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America * Facebook * Twitter * RSS ____________________ Submit [BUTTON Input] (not implemented)____ Travel Blog >> South America >> French Guiana >> Economy Links: French Guiana Travel Blogs (54) | French Guiana Photos (278) | French Guiana Forum | Hotels in French Guiana | Hostels in French Guiana Facts: Background | Geography | People | Government | Economy | Communication | Transportation | Military | International | Flag | Map | French Guianese Travel Journals French Guiana's Economy | French Guiana Economy [French Guiana...............................] Economy - overview: The economy is tied closely to the much larger French economy through subsidies and imports. Besides the French space center at Kourou (which accounts for 25% of GDP), fishing and forestry are the most important economic activities. Forest and woodland cover 90% of the country. The large reserves of tropical hardwoods, not fully exploited, support an expanding sawmill industry that provides sawn logs for export. Cultivation of crops is limited to the coastal area, where the population is largely concentrated; rice and manioc are the major crops. French Guiana is heavily dependent on imports of food and energy. Unemployment is a serious problem, particularly among younger workers. GDP: NA GDP - real growth rate: NA% GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $8,300 (2003 est.) GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA% (2001 est.) Population below poverty line: NA% Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% Distribution of family income - Gini index: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Labor force: 58,800 (1997) Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 18.2%, industry 21.2%, services, government, and commerce 60.6% (1980) Unemployment rate: 22% (2001) Budget: revenues: $225 million expenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105 million (1996) Industries: construction, shrimp processing, forestry products, rum, gold mining Industrial production growth rate: NA% Electricity - production: 460.1 million kWh (2002) Electricity - production by source: Electricity - consumption: 427.9 million kWh (2002) Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2002) Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2002) Oil - production: 0 bbl/day (2001 est.) Oil - consumption: 6,500 bbl/day (2001 est.) Oil - exports: NA Oil - imports: NA Oil - proved reserves: Natural gas - production: Natural gas - consumption: Natural gas - exports: Natural gas - imports: Natural gas - proved reserves: Agriculture - products: corn, rice, manioc (tapioca), sugar, cocoa, vegetables, bananas; cattle, pigs, poultry Exports: $155 million f.o.b. (2002 est.) Exports - commodities: shrimp, timber, gold, rum, rosewood essence, clothing Exports - partners: France 62%, Switzerland 7%, US 2% (2001) Imports: $625 million c.i.f. (2002 est.) Imports - commodities: food (grains, processed meat), machinery and transport equipment, fuels and chemicals Imports - partners: France 63%, US, Trinidad and Tobago, Italy (2002 est.) Debt - external: $1.2 billion (1988) Economic aid - recipient: NA Currency: Currency code: Exchange rates: Euros per US dollar - 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000) Fiscal year: calendar year Facts: Background | Geography | People | Government | Economy | Communication | Transportation | Military | International | Flag | Map | French Guianese Travel Journals __________________________________________________________________ [French Guiana...............................] Facts, Flags, Maps for all the world's countries The information here has been derived from Public Domain Sources such as the CIA World Factbook. No liability can be taken for any inaccuracies. You can use the maps, flags and facts presented here however you choose. French Guiana French Guianas flag French Guiana's Flag French Guianas map French Guiana's geography Background: First settled by the French in 1604, French Guiana was the site of notorious penal settlements until 1951. 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