Names: conventional long form: Department of Martinique conventional short form: Martinique local long form: Departement de la Martinique local short form: Martinique

Capital City: Fort-de-France

Population: 436,131 (July 2006 est.)

GDP Per Capita: $14,400 (2003 est.)

Currency: euro (EUR)

Languages: French, Creole patois

Total Area: total: 1,100 sq km land: 1,060 sq km water: 40 sq km slightly more than six times the size of Washington, DC

Region: North America

Industries: construction, rum, cement, oil refining, sugar, tourism

Agriculture: pineapples, avocados, bananas, flowers, vegetables, sugarcane

Resources: coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land

Labor Force: 165,900 (1998)
agriculture: 10% industry: 17% services: 73% (1997)

Exports: $404.2 million f.o.b. (2002)
refined petroleum products, bananas, rum, pineapples

Imports: $2.307 billion c.i.f. (2002)
petroleum products, crude oil, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods

Overview: The economy is based on sugarcane, bananas, tourism, and light industry. Agriculture accounts for about 6% of GDP and the small industrial sector for 11%. Sugar production has declined, with most of the sugarcane now used for the production of rum. Banana exports are increasing, going mostly to France. The bulk of meat, vegetable, and grain requirements must be imported, contributing to a chronic trade deficit that requires large annual transfers of aid from France. Tourism, which employs more than 11,000 people, has become more important than agricultural exports as a source of foreign exchange.

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In 2007 Missouri exported $188,432 in goods to Martinique. This ranks Martinique 130^th among the 223 international buyers of Missouri goods. Missouri exports to Martinique increased from the previous year by $92,391 a change of 134.72%. State exports to Martinique have increased over the last 5 years by $132,791 a change of 238.66%. Missouri exports account for .00%. of all 2007 US exports to Martinique.