The 1994 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

$465 million (f.o.b., 1992)

       commodities:

       machinery, foodstuffs, construction materials, chemicals, fuel,

       electrical components

       partners:

       US 33%, UK 11%, Trinidad and Tobago 11%, Japan 5%

       External debt:

       $652 million (1991 est.)

       Industrial production:

       growth rate −1.3% (1991); accounts for 10% of GDP

       Electricity:

       capacity:

       152,100 kW

       production:

       540 million kWh

       consumption per capita:

       2,118 kWh (1992)

       Industries:

       tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export,

       petroleum

       Agriculture:

       accounts for 6% of GDP; major cash crop is sugarcane; other crops -

       vegetables, cotton; not self-sufficient in food

       Economic aid:

       recipient:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70–89), $15 million; Western

       (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970–89), $171

       million

       Currency:

       1 Barbadian dollar (Bds$) = 100 cents

       Exchange rates:

       Barbadian dollars (Bds$) per US$1 - 2.0113 (fixed rate)

       Fiscal year:

       1 April - 31 March

      @Barbados, Communications

      Highways:

       total:

       1,570 km

       paved:

       1,475 km

       unpaved:

       gravel, earth 95 km

       Ports:

       Bridgetown

       Merchant marine:

       2 oil tankers (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 44,466 GRT/76,219 DWT

       Airports:

       total:

       1

       usable:

       1

       with permanent-surface runways:

       1

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       0

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       1

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       0

       Telecommunications:

       island wide automatic telephone system with 89,000 telephones;

       tropospheric scatter link to Trinidad and Saint Lucia; broadcast

       stations - 3 AM, 2 FM, 2 (1 is pay) TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT

       earth station

      @Barbados, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Royal Barbados Defense Force, including the Ground Forces and Coast

       Guard, Royal Barbados Police Force

       Manpower availability:

       males age 15–49 70,751; fit for military service 49,330

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $10 million, 0.7% of GDP (1989)

      @Bassas da India

      Header Affiliation: (possession of France)

      @Bassas da India, Geography

      Location: Southern Africa, in the southern Mozambique Channel about halfway between Madagascar and Mozambique Map references: Africa Area: total area: NA km2 land area: NA km2 comparative area: NA Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 35.2 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: claimed by Madagascar Climate: tropical Terrain: a volcanic rock 2.4 meters high Natural resources: none Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 100% (all rock) Irrigated land: 0 sq km Environment: current issues: NA natural hazards: surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones international agreements: NA Note: navigational hazard since it is usually under water during high tide

      @Bassas da India, People

      Population: uninhabited

      @Bassas da India, Government

      Names:

       conventional long form:

       none

       conventional short form:

       Bassas da India

       Digraph:

       BS

       Type:

       French possession administered by a Commissioner of the Republic,

       resident in Reunion

       Capital:

       none; administered by France from Reunion

       Independence:

       none (possession of France)

      @Bassas da India, Economy

      Overview: no economic activity

      @Bassas da India, Communications

      Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

      @Bassas da India, Defense Forces

      Note: defense is the responsibility of France

      @Belarus, Geography

      Location:

       Eastern Europe, between Poland and Russia

       Map references:

       Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States - European States, Europe,

       Standard Time Zones of the World

       Area:

       total area:

       207,600 sq km

       land area:

       207,600 sq km

       comparative area:

       slightly smaller than Kansas

       Land boundaries:

       total 3,098 km, Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 605 km, Russia

       959 km, Ukraine 891 km

       Coastline:

       0 km (landlocked)

       Maritime claims:

       none; landlocked

       International disputes:

       none

       Climate:

       cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental

       and maritime

       Terrain:

       generally flat and contains much marshland

       Natural resources:

       forest land, peat deposits

       Land use:

       arable land:

       29%

       permanent crops:

       1%

       meadows and pastures:

       15%