THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY STATION ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 1 APRIL 2011, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: ARMENIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BENIN, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BOTSWANA, BULGARIA, BURKINA, CAMBODIA, CAMEROON, CANADA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, CONGO, COSTA RICA, COTE D'IVOIRE, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, EGYPT, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ESTONIA, FAEROE ISLANDS, FIJI, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GAMBIA, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GIBRALTAR, GREECE, GUAM, GUATEMALA, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDONESIA, IRELAND, ITALY, KENYA, KOREA, KOSOVO, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALAYSIA, MALI, MALTA, MONTENEGRO, MOROCCO, NETHERLANDS, NIGER, NORWAY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PARAGUAY, PERU, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, RWANDA, SENEGAL, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SPAIN, SUDAN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TOGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY, UZBEKISTAN AND ZIMBABWE 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: (AU) AUSTRIA 158 162 005, 999 COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM 154 156 002, 015, 018, 055, 999 140 142 019, 030 150 N/C 040 COUNTRY: (BN) BENIN 134 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (BK) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 122 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (BC) BOTSWANA 128 132 999 COUNTRY: (BU) BULGARIA 138 140 999
COUNTRY: (UV) BURKINA 138 142 999 COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON 142 144 999 COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA 146 144 045 170 168 013, 037, 076, 077 COUNTRY: (CT) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 162 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CD) CHAD 144 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CF) CONGO 148 150 999 COUNTRY: (CS) COSTA RICA 132 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (IV) COTE D'IVOIRE 148 150 999 COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA 138 140 999 COUNTRY: (CY) CYPRUS 140 N/C 001 136 138 999 COUNTRY: (EZ) CZECH REPUBLIC 152 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (DA) DENMARK 170 172 001, 003, 004, 025 COUNTRY: (EG) EGYPT None N/C 001, 002, 003, 006, 007, 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X CHANGE CODE(S): D
COUNTRY: (EK) EQUATORIAL GUINEA 154 156 999 COUNTRY: (EN) ESTONIA 138 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (FO) FAEROE ISLANDS 188 190 999 COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND 168 170 999 COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE 158 160 555, 999 164 166 004, 009, 011, 014, 015, 025, 037, 201 COUNTRY: (GB) GABON 166 168 999 COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY 128 N/C 019, 027, 039, 055, 059, 061, 063, 123, 129, 137, 153, 207, 227, 228, 301, 307, 311, 313, 317, 323, 329, 355, 359, 503, 603, 655, 663, 700, 741, 999 132 134 103, 531, 549 146 N/C 067, 157, 203, 221, 224, 369, 407, 415, 425, 469, 539, 573, 703, 721, 939 152 154 133, 169, 223, 501 154 156 201, 205, 816 128 130 229, 230, 231 132 N/C 121, 139 COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR 130 134 001 COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE 142 144 003, 015, 017 130 132 011 None N/C 999 126 128 001, 007 COUNTRY: (GT) GUATEMALA 124 126 001, 999
COUNTRY: (HK) HONG KONG 142 N/C 001 COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY 130 132 001, 999 COUNTRY: (IC) ICELAND 142 146 999 COUNTRY: (EI) IRELAND 162 164 001, 999 COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY 128 130 028, 073, 100 132 134 035, 059 140 142 031 138 140 055 162 N/C 029 158 160 063 138 140 025 134 136 001 140 N/C 005, 007, 022, 027, 033, 054, 062, 064, 068, 070 134 136 071 140 142 067 166 N/C 038, 066 COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA 108 114 001, 003, 011, 999 COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA 112 N/C 007, 010, 025, 035, 050, 065 112 N/C 017, 045, 047, 070, 176, 177, 178, 999 118 N/C 015, 030 122 N/C 140, 175 114 N/C 005 COUNTRY: (KV) KOSOVO 110 112 999 COUNTRY: (LG) LATVIA 150 152 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X
COUNTRY: (LH) LITHUANIA 148 150 999 COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG 158 160 001 COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA 120 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (ML) MALI 140 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA 142 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (MJ) MONTENEGRO 114 116 999 COUNTRY: (MO) MOROCCO 140 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS 138 140 015 162 164 009, 025, 050 148 150 001, 003, 007, 017, 021, 041, 065, 070, 999 142 144 027, 035 160 162 033 COUNTRY: (NG) NIGER 132 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY 176 174 003, 021 186 184 001, 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (PA) PARAGUAY 128 134 003, 999 COUNTRY: (PE) PERU 136 N/C 005, 999
COUNTRY: (PO) PORTUGAL 134 136 002 124 N/C 015 130 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA 152 156 999 COUNTRY: (RS) RUSSIA 144 N/C 001 134 N/C 999 140 N/C 004 COUNTRY: (RW) RWANDA 124 132 999 COUNTRY: (SG) SENEGAL 138 140 999 COUNTRY: (SN) SINGAPORE 166 N/C 001 COUNTRY: (LO) SLOVAKIA 142 144 999 COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA 144 146 999 COUNTRY: (SP) SPAIN 134 N/C 005, 019 140 142 012, 014, 018, 999 146 148 007, 008, 009, 016, 017, 022, 023, 027, 060 None N/C 004 COUNTRY: (SW) SWEDEN 184 N/C 001, 003, 999 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND 236 242 001, 005, 009, 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D
COUNTRY: (TO) TOGO 132 134 999 COUNTRY: (TS) TUNISIA 114 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (TU) TURKEY 114 116 005 116 118 003 110 112 007 110 112 001 106 108 999 COUNTRY: (UK) UNITED KINGDOM 122 124 153, 352 132 136 251, 388, 490 134 138 058, 318, 496, 508, 514, 517, 676, 865, 883 140 142 319 154 158 380 134 138 518, 521 132 136 497, 559 136 140 884, 885 126 128 313 126 128 001 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY 138 N/C 003, 999 COUNTRY: (UZ) UZBEKISTAN 114 126 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D
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: (AU) AUSTRIA COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM COUNTRY: (BK) BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.753125 COUNTRY: (BU) BULGARIA COUNTRY: (CM) CAMEROON RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.002246 COUNTRY: (CS) COSTA RICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.002035 COSTA RICA: CS SAN JOSE 001 1473854 1473854 1375409 1375409 1375409 1375409 OTHER 999 530321 530321 530321 439230 395012 395012 COSTA RICA: CS SAN JOSE 001 1375409 1375409 1375409 1375409 1375409 1196607 1196607 OTHER 999 530321 439230 439230 439230 395012 343425 343425 COUNTRY: (IV) COTE D'IVOIRE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.002246 COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA COUNTRY: (EZ) CZECH REPUBLIC RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.058799 COUNTRY: (DA) DENMARK RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.197437
COUNTRY: (EG) EGYPT RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.167132 EGYPT: EG ABU-HAMED 007 SAME AS OTHER ALEXANDRIA 002 SAME AS CAIRO CAIRO 001 21274 21274 21274 21274 8350 8350 BENI SUEF (INCL SAKARA AB, JIYANKLIS) 003 SAME AS OTHER ISMAILIA 006 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 4178 4178 4178 4178 4178 4178 EGYPT: EG ABU-HAMED 007 SAME AS OTHER ALEXANDRIA 002 SAME AS CAIRO CAIRO 001 21274 21274 21274 21274 8350 8350 8350 BENI SUEF (INCL SAKARA AB, JIYANKLIS) 003 SAME AS OTHER ISMAILIA 006 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 4178 4178 4178 4178 4178 3634 3634 COUNTRY: (EN) ESTONIA COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE COUNTRY: (GA) GAMBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.034483 COUNTRY: (GG) GEORGIA COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.680955 COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE
COUNTRY: (GT) GUATEMALA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.131365 GUATEMALA: GT GUATEMALA CITY 001 22838 21315 21315 21142 19076 19076 OTHER 999 9707 9707 8561 8561 8561 8561 GUATEMALA: GT GUATEMALA CITY 001 21315 21142 21142 21142 19076 16681 16681 OTHER 999 8561 8561 8561 8561 8561 7452 7452 COUNTRY: (HK) HONG KONG RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.12751 COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.005317 COUNTRY: (IC) ICELAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.008872 COUNTRY: (ID) INDONESIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000114 INDONESIA: ID JAKARTA 001 32209870 30590211 29708208 27793164 25783178 25783178 OTHER 999 18146498 18146498 15778647 13408581 12420617 12420617 INDONESIA: ID JAKARTA 001 29708208 27793164 27793164 27793164 25783178 22431366 22431366 OTHER 999 15778647 13408581 13408581 13408581 12420617 11227822 11227822 COUNTRY: (EI) IRELAND COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY
COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.011551 KENYA: KE KISUMU 011 66404 60602 56357 46742 39828 39828 MOMBASA 001 107954 96608 96608 92801 86314 86314 NAIROBI 003 133582 121549 102633 102633 102633 102633 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 KENYA: KE KISUMU 011 56357 46742 46742 46742 39828 34642 34642 MOMBASA 001 96608 92801 92801 92801 86314 77568 77568 NAIROBI 003 102633 102633 102633 102633 102633 102633 102633 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000916 COUNTRY: (KV) KOSOVO COUNTRY: (LG) LATVIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $2.095997 LG LATVIA 999 1285 1285 1285 1149 1061 1061 LG LATVIA 999 1285 1149 1149 1149 1061 957 957 COUNTRY: (LH) LITHUANIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.426603 COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA COUNTRY: (MJ) MONTENEGRO COUNTRY: (MO) MOROCCO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.126696
COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.181802 COUNTRY: (PA) PARAGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000241 PARAGUAY PA ASUNCION 003 9159436 7910424 7493227 6818833 6818833 6818833 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 PARAGUAY PA ASUNCION 003 7493227 6818833 6818833 6818833 6818833 5932386 5932386 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 COUNTRY: (PE) PERU RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.363042 PERU: PE LIMA 005 8262 8262 8262 7204 6295 6295 OTHER 999 693 693 693 551 551 551 PERU: PE LIMA 005 8262 7204 7204 7204 6295 5455 5455 OTHER 999 693 551 551 551 551 551 551 COUNTRY: (PO) PORTUGAL COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA COUNTRY: (RS) RUSSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.035804 COUNTRY: (SG) SENEGAL CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.002246 SG SENEGAL 999 286246 286246 286246 286246 286246 286246
SG SENEGAL 999 286246 286246 286246 286246 286246 249034 249034 COUNTRY: (SN) SINGAPORE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.795418 COUNTRY: (LO) SLOVAKIA COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA COUNTRY: (SP) SPAIN COUNTRY: (SU) SUDAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.306119 COUNTRY: (SW) SWEDEN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.16022 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.124859 COUNTRY: (TO) TOGO CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.002246 TO TOGO 999 250000 250000 250000 250000 250000 250000 TO TOGO 999 250000 250000 250000 250000 250000 250000 250000 Effective 1 April 2011, OHA is established for Togo. The Utility Allowance is established at 79,260 CFA Francs and MIHA is established at 133,692 Francs. Climate code is 3. COUNTRY: (TS) TUNISIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.73346
COUNTRY: (TU) TURKEY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.634598 TURKEY: TU ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) 001 871 871 871 788 788 788 ANKARA 003 2600 2600 2364 2229 2049 2049 ISTANBUL 005 3149 3046 3046 3046 2830 2830 IZMIR 007 2626 2277 2277 2101 2012 2012 OTHER 999 804 738 738 709 683 683 TURKEY: TU ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) 001 871 788 788 788 788 683 683 ANKARA 003 2364 2229 2229 2229 2049 1843 1843 ISTANBUL 005 3046 3046 3046 3046 2830 2467 2467 IZMIR 007 2277 2101 2101 2101 2012 2012 2012 OTHER 999 738 709 709 709 683 592 592 COUNTRY: (UK) UNITED KINGDOM RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.680955 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.052337 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 65466 63052 61140 49106 47768 47768 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 61140 49106 49106 49106 47768 43945 43945 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 AUSTRIA 0.6895 0.6789 BELGIUM 0.6895 0.6789 BENIN 452.28 445.33 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 1.3485 1.3278 BOTSWANA 6.8645 6.521 BULGARIA (OHA) 0.6895 0.6789 BULGARIA (COLA) 1.3485 1.3278 BURKINA 452.28 445.33 CAMEROON 452.28 445.33 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 452.28 445.33 CHAD 452.28 445.33 CONGO 452.28 445.33 COSTA RICA 488.77 491.31 COTE D'IVOIRE 452.28 445.33 CROATIA (OHA) 0.6895 0.6789 CROATIA (COLA) 5.1982 5.0994 CYPRUS 0.6895 0.6789 CZECH REPUBLIC 17.164 17.007 DENMARK 5.1439 5.0649 EGYPT 5.938 5.9833 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 452.28 445.33 ESTONIA 0.6895 0.6789 FAEROE ISLANDS 5.1439 5.0649 FINLAND 0.6895 0.6789 FRANCE 0.6895 0.6789 GABON 452.28 445.33 GAMBIA 28 29 GEORGIA (OHA) 0.6895 0.6789 GERMANY 0.6895 0.6789 GIBRALTAR 0.614 0.5949 GREECE 0.6895 0.6789 GUATEMALA 7.6828 7.6124 HONG KONG 7.8459 7.8425 HUNGARY 192.61 188.06 ICELAND 118.118 112.713 INDONESIA 9017.1531 8740.0599 IRELAND 0.6895 0.6789 ITALY 0.6895 0.6789 KENYA 84.246 86.571 KOREA 1082.94 1091.27
FROM TO KOSOVO 0.6895 0.6789 LATVIA 0.4846 0.4771 LITHUANIA 2.3807 2.3441 LUXEMBOURG 0.6895 0.6789 MACEDONIA (OHA) 0.6895 0.6789 MACEDONIA (COLA) 42.8712 42.5846 MALI 452.28 445.33 MALTA 0.6895 0.6789 MONTENEGRO 0.6895 0.6789 MOROCCO 7.9743 7.8929 NETHERLANDS 0.6895 0.6789 NIGER 452.28 445.33 NORWAY 5.4492 5.5005 PARAGUAY 4412.76 4152.18 PERU 2.74 2.7545 PORTUGAL 0.6895 0.6789 ROMANIA (OHA) 0.6895 0.6789 ROMANIA (COLA) 2.9671 2.8577 RUSSIA 27.648 27.93 SENEGAL 452.28 445.33 SINGAPORE 1.2538 1.2572 SLOVAKIA 0.6895 0.6789 SLOVENIA 0.6895 0.6789 SPAIN 0.6895 0.6789 SUDAN 2.7225 3.2667 SWEDEN 6.2354 6.2414 SWITZERLAND 0.9169 0.889 TOGO 452.28 445.33 TUNISIA 1.377 1.3634 TURKEY 1.6266 1.5758 UNITED KINGDOM 0.614 0.5949 URUGUAY 19.289 19.107 EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.)
SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: COUNTRY: (AM) ARMENIA Effective 01 April 2011, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Armenia based on data review. COUNTRY: (CB) CAMBODIA Effective 01 April 2011, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Cambodia based on data review. COUNTRY: (CS) COSTA RICA Effective 01 April 2011, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Costa Rica based on data review. COUNTRY: (FJ) FIJI Effective 01 April 2011, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Fiji based on data review. COUNTRY: (GQ) GUAM Effective 01 April 2011, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Guam based on data review. COUNTRY: (EI) IRELAND Effective 01 April 2011, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Ireland based on data review. COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA Effective 01 April 2011, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Malaysia based on data review. COUNTRY: (PP) PAPUA NEW GUINEA Effective 01 April 2011, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Papua New Guinea based on data review. COUNTRY: (PE) PERU Effective 01 April 2011, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Peru based on data review. COUNTRY: (ZI) ZIMBABWE Effective 01 April 2011, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Zimbabwe based on data review. POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR COMM (703) 696-7108, FAX 703-696-7890, OR E-MAIL: joseph.oconnor@dtmo.pentagon.mil
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 (http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/pdc-archive/msgs/); 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.