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Jersey

1993 Edition — crown_dependency

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Communications
Airports [time series]
total: 1 useable: 1 with permanent-surface runways: 1 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 1
Ports [time series]
Saint Helier, Gorey, Saint Aubin
Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]
63,700 telephones; broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 3 submarine cables
Defense Forces
Affiliation [time series]
(territory of the US)
Note [time series]
defense is the responsibility of the UK
Economy
Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]
potatoes, cauliflowers, tomatoes; dairy and cattle farming
Budget [time series]
revenues $308.0 million; expenditures $284.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1985)
Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]
1 Jersey pound (#J) = 100 pence
Economic aid [time series]
none
Electricity [time series]
50,000 kW standby capacity (1992); power supplied by France
Exchange rates [time series]
Jersey pounds (#J) per US$1 - 0.6527 (January 1993), 0.5664 (1992), 0.5652 (1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound
Exports [time series]
$NA commodities: light industrial and electrical goods, foodstuffs, textiles partners: UK
Debt - external (External debt) [time series]
$NA
Fiscal year [time series]
1 April - 31 March
Imports [time series]
$NA commodities: machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals partners: UK
Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]
growth rate NA%
Industries [time series]
tourism, banking and finance, dairy
Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]
8% (1988 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) (National product) [time series]
GDP $NA
Real GDP per capita (National product per capita) [time series]
$NA
Real GDP growth rate (National product real growth rate) [time series]
8% (1987 est.)
Economic overview (Overview) [time series]
The economy is based largely on financial services, agriculture, and tourism. Potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes, and especially flowers are important export crops, shipped mostly to the UK. The Jersey breed of dairy cattle is known worldwide and represents an important export earner. Milk products go to the UK and other EC countries. In 1986 the finance sector overtook tourism as the main contributor to GDP, accounting for 40% of the island's output. In recent years the government has encouraged light industry to locate in Jersey, with the result that an electronics industry has developed alongside the traditional manufacturing of knitwear. All raw material and energy requirements are imported, as well as a large share of Jersey's food needs.
Unemployment rate [time series]
NA%
Geography
Area [time series]
total area: 117 km2 land area: 117 km2 comparative area: about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
Climate [time series]
temperate; mild winters and cool summers
Coastline [time series]
70 km
Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]
about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier
Disputes - international (International disputes) [time series]
none
Land boundaries [time series]
0 km
Land use [time series]
arable land: 57% permanent crops: NA% meadows and pastures: NA% forest and woodland: NA% other: NA%
Location [time series]
Western Europe, 27 km from France in the English Channel
Map references [time series]
Europe
Maritime claims [time series]
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 3 nm
Natural resources [time series]
agricultural land
Note [time series]
largest and southernmost of Channel Islands
Terrain [time series]
gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast
Government
Administrative divisions [time series]
none (British crown dependency)
Capital [time series]
Saint Helier
Constitution [time series]
unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Digraph [time series]
JE
Diplomatic representation in the US (Diplomatic representation in US) [time series]
none (British crown dependency)
Executive branch (Elections) [time series]
Assembly of the States: last held NA (next to be held NA); results - no percent of vote by party since all are independents; seats - (56 total, 52 elected) 52 independents
Executive branch [time series]
British monarch, lieutenant governor, bailiff
Flag [time series]
white with the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick (patron saint of Ireland) extending to the corners of the flag
Independence [time series]
none (British crown dependency)
Judicial branch [time series]
Royal Court
Executive branch (Leaders) [time series]
Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) Head of Government: Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief Air Marshal Sir John SUTTON (since NA 1990); Bailiff Sir Peter J. CRILL (since NA)
Legal system [time series]
English law and local statute
Legislative branch [time series]
unicameral Assembly of the States
International organization participation (Member of) [time series]
none
Country name (Names) [time series]
conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey conventional short form: Jersey
National holiday [time series]
Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]
none; all independents
Suffrage [time series]
universal adult at age NA
Government type (Type) [time series]
British crown dependency
Diplomatic representation from the US (US diplomatic representation) [time series]
none (British crown dependency)
People
Birth rate [time series]
12.79 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Death rate [time series]
10.23 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]
UK and Norman-French descent
Infant mortality rate [time series]
4.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
Labor force [time series]
NA
Languages [time series]
English (official), French (official), Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
Life expectancy at birth [time series]
total population: 76.4 years male: 73.28 years female: 79.86 years (1993 est.)
Literacy [time series]
total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%
Nationality [time series]
noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander
Net migration rate [time series]
4.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Population [time series]
85,450 (July 1993 est.)
Population growth rate [time series]
0.7% (1993 est.)
Religions [time series]
Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian
Total fertility rate [time series]
1.42 children born/woman (1993 est.)