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ST. VINCENT AGENTS
Gee Shipping
Services - St
Vincent
Shipping Agents
TRANS-OCEAN
SHIPPING
AGENCY
Granby
Street
PO BOX 1627
Kingstown
Tel: (784)
457 1435
Email:
tosashipping@yahoo.com
Email:
posa@vinafurt.com
Tel:
(784)-45-71435
Fax:
(784)-45-62864
Contact:
Curtis
B.Dennie
Government
Offices
St. Vincent & The
Grenadines Chamber of Industry & Commerce
P.O. Box 134
Coreas Building
Hillsborough Street
Kingstown
St. Vincent
W.I
Tel: (001) 784 457 1464
Fax: (001) 784 456 2944
Email:
svgcic@caribsurf.com
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Port Operator: |
St.
Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority |
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Dock Facilities: |
Specialised
container reach stackers.
Tractor trailer system and forklift trucks |
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Area: |
11.7 hectares. Berths: 6
(run continuously) |
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Port Operator: |
St. Vincent
Port
Authority Council |
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Dock Facilities: |
Mobile cranes,
capacity 17 tonnes.
Tractor trailer system and forklift trucks |
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Area: |
32,000 square feet berths:
600 feet section |
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Capital:
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Kingstown |
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Official Language: |
English |
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Total population: |
109,022 |
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Area: |
388sq.km |
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GDP: |
US$ 103m
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Currency: |
Eastern Caribbean
Dollar (EC$) |
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Time zone: |
GMT 4 |
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Dialling code: |
001 784 |
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Business hours: |
8am - 12 noon 1pm - 4pm
Monday - Friday |
St. Vincent
St. Vincent
heads a string of 32 low-lying islands and cays which
stretch South towards
Grenada.
It is volcanic with a densely forested central area
around its active volcano,
Soufriere,
that erupted last in 1979. The banana industry is the
main plank of the Vincentian economy although the
Island
is trying to diversify.
The
manufacturing sector is growing and includes garments,
milling, concrete and furniture.
St Vincent is
situated in the Windward Islands at the lower end of the
Caribbean chain; the Grenadines comprise a chain of
little islands and rocks between St Vincent and
Grenada.
Since 1979 it has been an independent nation within the
British Commonwealth.
Unemployment,
at 19% remains a problem in
St Vincent and the Grenadines.
The economy is mainly agricultural, although both
tourism and light manufacturing have been expanding.
Bananas account for almost half of export revenue. The
fishing subsector is also growing. Luxury tourism is
developing on the small islands, but the substantial
tourist potential is limited by lack of access, as the
airport at Arnos Vale cannot accommodate large aircraft
or direct international flights.
Corporations are
taxed at 40%, although there are some exemptions. There
is no capital gains tax, but personal income tax ranges
from 10-55%.
St. Vincent and
the Grenadines
have no railways. There is a major deep water port at
Kingstown.
The main civilian airport, ET Joshua, is located at
Arnos Vale, about 3 km from
Kingstown,
and there is a minor service to Mustique, Canouan,
Union
Island
and Bequia
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