Roughly 25% of soils are grown. A severe drought affected banana and sugar cane plantations, as well as cattle. The sugar industry was streamlined. A decision has it that only the Gardel sugar mill will go on working on a pledge to increase production up to 800,000 metric tons a year.
El plátano sigue representando más del 50% de las exportaciones de la isla pero existe una fuerte competencia por parte de las grandes compañías americanas de América Central, cuyos plátanos son tres veces más baratos a causa del bajísimo nivel salarial.
Roughly 25% of soils are grown. Main export items are sugar, banana, cocoa, coffee, vanilla and rum. Over two-thirds of Guadeloupe’s foreign trade is conducted with mainland France.
Since the late 1980s, tourism has been the island nation’s major income source. However, it has not been able to offset backward benefits earned in banana and sugar exports, whose sales have been hit hard by the loss of favorable trade conditions with the European Union after the enactment of the European Union Act. Guadeloupe has traditionally had a huge trade deficit, making it very dependent on the French economy for both facing off the above-mentioned deficit and for bankrolling its well-developed infrastructure.
$3.7 mil millones y 8.955 dólares per cápita El Producto Interno Bruto por sector asciende a $28.000 doláres.
The economy is based on such crops as banana, sugar cane, potatoes, coconut, coffee, cocoa, citrus fruits, vanilla, spices and tropical fruits. Such produce are also supplied to the manufacturing industry, whose main export range from sugar and rum to fruit juices. Tourism is the island’s other major income source, with a yearly inflow of over 200,000 visitors. Despite the fact that banana has mostly replaced sugar cane, many islanders continue to consider this traditional crop as a key factor in Guadeloupe’s economy. As a matter of fact, the sugar cane industry not only employs 1,000 people and yields 20% of Guadeloupe’s gross national product, but is also taken down as an indispensable element in preserving both the local culture and identity.
Air travelAir Guadeloupe makes national flights between the Nether Islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. VesselsThere are such maritime companies as Caribbean Express Catamaran Service and Trans Antilles Express, a freight carrier among the region’s main localities. BusesThere are three bus stations providing service from 5:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. TaxisTaxis fares are not officially controlled by the government.Some cabs are not outfitted with taximeters, but fares are publicly exposed for the public to see.
Miembro asociado de la AEC ( Asociación de Estados del Caribe) OEA. Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte entre el Gobierno del Canadá, el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de América y el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Tratados Bilaterales de Inversión con Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Granada, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad y Tobago
