THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND OVERSEAS COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 16 MAY 2014, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: ANGOLA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BAHRAIN, BERMUDA, BRAZIL, BURMA, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CROATIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, EGYPT, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GHANA, GIBRALTAR, GREECE, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDIA, KOREA, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALAYSIA, MALTA, MEXICO, MONTENEGRO, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, NEPAL, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NORWAY, PARAGUAY, PERU, PHILIPPINES, PUERTO RICO, ROMANIA, SAINT HELENA, SOUTH AFRICA, SWAZILAND, SWITZERLAND, TANZANIA, THAILAND, TURKEY, UKRAINE, 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: (AU) AUSTRALIA 162 160 011 148 N/C 005, 013, 015, 023, 027, 030, 039, 099, 999 150 N/C 001 168 N/C 009, 010, 017, 019, 022, 035, 037, 100, 199 162 160 025 COUNTRY: (BM) BERMUDA 158 156 001 COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL 122 132 001 128 N/C 015 138 N/C 005 122 132 999, X Page 1 of 16
COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA 130 136 033, 036, 053, 073, 999 132 136 003, 025, 029, 044, 061 126 132 045 146 152 013, 037, 076, 077 138 144 009, 081, 091 134 138 069, 089 COUNTRY: (CL) CHILE 128 126 001, 004, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (CN) CHINA 144 N/C 005, 010 128 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA 124 N/C 001, 003, 999 COUNTRY: (CR) COSTA RICA 128 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA 134 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CZ) CZECH REPUBLIC 138 N/C 001 130 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (DE) GERMANY 130 126 019, 027, 039, 055, 059, 061, 063, 123, 129, 137, 153, 207, 227, 228, 301, 307, 311, 313, 317, 323, 329, 355, 359, 503, 603, 663, 700, 741, 999 136 132 103, 169, 501, 531, 549, 655 152 148 201, 205, 816 132 126 229, 231 138 132 121, 139 144 142 539 132 128 230 COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR 130 134 001 Page 2 of 16
COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY 124 N/C 001 122 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (IS) ICELAND 148 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA 102 N/C 001, 555, 556, 557, 999 112 N/C 050 COUNTRY: (KR) KOREA 118 120 007, 010, 035, 050 118 120 017, 045, 047, 070, 176, 178, 999 132 136 015, 030 122 124 140, 175 120 122 005 114 116 025 122 124 065 116 118 177 COUNTRY: (MK) MACEDONIA 120 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA 128 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO 118 122 005, 015, 455, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 999 114 118 500 COUNTRY: (MA) MOROCCO 136 138 999 COUNTRY: (NA) NAMIBIA 104 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND 174 176 006, 999 180 182 003 Page 3 of 16
COUNTRY: (NI) NICARAGUA 116 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY 178 N/C 003, 021 176 N/C 001, 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY 130 N/C 003, 999 COUNTRY: (PE) PERU 134 132 005, 999 COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA 140 142 999 COUNTRY: (SH) SAINT HELENA 120 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (ZA) SOUTH AFRICA 132 N/C 002 122 124 005, 100 106 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWAZILAND 108 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CH) SWITZERLAND 222 N/C 001, 005, 009, 999 COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND 136 134 001, 075 104 N/C 011 COUNTRY: (TR) TURKEY 102 N/C 005 108 110 003 None 102 007, 999 102 N/C 001 Page 4 of 16
COUNTRY: (GB) UNITED KINGDOM, X 126 128 153, 352 138 140 251, 388, 490 144 148 318, 496, 508, 514, 517, 676, 865, 883 144 146 319 154 160 380 140 142 518, 521 154 158 058 136 138 497, 559 146 150 884, 885 122 124 313 122 126 001 N/L 162 179 GB179 Cheltenham (including Bromsgrove, Gloucester, Imjin Barracks and Innsworth) is established for COLA COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY 120 N/C 003, 999 Page 5 of 16
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: (AR) ARGENTINA, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.123289 ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES 012 37312 37312 34065 31543 28268 28268 OTHER 999 25954 25954 25954 16222 16222 16222 ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES 012 34065 31543 31543 31543 28268 24587 24587 OTHER 999 25954 16222 16222 16222 16222 14119 14119 Utility Allowance revised to 4755 Peso COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRALIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.940999 COUNTRY: (BH) BAHRAIN Utility Allowance is revised to 127 Dinar COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.45798 COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.928247 Page 6 of 16
COUNTRY: (CL) CHILE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.001754 CHILE: CL SANTIAGO 001 2280840 2280840 2195084 1967221 1458095 1458095 GREATER VALPARAISO AREA 004 1311483 1311483 1311483 1311483 1029750 1029750 OTHER 999 997887 997887 997887 977609 878357 878357 CHILE: CL SANTIAGO 001 2195084 1967221 1967221 1967221 1458095 1268542 1268542 GREATER VALPARAISO AREA 004 1311483 1311483 1311483 1311483 1029750 895881 895881 OTHER 999 997887 977609 977609 977609 878357 764168 764168 COUNTRY: (CN) CHINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.158554 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.00053 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 8260754 8111520 8111520 7545600 7540589 7540589 CARTAGENA 003 6533530 6078400 6078400 6078400 4493299 4493299 OTHER 999 4410409 4410409 4410409 4410409 3967012 3967012 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 8111520 7545600 7545600 7545600 7540589 6982770 6982770 CARTAGENA 003 6078400 6078400 6078400 6078400 4493299 3909169 3909169 OTHER 999 4410409 4410409 4410409 4410409 3967012 3489840 3489840 COUNTRY: (CR) COSTA RICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.001814 COSTA RICA: CR SAN JOSE 001 1653754 1653754 1598712 1543295 1543295 1543295 OTHER 999 595049 595049 595049 492843 443226 443226 Page 7 of 16
COSTA RICA: CR SAN JOSE 001 1598712 1543295 1543295 1543295 1543295 1342666 1342666 OTHER 999 595049 492843 492843 492843 443226 385343 385343 COUNTRY: (CZ) CZECH REPUBLIC RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.050989 COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE Utility Allowance is revised to 901 Euro COUNTRY: (DE) GERMANY Utility Allowance is revised to 725 Euro COUNTRY: (GH) GHANA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.352361 COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.752234 COUNTRY: (GR) GREECE Utility Allowance is revised to 898 Euro COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.004574 COUNTRY: (IS) ICELAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.009007 COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.016795 COUNTRY: (KR) KOREA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.001008 COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.309741 Page 8 of 16
COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.077658 MEXICO: MX CIUDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA 005 30902 30902 30902 30902 19212 19212 MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY 455 45070 43780 42500 39843 37145 37145 MONTERREY 500 30902 30902 30902 30902 27815 27815 NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 17032 17032 17032 14168 13565 13565 MEXICO: MX CIUDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA 005 30902 30902 30902 30902 19212 16710 16710 MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY 455 42500 39843 39843 39843 37145 32316 32316 MONTERREY 500 30902 30902 30902 30902 27815 25753 25753 NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 17032 14168 14168 14168 13565 11809 11809 COUNTRY: (MA) MOROCCO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.12427 COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.877347 COUNTRY: (NI) NICARAGUA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.038558 NI NICARAGUA 999 59648 59648 51870 49279 49279 49279 Page 9 of 16
NI NICARAGUA 999 51870 49279 49279 49279 49279 44092 44092 COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.169205 COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000231 PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION 003 11695049 11695049 9096150 8931170 8931170 8931170 PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION 003 9096150 8931170 8931170 8931170 8931170 7770118 7770118 COUNTRY: (PE) PERU MIHA\Miscellaneous is revised to 5638 Nuevo Sol COUNTRY: (PR) PUERTO RICO PUERTO RICO 1/: PR CAGUAS 015 SAME AS SAN JUAN CAYEY 025 SAME AS SAN JUAN FAJARDO 030 SAME AS ROOSEVELT ROADS GUAYNABO 045 SAME AS SAN JUAN HUMACAO 050 SAME AS ROOSEVELT ROADS LUQUILLO 055 SAME AS ROOSEVELT ROADS MAYAGUEZ 060 1900 1900 N/C N/C N/C N/C ROOSEVELT ROADS 070 N/C N/C N/C 1950 N/C N/C SABANA SECA 075 SAME AS SAN JUAN SAN JUAN (INCL BAYAMON, CAROLINA, AND FORT BUCHANAN) 080 N/C 2650 N/C N/C 1778 1778 VEGA BAJA 085 SAME AS SAN JUAN Page 10 of 16
PUERTO RICO 1/ : PR AGUADILLA (INCL CG AS BORINQUEN) 001 SAME AS OTHER ARECIBO 005 SAME AS OTHER CAGUAS 015 SAME AS SAN JUAN CAYEY 025 SAME AS SAN JUAN FAJARDO 030 SAME AS ROOSEVELT ROADS GUAYNABO 045 SAME AS SAN JUAN HUMACAO 050 SAME AS ROOSEVELT ROADS ISABELA 053 SAME AS OTHER LUQUILLO 055 SAME AS ROOSEVELT ROADS ROOSEVELT ROADS 070 N/C 1950 1950 1950 N/C N/C N/C SABANA SECA 075 SAME AS SAN JUAN SAN JUAN (INCL BAYAMON, CAROLINA, AND FORT BUCHANAN) 080 N/C N/C N/C N/C 1778 1667 1667 VEGA BAJA 085 SAME AS SAN JUAN OTHER 999 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C 1450 1450 COUNTRY: (ZA) SOUTH AFRICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.096843 COUNTRY: (CH) SWITZERLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.145344 COUNTRY: (TZ) TANZANIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000609 COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.031049 THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 075 147088 145543 138940 137430 122778 122778 THAILAND: TH BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 075 138940 137430 137430 137430 122778 118631 118631 Page 11 of 16
COUNTRY: (TR) TURKEY, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.48821 TURKEY: TR ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) 001 1132 1132 1132 1025 1025 1025 ANKARA 003 3636 3584 3415 3415 3169 3169 ISTANBUL 005 4091 3965 3965 3965 3677 3677 IZMIR 007 3414 3114 2982 2982 2905 2905 OTHER 999 1043 959 959 917 890 890 TURKEY: TR ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) 001 1132 1025 1025 1025 1025 890 890 ANKARA 003 3415 3415 3415 3415 3169 2765 2765 ISTANBUL 005 3965 3965 3965 3965 3677 3207 3207 IZMIR 007 2982 2982 2982 2982 2905 2731 2731 OTHER 999 959 917 917 917 890 769 769 COUNTRY: (UA) UKRAINE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.082244 UKRAINE UA KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 66875 66875 66875 54716 48634 48634 UKRAINE UA KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 66875 54716 54716 54716 48634 42557 42557 COUNTRY: (AE) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Utility Allowance is revised to 2044 Dirham Page 12 of 16
COUNTRY: (GB) UNITED KINGDOM, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.752234 UNITED KINGDOM: 19, 20,21/ GB Cheltenham (E) 179 1950 1950 1950 1500 1350 1350 UNITED KINGDOM: 19, 20,21/ Cheltenham (E) 179 1950 1500 1500 1500 1350 1300 1300 GB179 Cheltenham (including Bromsgrove, Gloucester, Imjin Barracks and Innsworth) is established for OHA. Utility is established at 531 Pounds and MIHA\Miscellaneous is established at 272 Pounds. COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.043055 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 104518 104518 104518 80708 78526 78526 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 104518 80708 80708 80708 78526 72229 72229 Page 13 of 16
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 ANGOLA 95 98 ARGENTINA 8.165 8.111 AUSTRALIA 1.0538 1.0627 BRAZIL 2.1867 2.1835 CANADA 1.1285 1.0773 CHILE 552.87 570.21 CHINA 6.313 6.307 COLOMBIA 1888.7 1886.4 COSTA RICA 550.12 551.28 CROATIA (COLA) 5.379 5.354 CZECH REPUBLIC 19.695 19.612 GHANA 2.6892 2.838 GIBRALTAR 0.5857 0.5707 HUNGARY 219.69 218.62 ICELAND 111.06 111.02 INDIA 59.94 59.54 KOREA 1036.1 992.3 MACEDONIA (COLA) 42.909 43.057 MALAYSIA 3.2202 3.2285 MEXICO 13.294 12.877 MOROCCO 8.238 8.047 NAMIBIA 10.36 10.326 NEW ZEALAND 1.1477 1.1398 NICARAGUA 25.725 25.935 NORWAY 5.89 5.91 PARAGUAY 4321.1 4331.5 ROMANIA (COLA) 3.196 3.1613 SAINT HELENA 0.5857 0.5707 SOUTH AFRICA 10.36 10.326 SWAZILAND 10.36 10.326 SWITZERLAND 0.8773 0.8731 TANZANIA 1588 1642.7 THAILAND 31.864 32.207 TURKEY 2.0902 2.0483 UKRAINE 12.332 12.159 UNITED KINGDOM 0.5857 0.5707 URUGUAY 23.168 23.226 EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.) Page 14 of 16
SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: COUNTRY: (AR) ARGENTINA Effective 16 May 2014, MIHA miscellaneous is unchanged for Argentina based on data review. COUNTRY: (BH) BAHRAIN Effective 16 May 2014, MIHA miscellaneous is unchanged for Bahrain based on data review. COUNTRY: (MM) BURMA Effective 16 May 2014, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Burma based on data review. COUNTRY: (HR) CROATIA Effective 16 May 2014, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Croatia based on data review. COUNTRY: (DK) DENMARK Effective 16 May 2014, COLA Index is unchanged for Denmark based on data review. COUNTRY: (EG) EGYPT Effective 16 May 2014, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Egypt based on data review. COUNTRY: (FI) FINLAND Effective 16 May 2014, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Finland based on data review. COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY Effective 16 May 2014, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Hungary based on data review. COUNTRY: (LU) LUXEMBOURG Effective 16 May 2014, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Luxembourg based on data review. COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA Effective 16 May 2014, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Malta based on data review. COUNTRY: (ME) MONTENEGRO Effective 16 May 2014, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Montenegro based on data review. COUNTRY: (NP) NEPAL Effective 16 May 2014, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Nepal based on data review. COUNTRY: (PE) PERU Effective 16 May 2014, Utility Allowance is unchanged for Peru based on data review. COUNTRY: (PH) PHILIPPINES Effective 16 May 2014, Utility Allowance and MIHA miscellaneous are unchanged for Philippines based on data review. COUNTRY: (TR) TURKEY Effective 16 May 2014, Utility Allowance and MIHA miscellaneous are unchanged for Turkey based on data review. COUNTRY: (AE) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Effective 16 May 2014, MIHA miscellaneous is unchanged for United Arab Emirates based on data review. Page 15 of 16
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 TWO OTHER SOURCES: THE NORMAL TRANSACTION FILE, DISPATCHED TO ALL DFAS FINANCE CENTERS VIA DEFENSE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT OFFICE (DTMO) AND THE DTMO WEBSITE (http://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/stationall.cfm). 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. Page 16 of 16