Suriname

Contacts

Luiz Yamasaki
Director
Middle Market

e-mail:	lyamasaki@bladex.com
t:	(55-11) 2198-9606

Ulysses Marciano
Director
Corporate Banking

e-mail:	umarciano@bladex.com
t:	(55-11) 2198-9606

Pierre Dulin
Director
Financial Institutions and Solutions

e-mail:	pdulin@bladex.com
t:	(1- 305) 358-8801

Currency exchange
07-Sep-2010

2.71 = 1US$

Asoc. Latinoamericana de Integración

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General Information

Total Population	520,000
Area	161,470 km2
Local Currency	Surinam Dollar (SRD)
Literacy	88%
Economically active population	177,840
as % of total population	34.2%
Unemployment rate	9.5%

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)	3,033 US$ millions
as % of Regional GDP	0.08% (Latin America GDP 2009 = US$ 3,928,300 millions)
GDP per Head	5,889 US$
Ranking in Latin America

Important dates

January 1 - New Year
March 15 - Holika
Holy Friday - Changes every year
Easter Monday - Changes every year
May 1 - Labor Day
July 1 - Slavery Abolition
November 25 - Independence Day
December 25 - December 26
December 26 - Tweede Kerstdaq

Economic Statistics

(years 2006 - 2009)

Suriname has a Gross Domestic Product of US$3,033MM. This is distributed by sectors in the following way: agriculture with 10.8%, having as main products paddy rice, bananas, palm kernels; industry with 24.4%, having as main products bauxite and gold mining, alumina, food procesing; and the services sector with 64.8%.

National Accounts

National Accounts	2006	2007	2008	est. 2009	proj. 2010

▲% GDP	3.9%	5.1%	4.3%	2.5%	4.0%
Nominal GDP (US$ millions)	2,130	2,424	3,033
GDP per Head (US$)	4,218	4,753	5,889
GDP by Sector		100.0%
Agriculture		10.8%
Industry		24.4%
Services		64.8%
Inflation rate	4.7%	8.3%	9.4%	-5.4%	5.5%
	-0.6%	7.1%	2.3%	-1.0%

GPD Growth

Trade Statistics

Regarding foreign trade, the European Union represents its main commercial partner buying 14.7% of Suriname exports, whereas the main export products are constituted by fuels and mining products.

Foreign Trade (2008)		See other countries

Exports		Imports

By countries		By countries
US	14.7%	US	24.0%
Canada	14.4%	EU	23.2%
Switzerland	9.1%	Trinidad & Tobago	20.6%
Guyana	6.1%	China	8.0%

By products		By products
Fuels and mining products	91.0%	Manufactures	47.7%
Agricultural products	4.0%	Fuels and mining products	15.7%
Manufactures	2.3%	Agricultural products	11.7%

Balance of Payments (US$ mill.)	2006	2007	2008	est. 2009

Exports of goods	1,408	1,359	1,708	1,500
Imports of goods	1,282	1,045	1,350	1,230
Current Account Balance	110	335	344	280
% GDP	5.2%	13.8%	11.3%

	2006	2007	2008	est. 2009

Foreign Debt Stock	391	299	316	238
% GDP	18.4%	12.3%	10.4%

Country links

Media

Ananova Surinam

International Agreements

Banco Central de Surinam

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