Page 1 of 15 SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDICES: Locality Loccode CCOD From To Vienna AT005 AT Other AT999 AT

Transcription

1 THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND OVERSEAS COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 16 JULY 2018, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: AMERICAN SAMOA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BENIN, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BOTSWANA, BRAZIL, BRUNEI, BULGARIA, BURKINA FASO, BURMA, CAMEROON, CANADA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CONGO, COTE D'IVOIRE, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, EGYPT, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ESTONIA, ETHIOPIA, FAEROE ISLANDS, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GHANA, GIBRALTAR, GREECE, GUAM, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDIA, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, KENYA, KOREA, KOSOVO, KUWAIT, LATVIA, LESOTHO, LIBERIA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALAYSIA, MALI, MALTA, MONTENEGRO, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NIGER, NORWAY, PARAGUAY, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, QATAR, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAINT HELENA, SENEGAL, SERBIA, SIERRA LEONE, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, TAIWAN, TAJIKISTAN, THAILAND, TOGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UGANDA, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY AND VIETNAM 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/LOCALITY MAY BE LISTED IN MORE THAN ONE SECTION OF THE MESSAGE. SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDICES: Country: (AT) Austria Change Code(s): D X Vienna AT005 AT Other AT999 AT Country: (BR) Brazil Brasilia BR001 BR Sao Paulo BR015 BR Rio de Janeiro (incl Duque de Caxias) BR005 BR Other BR999 BR Country: (CA) Canada North Bay (ON) CA045 CA Cold Lake (AB) CA009 CA Winnipeg (MB) CA081 CA Calgary (AB) CA091 CA Toronto (ON) CA069 CA Montreal (QC) CA089 CA Country: (CF) Central African Rep Central African Republic CF999 CF Country: (CL) Chile Santiago CL001 CL Greater Valparaiso Area CL004 CL Iquique CL005 CL Other CL999 CL Page 1 of 15

2 Country: (CN) China Beijing CN005 CN Other CN999 CN Shanghai CN010 CN Country: (CG) Congo Congo CG999 CG Country: (CI) Cote D'Ivoire Cote D'Ivoire CI999 CI Country: (DK) Denmark Aalborg DK001 DK Copenhagen (Island of Zealand) DK003 DK Karup (incl Baltap and Viborg) DK004 DK Other DK025 DK Country: (GQ) Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea GQ999 GQ Country: (FR) France Draguignan FR004 FR Montpellier FR009 FR Paris (City of and Environs) 4/ FR011 FR Toulouse FR014 FR Hyeres FR025 FR Le Luc FR201 FR Aix-En-Provence FR015 FR Toulon (incl St. Mandrier) FR037 FR Lorient FR100 FR Orleans FR102 FR Country: (DE) Germany Bamberg (B) DE229 DE Vilseck/Grafenwoehr (B) DE231 DE Garmisch (B) DE121 DE Oberammergau (incl Oberammergau MOD) (B) DE139 DE Frankfurt Am Main (H) DE317 DE Hamburg DE205 DE Country: (HU) Hungary Budapest HU001 HU Country: (IS) Iceland Iceland IS999 IS Page 2 of 15

3 Country: (IN) India New Delhi IN001 IN Kolkata IN557 IN Other IN999 IN Mumbai IN050 IN Chennai IN555 IN Country: (IE) Ireland Dublin IE001 IE Other IE999 IE Country: (IL) Israel Other IL001 IL Jerusalem IL002 IL Country: (IT) Italy Naples IT055 IT La Maddalena IT029 IT Aviano IT001 IT Udine IT072 IT Bologna IT005 IT Brindisi (incl San Vito Dei Normanni) IT007 IT Ghedi IT027 IT Latina IT033 IT Parma IT054 IT Poggio Renatico IT062 IT Siena IT064 IT Taranto (incl Grottaglie) IT068 IT Trapani IT070 IT Verona IT071 IT Sigonella IT067 IT Milan IT038 IT Solbiate IT066 IT Country: (KR) Korea Kimhae KR015 KR Pusan KR030 KR Seoul KR140 KR Seoul-Housing Office Approval KR175 KR Changwon (incl Chinhae, Masan) KR005 KR Osan AB (Incl Yongin) KR025 KR Weonju KR065 KR Dongducheon (incl. Camp Casey) KR177 KR Uijungbu KR176 KR Country: (KW) Kuwait Kuwait KW999 KW Page 3 of 15

4 Country: (MY) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur MY001 MY Other MY999 MY Country: (MA) Morocco Casablanca MA555 MA Other MA999 MA Country: (NL) Netherlands Hague, The NL009 NL Valkenburg (Incl Leiden) NL025 NL Delft NL050 NL Den Helder NL001 NL Doorn NL003 NL Eindhoven NL007 NL Soesterberg AB NL021 NL Almelo NL041 NL Utrecht NL046 NL Arnhem NL065 NL Province of Friesland (incl Leeuwarden) NL070 NL Ermelo NL100 NL Other NL999 NL Rotterdam NL017 NL Volkel NL027 NL Coevorden NL035 NL Amsterdam NL033 NL Country: (NZ) New Zealand Wellington NZ006 NZ Other NZ999 NZ Christchurch NZ003 NZ Country: (NO) Norway Other NO003 NO Stavanger (incl Sola AS) NO021 NO Country: (SG) Singapore Singapore SG001 SG Country: (ZA) South Africa Johannesburg ZA005 ZA Pretoria ZA100 ZA Page 4 of 15

5 Country: (ES) Spain El Ferrol ES007 ES Barcelona ES008 ES Estartit ES009 ES Albacete ES016 ES Madrid ES017 ES San Javier ES022 ES Sonseca ES023 ES Zaragoza ES027 ES Country: (TW) Taiwan Taiwan TW999 TW Country: (TJ) Tajikstan Tajikistan TJ999 TJ Country: (TH) Thailand Bangkok-without rental advance TH001 TH Bangkok-with rental advance TH075 TH Chiang Mai TH006 TH Country: (GB) UK Cambridge (E) GB153 GB Lakenheath/Mildenhall (E) 19/ GB352 GB Country: (VN) Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City VN555 VN Other VN999 VN Page 5 of 15

6 SECTION B APPENDIX K, TABLE I - OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCES: Country: (AR) ARGENTINA Rate of Exchange: $ BUENOS AIRES AR OTHER AR Country: (AU) AUSTRALIA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (AT) AUSTRIA Country: (BE) BELGIUM Country: (BJ) BENIN Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (BA) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (BR) BRAZIL Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (BN) BRUNEI Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (BG) BULGARIA Country: (BF) BURKINA FASO Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (MM) BURMA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (CM) CAMEROON Rate of Exchange: $ LOCALITY LOCALITY CODE UTILITY CAMEROON CM Country: (CA) CANADA Rate of Exchange: $ Page 6 of 15

7 Country: (CL) CHILE Change Code(s): D, X Rate of Exchange: $ SANTIAGO CL GREATER VALPARAISO AREA CL OTHER CL Country: (CN) CHINA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (CO) COLOMBIA Rate of Exchange: $ BOGOTA CO CARTAGENA CO OTHER CO Country: (CI) COTE D'IVOIRE Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (HR) CROATIA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (CZ) CZECH REPUBLIC Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (DK) DENMARK Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (EG) EGYPT Rate of Exchange: $ ABU-HAMED EG ALEXANDRIA EG CAIRO EG BENI SUEF (INCL SAKARA AB, JIYANKLIS) EG ISMAILIA EG OTHER EG Country: (EE) ESTONIA Country: (FI) FINLAND Country: (FR) FRANCE Country: (GE) GEORGIA Page 7 of 15

8 Country: (DE) GERMANY Country: (GH) GHANA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (GI) GIBRALTAR Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (GR) GREECE Country: (GT) GUATEMALA Rate of Exchange: $ GUATEMALA CITY GT OTHER GT Country: (HN) HONDURAS Rate of Exchange: $ TEGUCIGALPA HN OTHER HN Country: (HU) HUNGARY Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (IS) ICELAND Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (IN) INDIA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (IE) IRELAND Country: (IL) ISRAEL Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (IT) ITALY Country: (JP) JAPAN Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (KR) KOREA Change Code(s): D, X Rate of Exchange: $ KIMHAE KR015 N\C N\C N\C N\C N\C N\C PUSAN KR030 N\C N\C N\C N\C N\C N\C Page 8 of 15

9 Country: (XK) KOSOVO Country: (KW) KUWAIT Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (LV) LATVIA Country: (LR) LIBERIA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (LT) LITHUANIA Country: (LU) LUXEMBOURG Country: (MK) MACEDONIA Country: (MY) MALAYSIA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (ML) MALI Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (MT) MALTA Country: (ME) MONTENEGRO Country: (MA) MOROCCO Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (NL) NETHERLANDS Country: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (NI) NICARAGUA Change Code(s): D NICARAGUA NI999 N\C N\C N\C 2100 N\C N\C N\C Country: (NO) NORWAY Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (PY) PARAGUAY Rate of Exchange: $ ASUNCION PY Page 9 of 15

10 Country: (PH) PHILIPPINES Change Code(s): D, X Rate of Exchange: $ METROPOLITAN MANILA (INCL RIZAL PROV)(FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) PH Utility Allowance for Manila revised to 39,743 Peso for Manila Country: (PL) POLAND Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (PT) PORTUGAL Country: (QA) QATAR Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (RO) ROMANIA Country: (RU) RUSSIA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (SN) SENEGAL Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (RS) SERBIA Country: (SL) SIERRA LEONE Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (SG) SINGAPORE Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (SK) SLOVAKIA Country: (SI) SLOVENIA Country: (ZA) SOUTH AFRICA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (ES) SPAIN Country: (SE) SWEDEN Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (TW) TAIWAN Rate of Exchange: $ Page 10 of 15

11 Country: (TH) THAILAND Rate of Exchange: $ BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) TH Country: (TG) TOGO Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (TN) TUNISIA Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (TR) TURKEY Rate of Exchange: $ ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) TR ANKARA TR ISTANBUL TR IZMIR TR OTHER TR Country: (UG) UGANDA Change Code(s): D UGANDA UG Country: (GB) UNITED KINGDOM Rate of Exchange: $ Country: (UY) URUGUAY Rate of Exchange: $ MONTEVIDEO UY OTHER UY999 N\C N\C N\C N\C N\C N\C N\C Country: (VN) VIETNAM Rate of Exchange: $ Page 11 of 15

12 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: LOCALITY FROM TO ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BELGIUM BENIN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BRUNEI BULGARIA (OHA) BULGARIA (COLA) BURKINA FASO BURMA CAMEROON CANADA CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA CONGO COTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA (COLA) CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK EGYPT EQUATORIAL GUINEA ESTONIA FAEROE ISLANDS FINLAND FRANCE GABON GEORGIA (OHA) GERMANY GHANA GIBRALTAR GREECE GUATEMALA HONDURAS HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA IRELAND Page 12 of 15

13 LOCALITY FROM TO ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN KOREA KOSOVO KUWAIT LATVIA LESOTHO LIBERIA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA (OHA) MACEDONIA (COLA) MALAYSIA MALI MALTA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO NAMIBIA NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NIGER NORWAY PARAGUAY PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL QATAR ROMANIA (OHA) ROMANIA (COLA) RUSSIA SAINT HELENA SENEGAL SERBIA SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SWAZILAND SWEDEN TAIWAN TAJIKISTAN THAILAND TOGO TUNISIA TURKEY UNITED KINGDOM URUGUAY VIETNAM Page 13 of 15

14 SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: COUNTRY: (AS) AMERICAN SAMOA Effective 16 July 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for American Samoa based on data review. COUNTRY: (ET) ETHIOPIA Effective 16 July 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Ethiopia based on data review. COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE Effective 16 July 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Greece based on data review. COUNTRY: (GU) GUAM Effective 16 July 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Guam based on data review. COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA Effective 16 July 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for India based on data review. COUNTRY: (JP) JAPAN Effective 16 July 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Japan based on data review. COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA Effective 16 July 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Kenya based on data review. COUNTRY: (RU) RUSSIA Effective 16 July 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Russia based on data review. COUNTRY: (SK) SLOVAKIA Effective 16 July 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Slovakia based on data review. COUNTRY: (UA) UKRAINE Effective 16 July 2018, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Ukraine based on data review. Page 14 of 15

15 ADDITIONAL NOTES: 1. ALLOWANCE CHANGES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM TWO OTHER SOURCES: THE NORMAL TRANSACTION FILE, DISPATCHED TO ALL DFAS FINANCE CENTERS VIA DEFENSE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT OFFICE (DTMO) AND THE DTMO WEBSITE ( THOSE OFFICES AND ORGANIZATIONS NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE ALLOWANCE CHANGES VIA EITHER MODE 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. 6. POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR COMM (571) , OR joseph.oconnor.civ@mail.mil. Page 15 of 15