THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY STATION ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 16 MARCH 2012, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: ARMENIA, AUSTRALIA, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BOTSWANA, BRAZIL, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, FIJI, GABON, GREECE, GUAM, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDIA, JAPAN, KENYA, KOREA, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, MONGOLIA, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, PARAGUAY, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SEYCHELLES, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TOGO, UGANDA, 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: (AS) AUSTRALIA 182 180 011 172 170 005, 013, 015, 023, 027, 030, 039, 099, 999 174 N/C 001 190 188 009, 010, 017, 019, 022, 035, 037, 100 182 N/C 025 COUNTRY: (BO) BELARUS 122 120 999 COUNTRY: (BC) BOTSWANA 124 126 999 COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL 146 142 001 158 154 015 154 150 005 146 142 999
COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA 144 N/C 033, 036, 053, 073, 999 146 N/C 003, 025, 029, 044, 061 142 N/C 045 162 N/C 013, 037, 076, 077 150 N/C 009, 081, 091 152 150 069, 089 COUNTRY: (CI) CHILE 134 132 001, 004, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (CH) CHINA 144 N/C 005, 010 132 130 999 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA 120 134 001, 003, 999 COUNTRY: (GB) GABON 158 156 999 COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE 136 138 003, 015, 017 COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY 116 114 001 118 116 999 COUNTRY: (IC) ICELAND 138 136 999 COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA 114 112 001, 555, 556, 557, 999 130 128 050 COUNTRY: (JA) JAPAN 202 200 009, 011, 015, 022, 029, 031, 069, 072 194 192 018, 052, 053 184 182 080, 106, X, X, X
COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA 116 N/C 007, 010, 035, 050 112 114 017, 045, 047, 070, 176, 177, 178, 999 122 N/C 015, 030 120 N/C 140, 175 114 N/C 005 114 N/C 025 118 N/C 065 COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA 134 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO 114 N/C 005, 015, 455, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 999 120 118 500 COUNTRY: (MG) MONGOLIA 128 126 999 COUNTRY: (MO) MOROCCO 130 132 999 COUNTRY: (WA) NAMIBIA 114 116 999 COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND 170 168 006, 999 176 174 003 COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY 178 180 003, 021 182 184 001, 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (PA) PARAGUAY 130 134 003, 999 COUNTRY: (PE) PERU 140 N/C 005, 999 COUNTRY: (RP) PHILIPPINES 114 118 003, 005, 701 None 102 999
COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND 118 120 001, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (RS) RUSSIA 148 150 001 138 140 999 144 146 004 COUNTRY: (SE) SEYCHELLES None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SN) SINGAPORE 168 N/C 001 COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA 130 132 002 126 128 005, 100 128 130 999 COUNTRY: (WZ) SWAZILAND 130 134 999 COUNTRY: (SW) SWEDEN 172 176 001, 003, 999 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND 216 226 001, 005, 009, 999 COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN 158 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND 136 142 001, 075 104 110 011 COUNTRY: (UG) UGANDA 118 112 999 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY 138 N/C 003, 999
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: (AS) AUSTRALIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.085305 COUNTRY: (BO) BELARUS RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000124 COUNTRY: (BE) BELGIUM BELGIUM: 1/ BE ANTWERP 055 SAME AS OTHER HAINAUT PROV (INCL CHIEVRES AND SHAPE) 019 N/C 1600 1435 1300 N/C N/C PROVINCE OF LIMBURG (KLEINE BROGEL) 040 SAME AS OTHER ZEEBRUGGE (INCL OOSTENDE) 002 SAME AS HAINAUT PROV OTHER 999 N/C N/C N/C N/C 975 975 BELGIUM: 1/ BE ANTWERP 055 SAME AS OTHER HAINAUT PROV (INCL CHIEVRES AND SHAPE) 019 1435 1300 1300 1300 N/C 1150 1150 PROVINCE OF LIMBURG (KLEINE BROGEL) 040 SAME AS OTHER ZEEBRUGGE (INCL OOSTENDE) 002 SAME AS HAINAUT PROV OTHER 999 N/C N/C N/C N/C 975 N/C N/C COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.58008 COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.016363
COUNTRY: (CI) CHILE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.002085 CHILE: CI SANTIAGO 001 1775179 1775179 1774926 1654965 1226651 1226651 GREATER VALPARAISO AREA 959559 959559 959559 959559 866296 866296 (Incl VINA DEL MAR) 004 OTHER 999 839492 839492 839492 822432 738933 738933 CHILE: CI SANTIAGO 001 1774926 1654965 1654965 1654965 1226651 1067185 1067185 GREATER VALPARAISO AREA 959559 959559 959559 959559 866296 753678 753678 (Incl VINA DEL MAR) 004 OTHER 999 839492 822432 822432 822432 738933 642872 642872 COUNTRY: (CH) CHINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.159439 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000573 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 7517275 7338126 7163409 6980963 6980963 6980963 CARTAGENA 003 6048641 5623551 5623551 5623551 4159827 4159827 OTHER 999 4083089 4083089 4083089 4083089 3672600 3672600 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 7163409 6980963 6980963 6980963 6980963 6464542 6464542 CARTAGENA 003 5623551 5623551 5623551 5623551 4159827 3619049 3619049 OTHER 999 4083089 4083089 4083089 4083089 3672600 3230840 3230840 COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.004641 COUNTRY: (IC) ICELAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.007891 COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.020259
COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.012247 KENYA: KE KISUMU 011 62629 57157 53154 44086 37563 37563 MOMBASA 001 101819 91118 91118 87525 81408 81408 NAIROBI 003 125989 114640 96798 96798 96798 96798 OTHER 999 26081 26081 26081 26081 26081 26081 KENYA: KE KISUMU 011 53154 44086 44086 44086 37563 32673 32673 MOMBASA 001 91118 87525 87525 87525 81408 73159 73159 NAIROBI 003 96798 96798 96798 96798 96798 96798 96798 OTHER 999 26081 26081 26081 26081 26081 26081 26081 COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000926 COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.336259 COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.079145 MEXICO: MX CUIDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA 005 30320 30320 30320 30320 18851 18851 MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY 455 41700 41700 41700 39093 36447 36447 MONTERREY 500 30320 30320 30320 30320 27293 27293 NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 16712 16712 16712 13904 13312 13312
MEXICO: MX CUIDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA 005 30320 30320 30320 30320 18851 16398 16398 MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY 455 41700 39093 39093 39093 36447 31705 31705 MONTERREY 500 30320 30320 30320 30320 27293 25269 25269 NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 16712 13904 13904 13904 13312 11584 11584 COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.832154 COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.180636 NORWAY: NO BERGEN 016 SAME AS OTHER RYGGE 005 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 003 15664 15664 15664 15664 11690 11690 NORWAY: NO BERGEN 016 SAME AS OTHER BODO 007 SAME AS STAVANGER RYGGE 005 SAME AS OTHER STAVANGER (INCL SOLA AS) 021 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C 16000 16000 OTHER 003 15664 15664 15664 15664 11690 10170 10170 COUNTRY: (PA) PARAGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000239 PARAGUAY PA ASUNCION 003 10063755 10063755 8634462 8634462 8634462 8634462 PARAGUAY PA ASUNCION 003 8634462 8634462 8634462 8634462 8634462 7511981 7511981
COUNTRY: (PE) PERU RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.37618 PERU: PE LIMA 005 7972 7972 7972 6953 6074 6074 OTHER 999 668 668 668 532 532 532 PERU: PE LIMA 005 7972 6953 6953 6953 6074 5317 5317 OTHER 999 668 532 532 532 532 532 532 COUNTRY: (RP) PHILIPPINES RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.023698 PHILIPPINES: RP MANILA (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 701 149962 149962 149962 127225 118505 118505 PHILIPPINES: RP MANILA (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 701 149962 127225 127225 127225 118505 103097 103097 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.329316 COUNTRY: (RS) RUSSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.03456 COUNTRY: (SA) SAUDI ARABIA SA JEDDAH 003 5929 5715 5040 4170 3559 3559 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 SA JEDDAH 003 5040 4170 4170 4170 3559 2648 2648 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Effective 16 March 2012, Overseas Housing Allowances are established for Saudi Arabia in Riyal. Utility Allowance is set at 1114 Riyals and MIHA\Miscellaneous is set at 0 Riyals.
COUNTRY: (SN) SINGAPORE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.807885 COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.134953 COUNTRY: (SW) SWEDEN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.151035 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.119695 COUNTRY: (TW) TAIWAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.034279 COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.033337 THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 075 135616 134536 126521 126521 114352 114352 OTHER 011 45000 45000 45000 45000 45000 45000 THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 075 126521 126521 126521 126521 114352 110490 110490 OTHER 011 45000 45000 45000 45000 45000 39150 39150 COUNTRY: (UG) UGANDA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000404
COUNTRY: (UK) UNITED KINGDOM UNITED KINGDOM: 19, 20,21/ UK Alconbury (E) 1/ 001 N/C N/C N/C N/C 1167 1167 Lakenheath/Mildenhall (E) 6/ 352 N/C N/C 1550 N/C N/C N/C Portsmouth (E) 13/ 514 1650 1650 1650 N/C N/C N/C Scotland 884 1300 1300 1300 N/C N/C N/C UNITED KINGDOM: 19, 20,21/ UK Alconbury (E) 1/ 001 N/C N/C N/C N/C 1167 N/C N/C Lakenheath/Mildenhall (E) 6/ 352 1550 N/C N/C N/C N/C 967 967 Portsmouth (E) 13/ 514 1650 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C Other England 883 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C 900 900 Scotland 884 1300 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C Wales 885 Same as Other England COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.051897 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 73221 73221 71005 57017 55475 55475 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 71005 57017 57017 57017 55475 51024 51024 COUNTRY: (UZ) UZBEKISTAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000543
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 AUSTRALIA 0.912 0.9214 BELARUS 8418.3333 8075 BOTSWANA 7.169 7.048 BRAZIL 1.6784 1.7239 CANADA 0.9855 0.9839 CHILE 474.3 479.7 CHINA 6.244 6.272 COLOMBIA 1754.4 1746.4 HUNGARY 211.24 215.48 ICELAND 124.43 126.73 INDIA 48.39 49.36 KENYA 81.35 81.65 KOREA 1085.5 1079.5 MALAYSIA 2.9922 2.9739 MEXICO 12.52 12.635 NAMIBIA 7.655 7.41 NEW ZEALAND 1.1787 1.2017 NORWAY 5.612 5.536 PARAGUAY 4323.7 4187.6 PERU 2.6652 2.6583 PHILIPPINES 43.888 42.197 POLAND 3.0811 3.0366 RUSSIA 29.469 28.935 SEYCHELLES 13.929 13.753 SINGAPORE 1.2355 1.2378 SOUTH AFRICA 7.655 7.41 SWAZILAND 7.655 7.41 SWEDEN 6.86 6.621 SWITZERLAND 0.9446 0.8931 TAIWAN 29.164 29.172 THAILAND 31.89 29.997 UGANDA 2312 2476.7 URUGUAY 19.209 19.269 UZBEKISTAN 1784.8 1842 EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.)
SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: COUNTRY: (AM) ARMENIA Effective 16 March 2012, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Armenia based on data review. COUNTRY: (AS) AUSTRALIA Effective 16 March 2012, COLA index is unchanged for Australia based on data review. COUNTRY: (DR) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Effective 16 March 2012, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Dominican Republic based on data review. COUNTRY: (FJ) FIJI Effective 16 March 2012, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Fiji based on data review. COUNTRY: (GQ) GUAM Effective 16 March 2012, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Guam based on data review. COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA Effective 16 March 2012, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Malaysia based on data review. COUNTRY: (TO) TOGO Effective 16 March 2012, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Togo based on data review. COUNTRY: (ZI) ZIMBABWE Effective 16 March 2012, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Zimbabwe based on data review. POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR COMM (571) 372-1272, 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.