St. Vincent

Geography:

Location:
- Independent state, West Indies, consisting of the island of Saint Vincent and the northern islands of the Grenadines group. Part of the Windward Islands group in the South-Eastern Caribbean Sea, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines lies south of Saint Lucia and North of Grenada.
Area:
- Total: 389 sq km (Saint Vincent 344 sq km)
- Water: 0 sq km
- Land: 389 sq km
Coastline:
- 84 km
Maritime Claims:
- Contiguous Zone: 24 nm
- Territorial Sea: 12 nm
- Exclusive Economic Zone: 200 nm
- Continental Shelf: 200 nm
Natural Resources:
- Hydropower, Cropland

Government:

Country name:
- conventional short form: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Government type: parliamentary democracy; independent sovereign state within the Commonwealth
Capital: Kingstown
Administrative divisions: 6 parishes; Charlotte, Grenadines, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint Patrick
International organization participation: ACP, C, Caricom, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ITU, OAS, OECS, OPANAL, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WTrO

Economy:

Inflation rate (consumer prices): -0.4% (2001 est.)
Industries: food processing, cement, furniture, clothing, starch
Agriculture - products: bananas, coconuts, sweet potatoes, spices; small numbers of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats; fish
Exports: $53.7 million (2000 est.)
Exports - commodities: bananas 39%, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch, tennis racquets
Imports: $185.6 million (2000 est.)
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels
Currency: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

National Policy:

Institutional Structure:

Fisheries Department. Ministry of Agriculture & Industry

Kingston, St.Vincent & the Grenadines

Telephone: 8094572070 Fax: 8094571688

Government Ministries

Office of the Prime Minister