Commercial Banks' Loans and Advances on Major Economic Activities, 1987 to 1996

Values in $EC 000	Dec	Dec	Dec	Dec	Dec	Dec	Dec	Dec	Dec	Dec
Sectors	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Agriculture	9,978	11,723	15,331	13,235	15,300	16,227	16,260	31,663	46,465	45,451
Fisheries	220	224	660	350	282	574	689	1,386	1,122	1,424
Manufacturing	13,489	18,122	21,559	28,235	25,900	29,085	26,349	35,045	37,330	41,604
(1) Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages	2,614	2,768	3,273	3,659	2,128	1,948	22,000	2,490	3,712	7,620
(2) Clothing & Accessories	1,511	2,976	2,711	3,292	3,340	4,444	3,768	3,302	5,430	9,302
(3) Other Industries	9,364	12,378	15,575	21,284	20,432	22,693	20,381	29,254	28,188	24,682
Distributive Trades	60,298	54,748	85,460	94,706	103,104	114,820	110,963	136,429	167,113	178,814
Tourism	16,498	44,151	59,482	91,854	89,135	86,087	102,600	120,018	1,303,489	145,596
Entertainment & Catering	3,896	5,853	4,818	4,091	3,576	7,511	6,009	8,182	9,675	11,543
Transport	18,994	27,573	31,891	28,593	23,584	22,854	24,586	30,457	54,608	42,616
Public Utilities (gas, electricity, telephone)	2,576	5,806	4,489	11,308	16,431	19,064	15,998	27,804	18,313	21,172
Building & Construction (Construction & Land Development)	17,512	14,462	18,720	27,675	25,113	230,458	29,629	34,917	40,002	39,170
Government & Other Statutory Bodies	41,340	35,174	32,719	38,068	38,491	54,771	59,331	55,245	50,042	54,032
Professional & Other Services	6,982	13,578	20,634	20,065	20,571	34,678	40,631	53,344	65,968	73,078
Financial Institutions	1,326	2,776	1,486	2,470	2,940	14,866	7,415	9,966	11,348	8,746
Personal	163,651	210,863	270,507	282,694	319,864	348,701	413,191	425,866	432,787	532,363
(1) House & Land Purchase	81,820	117,700	143,331	154,062	177,721	194,774	228,433	252,378	260,070	293,259
(2) Durable Consumer Goods	34,409	43,672	50,253	52,514	54,348	52,245	58,587	53,123	51,666	63,104
(3) Other Personal	47,422	49,491	76,923	76,118	87,795	101,682	126,171	120,365	121,051	176,000
Other Advances	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total Loans & Advances	356,760	445,053	567,756	630,109	668,991	756,059	837,391	970,323	1,065,121	1,195,609
% of Long Term loans* to Total Loans	42.60	40.20	46.70	44.50	50.40	54.80	53.40	36.20	37.80	38.20
.. Not available for period of reference
* Long-term loans are loans over 5 years
Source: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

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