awarded the islands an exclusive economic zone of 12,348 sq km to settle a longstanding territorial dispute with Canada, although it represents only 25% of what France had sought. The islands are heavily subsidized by France to the great betterment of living standards. The government hopes an expansion of tourism will boost economic prospects.
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| GDP: |
purchasing power parity - $74 million (1996 est.); supplemented by annual payments from France of about $60 million
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| GDP - real growth rate: |
NA%
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| GDP - per capita: |
purchasing power parity - $11,000 (1996 est.)
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| GDP - composition by sector: |
agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%
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| Population below poverty line: |
NA%
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| Household income or consumption by percentage share: |
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
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| Inflation rate (consumer prices): |
2.1% (1991-96 average)
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| Labor force: |
3,000 (1997)
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| Labor force - by occupation: |
fishing 18%, industry (mainly fish-processing) 41%, services 41% (1996 est.)
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| Unemployment rate: |
9.8% (1997)
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| Budget: |
revenues:
$70 million
expenditures:
$60 million, including capital expenditures of $24 million (1996 est.)
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| Industries: |
fish processing and supply base for fishing fleets; tourism
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| Industrial production growth rate: |
NA%
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| Electricity - production: |
40 million kWh (1999)
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| Electricity - production by source: |
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
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| Electricity - consumption: |
37.2 million kWh (1999)
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| Electricity - exports: |
0 kWh (1999)
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| Electricity - imports: |
0 kWh (1999)
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| Agriculture - products: |
vegetables; poultry, cattle, sheep, pigs; fish
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| Exports: |
$12 million (f.o.b., 1999)
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| Exports - commodities: |
fish and fish products, soybeans, animal feed, mollusks and crustaceans, fox and mink pelts
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| Exports - partners: |
US 43%, Egypt 14%, Japan 11%, Colombia 8% (1999)
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| Imports: |
$55 million (f.o.b., 1999)
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| Imports - commodities: |
meat, clothing, fuel, electrical equipment, machinery, building materials
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| Imports - partners: |
France 44%, Canada 40% (1999)
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| Economic aid - recipient: |
approximately $65 million in annual grants from France
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| Currency: |
French franc (FRF); euro (EUR)
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| Exchange rates: |
euros per US dollar - 1.06594 (January 2001), 1.08540 (2000), 0.93863 (1999); French francs per US dollar - 5.8995 (1998), 5.8367 (1997), 5.1155 (1996)
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| Fiscal year: |
calendar year
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