SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES: FROM TO LOCALITIES FROM TO LOCALITIES

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1 THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY STATION ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 16 NOVEMBER 2011, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: ARMENIA, BELGIUM, BOTSWANA, CHILE, COLOMBIA, CROATIA, DJIBOUTI, GERMANY, HUNGARY, INDIA, KENYA, KOREA, KUWAIT, MACEDONIA, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PARAGUAY, POLAND, ROMANIA, SEYCHELLES, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, SWAZILAND, TAIWAN, TANZANIA, THAILAND, UGANDA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM AND URUGUAY THE REVIEWS ARE GROUPED BY TYPE OF ALLOWANCE (SECTION A: COST-OF- LIVING; SECTION B: OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE; SECTION C: EXCHANGE RATES, SECTION D: NO CHANGES BASED ON REVIEW); THEREFORE, A COUNTRY/ MAY BE LISTED IN MORE THAN ONE SECTION OF THE MESSAGE. SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES: COUNTRY: (AM) ARMENIA COUNTRY: (BC) BOTSWANA COUNTRY: (CI) CHILE , 004, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA , 003, 999 COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA 130 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (DJ) DJIBOUTI COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY , 169, 223, 501 COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY , 999

2 COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA 112 N/C 001, 555, 556, 557, N/C 050 COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA , 003, 011, 999 COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA , 010, 035, 050, , 045, 047, 070, 176, 177, 178, , N/C 140, N/C 025 COUNTRY: (KU) KUWAIT 134 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA 118 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO 108 N/C 005, 015, 455, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, COUNTRY: (MO) MOROCCO COUNTRY: (WA) NAMIBIA COUNTRY: (PA) PARAGUAY 132 N/C 003, 999 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND 116 N/C 001, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA 136 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SE) SEYCHELLES None N/C 999, X, X

3 COUNTRY: (SN) SINGAPORE 162 N/C 001 COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA , COUNTRY: (WZ) SWAZILAND COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN 156 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND 138 N/C 001, N/C 011 COUNTRY: (UG) UGANDA COUNTRY: (TC) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 130 N/C 001, 024, COUNTRY: (UK) UNITED KINGDOM COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY , 999

4 SECTION B APPENDIX K, TABLE I - OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCES: NOTE: FOR MOST COUNTRIES, OHA TABLES ARE PUBLISHED IN LOCAL CURRENCY. ALL CURRENCY CHANGES ARE REPORTED IN SECTION C. COUNTRY: (AM) ARMENIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM BELGIUM: 1/ BE ANTWERP 055 SAME AS OTHER BRABANT PROV (INCL BRUSSELS) N/C N/C N/C N/C HAINAUT PROV (INCL CHIEVRES AND SHAPE) N/C N/C PROVINCE OF LIMBURG (KLEINE BROGEL) 040 SAME AS OTHER ZEEBRUGGE (INCL OOSTENDE) 002 SAME AS HAINAUT PROV OTHER N/C N/C N/C BELGIUM: 1/ BE ANTWERP 055 SAME AS OTHER HAINAUT PROV (INCL CHIEVRES AND SHAPE) N/C N/C N/C PROVINCE OF LIMBURG (KLEINE BROGEL) 040 SAME AS OTHER ZEEBRUGGE (INCL OOSTENDE) 002 SAME AS HAINAUT PROV OTHER N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C COUNTRY: (CI) CHILE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ CHILE: CI SANTIAGO VINA DEL MAR OTHER

5 CHILE: CI SANTIAGO VINA DEL MAR OTHER COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA CARTAGENA OTHER COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA CARTAGENA OTHER COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ KENYA: KE KISUMU MOMBASA NAIROBI OTHER KENYA: KE KISUMU MOMBASA NAIROBI OTHER

6 COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ KOREA: KS TAEJON KOREA: KS TAEJON COUNTRY: (KU) KUWAIT RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ MEXICO: MX CUIDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY MONTERREY NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER MEXICO: MX CUIDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY MONTERREY NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER COUNTRY: (PP) PAPUA NEW GUINEA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $

7 COUNTRY: (PA) PARAGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ PARAGUAY PA ASUNCION OTHER PARAGUAY PA ASUNCION OTHER COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SN) SINGAPORE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TZ) TANZANIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) COUNTRY: (UG) UGANDA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ COUNTRY: (TC) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES RATE OF EXCHANGE: $

8 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $ URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO OTHER URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO OTHER

9 SECTION C EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION: CHANGES TO ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON VALUE FLUCTUATIONS OF FOREIGN MONETARY UNITS IN RELATION TO THE U.S. DOLLAR. EXCHANGE RATES USED BY THE COMMITTEE FOLLOW: FROM TO ARMENIA BOTSWANA CHILE COLOMBIA CROATIA (COLA) HUNGARY INDIA KENYA KOREA KUWAIT MACEDONIA (COLA) MEXICO NAMIBIA PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY POLAND ROMANIA (COLA) SEYCHELLES SINGAPORE SOUTH AFRICA SWAZILAND TAIWAN TANZANIA THAILAND UGANDA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES URUGUAY EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.)

10 SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: None POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR COMM (571) , OR joseph.oconnor@dtmo.pentagon.mil

11 ADDITIONAL NOTES: 1. ALLOWANCE CHANGES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THREE OTHER SOURCES: THE NORMAL TRANSACTION FILE, DISPATCHED TO ALL DFAS FINANCE CENTERS VIA DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER (DMDC); THE PER DIEM COMMITTEE'S FTP SERVER ( AND THE WEB. THOSE OFFICES AND ORGANIZATIONS NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE ALLOWANCE CHANGES VIA ANY OF THE THREE MODES MENTIONED ABOVE SHOULD ACCESS THE DATA THROUGH THEIR NORMAL FINANCE CENTER ORGANIZATION OR PARENT AGENCY. 2. WHERE PRACTICAL, ONLY LOCALITIES WHICH WERE REVIEWED ARE LISTED. LOCALITIES NOT LISTED REMAIN UNCHANGED. NO LISTING IS DELETED UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED. 3. COST-OF-LIVING AND OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE (OHA) CHANGE CODE SYMBOLS ARE: 'D' (CHANGES BASED ON NEW COST DATA), N (NO CHANGES BASED ON NEW COST DATA) AND 'X' (CHANGES BASED ON A FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE ADJUSTMENT) 4. DATA CHANGES TO COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON REVIEW OF RETAIL PRICE SCHEDULES RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OR FROM COMMANDS. 5. DATA CHANGES TO OHA RENTAL ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON REVIEW OF DFAS FINANCE CENTER DATA AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FROM COMMANDS; CHANGES TO UTILITY/RECURRING MAINTENANCE, AND TO MOVE-IN HOUSING (MIHA)/MISCELLANEOUS ALLOWANCES ARE BASED ON REVIEW OF HOUSING SURVEYS SUBMITTED BY PERSONNEL.