AND AREA | 27,750kms (Western one-third of the Caribbean island Hispaniola |
POPULATION | 11,263,079 million ( 2019) |
CAPITAL | Port-au-Prince (Geographic coordinates: 18 32 N, 72 20 W) |
LANGUAGE | French and Creole |
CURRENCY | Gourde (HTG) 1 US$ = 72.57 HTG (Nov 2018) |
SYSTEM OF GOVT. | Elected Govt. Executive powers vested in the President |
HEAD OF STATE (PRESIDENT) | Mr Jovenel MOISE |
HEAD OF GOVT. | Mr Fritz-William Michel (Acting PM) |
FOREIGN MINISTER | Bocchit Edmond |
AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS | Coffee, mango, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum, wood |
INDUSTRIES | Sugar refining, floor milling, textiles and cement |
GDP (PPP) | US$ 21 billion (PPP basis, 2018 est World Economics) |
EXPORTS | US$ 1,65 billion est ) |
IMPORTS | US$ 5,64 billion (The world bank 2018 est ) |
MAJOR ITEMS OF EXPORT | Coffee, oil, cocoa, Mango |
MAJOR ITEMS OF IMPORT | food, manufactured goods, machinery, transport Equipment, Fuels, raw materials. |
MAJOR BUSINESS PARTNERS | USA, Dominican Republic, Canada and Colombia |