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Country Report St Maarten March 2011
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HTMLEconomic structure: Annual indicators
| 2006a | 2007a | 2008a | 2009a | 2010b | |
| GDP (US$ bn) | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| Real GDP growth (%) | 2.4 | 3.8 | 2.0 | -0.2 | 0.5 |
| Consumer price inflation (end-period; %)c | na | na | -0.4 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| Population (‘000) | 180.1 | 191.9 | 195.6 | 196.7 | 199.6 |
| Exports fob (US$ m) | 1,243.5 | 1,210.8 | 1,948.3 | 1,450.0 | 1,380.0 |
| Imports fob (US$ m) | 3,954.7 | 4,562.4 | 5,511.5 | 4,666.5 | 4,878.0 |
| Current-account balance (US$ m) | -465.5 | -1,062.9 | -1,561.0 | -669.3 | -945.0 |
| Reserves excl gold (US$ m) | 495.0 | 660.9 | 819.0 | 867.0 | 1,100 |
| Exchange rate (Naf:US$) | 1.79 | 1.79 | 1.79 | 1.79 | 1.79a |
| Note. All data are for the Netherlands Antilles unless otherwise indicated. | |||||
| a Actual. b Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. c Data are for St Maarten. | |||||
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| Origins of gross domestic product 2008 | % of total | Employment by activity, Curaçao; 2008 | |
| Financial intermediation | 16.2 | Wholesale & retail | 9,718 |
| Commerce | 12.2 | Real estate, renting | 5,929 |
| Manufacturing | 5.5 | Public administration/social security | 5,093 |
| Construction | 5.2 | Health/social work | 4,631 |
| Public utilities | 3.6 | Restaurants & hotels | 4,546 |
| Hotels & restaurants | 4.9 | Construction | 4,691 |
| Agriculture, fishing & mining | 0.6 | Financial intermediation | 4,194 |
| Other services | 51.8 | Community | 3,529 |
| GDP at factor cost | 100.0 | Total, incl others | 56,535 |
| Main destinations of exports 2008 | % of total | Main origins of imports 2008 | % of total |
| US | 18.8 | Venezuela | 59.6 |
| Guatemala | 10.4 | US | 19.3 |
| Dominican Republic | 9.2 | Brazil | 4.7 |
| Haiti | 7.3 | Italy | 3.2 |
| Singapore | 6.6 | Netherlands | 2.8 |
| Note. Unless otherwise indicated all data refer to Netherlands Antilles. | |||
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