THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND OVERSEAS COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 01 APRIL 2014, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BELARUS, CANADA, CHILE, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CURACAO, CZECH REPUBLIC, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, GERMANY, GHANA, GIBRALTAR, ICELAND, INDONESIA, JAMAICA, JAPAN, KENYA, KOREA, KUWAIT, KYRGYZSTAN, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, PAKISTAN, PARAGUAY, RUSSIA, SAINT HELENA, SEYCHELLES, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TUNISIA, TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY AND ZAMBIA 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 152 156 011 140 144 005, 013, 015, 023, 027, 030, 039, 099, 999 142 146 001 160 164 009, 010, 017, 019, 022, 035, 037, 100 152 156 025 COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA 132 130 033, 036, 053, 073, 999 132 N/C 003, 025, 029, 044, 061 128 126 045 148 146 013, 037, 076, 077 140 138 009, 081, 091 136 134 069, 089 COUNTRY: (CL) CHILE 116 124 001, 004, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA 116 118 001, 003, 999 COUNTRY: (CR) COSTA RICA 128 N/C 001, 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X Page 1 of 14
COUNTRY: (CW) CURACAO CHANGE CODE(S): D N/L 138 999 Netherlands Antilles AN999 is merged to Curacao CW999 and Curacao is established for COLA COUNTRY: (CZ) CZECH REPUBLIC 134 140 001 126 132 999 COUNTRY: (DO) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 124 120 001, 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X COUNTRY: (DE) GERMANY CHANGE CODE(S): D 140 142 067, 157, 203, 221, 224, 369, 407, 415, 425, 469, 573, 703, 721, 939 COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR 132 130 001 COUNTRY: (IS) ICELAND 148 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (JP) JAPAN 132 N/C 045 158 N/C 003, 021 150 N/C 009, 011, 015, 022, 029, 031, 069, 072 130 N/C 023 136 N/C 027 126 124 007, 033, 065, 067, 073, 077, 998 132 N/C 019 138 N/C 041, 049 148 N/C 018, 052, 053 146 N/C 061 144 142 016, 057 130 N/C 035 138 N/C 080, 106 Page 2 of 14
COUNTRY: (KR) KOREA 118 N/C 007, 010, 035, 050 116 N/C 017, 045, 047, 070, 176, 178, 999 130 N/C 015, 030 120 N/C 140, 175 118 N/C 005 112 N/C 025 120 N/C 065 114 N/C 177 COUNTRY: (KW) KUWAIT 132 134 999 COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO 118 N/C 005, 015, 455, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 999 114 N/C 500 COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND 166 174 006, 999 170 182 003 COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY 130 N/C 003, 999 COUNTRY: (RU) RUSSIA 128 N/C 001 118 N/C 999 122 N/C 004 COUNTRY: (SH) SAINT HELENA 120 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SC) SEYCHELLES None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SE) SWEDEN 178 184 001, 003, 999 COUNTRY: (CH) SWITZERLAND 222 224 001, 005, 009, 999 Page 3 of 14
COUNTRY: (TN) TUNISIA 106 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (TR) TURKEY None N/C 005 106 104 003 None N/C 007, 999 None N/C 001 COUNTRY: (TM) TURKMENISTAN 126 120 999 COUNTRY: (UA) UKRAINE 116 118 555, 999 COUNTRY: (GB) UNITED KINGDOM 126 N/C 153, 352 138 N/C 251, 388, 490 146 144 318, 496, 508, 514, 517, 676, 865, 883 144 N/C 319 154 N/C 380 140 N/C 518, 521 156 154 058 136 N/C 497, 559 148 146 884, 885 122 N/C 313 122 N/C 001 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY 122 N/C 003, 999 COUNTRY: (ZM) ZAMBIA 118 114 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D CHANGE CODE(S): D Page 4 of 14
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 RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.122175 ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES 012 37652 37652 34376 31831 28526 28526 OTHER 999 26191 26191 26191 16370 16370 16370 ARGENTINA: AR BUENOS AIRES 012 34376 31831 31831 31831 28526 24812 24812 OTHER 999 26191 16370 16370 16370 16370 14248 14248 COUNTRY: (AU) AUSTRALIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.916926 Utility Allowance is revised to 781 Australian Dollars COUNTRY: (BY) BELARUS RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000102 COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.886132 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X COUNTRY: (CL) CHILE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.001737 CHILE: CL SANTIAGO 001 2302200 2302200 2215641 1985644 1471751 1471751 GREATER VALPARAISO AREA 004 1323765 1323765 1323765 1323765 1039393 1039393 OTHER 999 1007232 1007232 1007232 986764 886582 886582 CHILE: CL SANTIAGO 001 2215641 1985644 1985644 1985644 1471751 1280422 1280422 GREATER VALPARAISO AREA 004 1323765 1323765 1323765 1323765 1039393 904271 904271 OTHER 999 1007232 986764 986764 986764 886582 771325 771325 Page 5 of 14
COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000495 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 8853248 8693310 8693310 8086800 8081430 8081430 CARTAGENA 003 7002140 6514367 6514367 6514367 4815575 4815575 OTHER 999 4726740 4726740 4726740 4726740 4251542 4251542 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 8693310 8086800 8086800 8086800 8081430 7483602 7483602 CARTAGENA 003 6514367 6514367 6514367 6514367 4815575 4189550 4189550 OTHER 999 4726740 4726740 4726740 4726740 4251542 3740145 3740145 COUNTRY: (CR) COSTA RICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.001832 COSTA RICA: CR SAN JOSE 001 1637524 1637524 1583023 1528150 1528150 1528150 OTHER 999 589210 589210 589210 488006 438876 438876 COSTA RICA: CR SAN JOSE 001 1583023 1528150 1528150 1528150 1528150 1329490 1329490 OTHER 999 589210 488006 488006 488006 438876 381562 381562 COUNTRY: (CW) CURACAO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.561798 CW CURACAO 999 6870 6000 5278 4000 3624 3624 CHANGE CODE(S): D CW CURACAO 999 5278 4000 4000 4000 3624 3153 3153 Netherlands Antilles AN999 is merged to Curacao CW999 and Curacao is established for OHA. Utility Allowance established at 1040 Guilder, MIHA\Miscellaneous established at 3269 Guilder COUNTRY: (CZ) CZECH REPUBLIC RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.051395 Page 6 of 14
COUNTRY: (DO) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.022942 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DO SANTO DOMINGO 001 130766 130766 122047 122047 122047 122047 OTHER 999 34836 34836 34836 34836 34836 34836 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DO SANTO DOMINGO 001 122047 122047 122047 122047 122047 106179 106179 OTHER 999 34836 34836 34836 34836 34836 30305 30305 COUNTRY: (GH) GHANA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.389347 COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.707359 COUNTRY: (IS) ICELAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.008904 COUNTRY: (ID) INDONESIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000088 INDONESIA: ID JAKARTA 001 41868859 39763501 38768252 36599023 33514951 33514951 OTHER 999 27294212 27294212 27294212 23194425 21485424 21485424 INDONESIA: ID JAKARTA 001 38768252 36599023 36599023 36599023 33514951 29158010 29158010 OTHER 999 27294212 23194425 23194425 23194425 21485424 18692323 18692323 COUNTRY: (JM) JAMAICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.009174 COUNTRY: (JP) JAPAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.01021 Page 7 of 14
COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.0115 KENYA: KE KISUMU 011 66703 60874 56614 46954 40006 40006 MOMBASA 001 108442 97044 97044 93216 86703 86703 NAIROBI 003 134184 122095 105385 105385 105385 105385 OTHER 999 27775 27775 27775 27775 27775 27775 KENYA: KE KISUMU 011 56614 46954 46954 46954 40006 34797 34797 MOMBASA 001 97044 93216 93216 93216 86703 77916 77916 NAIROBI 003 105385 105385 105385 105385 105385 105385 105385 OTHER 999 27775 27775 27775 27775 27775 27775 27775 COUNTRY: (KR) KOREA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.00095 COUNTRY: (KW) KUWAIT RATE OF EXCHANGE: $3.577818 COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.075222 MEXICO: MX CIUDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA 005 31903 31903 31903 31903 19834 19834 MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY 455 46529 45198 43876 41133 38348 38348 MONTERREY 500 31903 31903 31903 31903 28716 28716 NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 17584 17584 17584 14627 14004 14004 Page 8 of 14
MEXICO: MX CIUDAD JUAREZ 555 SAME AS OTHER GUADALAJARA 005 31903 31903 31903 31903 19834 17251 17251 MATAMOROS 556 SAME AS OTHER MERIDA 557 SAME AS OTHER MEXICO CITY 455 43876 41133 41133 41133 38348 33362 33362 MONTERREY 500 31903 31903 31903 31903 28716 26587 26587 NOGALES 558 SAME AS OTHER NUEVO LAREDO 559 SAME AS OTHER TIJUANA 560 SAME AS OTHER VERACRUZ 015 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 17584 14627 14627 14627 14004 12191 12191 COUNTRY: (NL) NETHERLANDS CHANGE CODE(S): D NETHERLANDS: NL EINDHOVEN (INCL BREDA) 007 SAME AS LIMBURG PROVINCE OF LIMBURG (INCL BRUNSSUM/SCHINNEN) 015 2000 N/C N/C 1500 N/C N/C VOLKEL 027 SAME AS LIMBURG NETHERLANDS: NL EINDHOVEN (INCL BREDA) 007 SAME AS LIMBURG PROVINCE OF LIMBURG (INCL BRUNSSUM/SCHINNEN) 015 N/C 1500 1500 1500 N/C N/C N/C VOLKEL 027 SAME AS LIMBURG COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.874967 COUNTRY: (PK) PAKISTAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.01014 COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000231 PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION 003 11667779 11667779 9074940 8910345 8910345 8910345 Page 9 of 14
PARAGUAY PY ASUNCION 003 9074940 8910345 8910345 8910345 8910345 7752000 7752000 COUNTRY: (RU) RUSSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.027146 COUNTRY: (SE) SWEDEN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.159084 COUNTRY: (CH) SWITZERLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.153403 COUNTRY: (TN) TUNISIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.642137 COUNTRY: (TR) TURKEY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.444188 TURKEY: TR ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) 001 1244 1244 1244 1127 1127 1127 ANKARA 003 3939 3939 3538 3491 3483 3483 ISTANBUL 005 4497 4358 4358 4358 4041 4041 IZMIR 007 3752 3423 3254 3251 3128 3128 OTHER 999 1146 1054 1054 1008 978 978 TURKEY: TR ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) 001 1244 1127 1127 1127 1127 978 978 ANKARA 003 3538 3491 3491 3491 3483 3027 3027 ISTANBUL 005 4358 4358 4358 4358 4041 3525 3525 IZMIR 007 3254 3251 3251 3251 3128 2875 2875 OTHER 999 1054 1008 1008 1008 978 845 845 Page 10 of 14
COUNTRY: (UA) UKRAINE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.09418 UKRAINE UA KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 58400 58400 58400 47782 42470 42470 UKRAINE UA KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 58400 47782 47782 47782 42470 37164 37164 COUNTRY: (GB) UNITED KINGDOM RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.707359 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.044117 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 88401 88401 83525 78765 76636 76636 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 83525 78765 78765 78765 76636 70491 70491 Page 11 of 14
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 ARGENTINA 8.178 8.185 AUSTRALIA 1.1314 1.0906 BELARUS 9519 9828 CANADA 1.1143 1.1285 CHILE 569.18 575.55 COLOMBIA 2063.9 2021.7 COSTA RICA 545.3 545.87 CURACAO N/L 1.78 CZECH REPUBLIC 20.433 19.457 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 43.733 43.589 GHANA 2.4912 2.5684 GIBRALTAR 0.5793 0.5857 ICELAND 110.99 112.31 INDONESIA 11826 11361 JAMAICA 103 109 JAPAN 97.65 97.94 KENYA 87.17 86.96 KOREA 1053.8 1052.2 KUWAIT 0.2829 0.2795 MEXICO 13.347 13.294 NEW ZEALAND 1.2265 1.1429 PAKISTAN 105.24 98.62 PARAGUAY 4311.9 4321.4 RUSSIA 36.946 36.838 SAINT HELENA 0.5793 0.5857 SEYCHELLES 11.905 12.079 SWEDEN 6.545 6.286 SWITZERLAND 0.8704 0.867 TUNISIA 1.5563 1.5573 TURKEY 2.2251 2.2513 UKRAINE 9.666 10.618 UNITED KINGDOM 0.5793 0.5857 URUGUAY 22.685 22.667 ZAMBIA 5.755 6.248 EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.) Page 12 of 14
SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: COUNTRY: (KG) KYRGYZSTAN CHANGE CODE(S): N Effective 01 April 2014, COLA Index is unchanged for Kyrgyzstan based on data review. POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR COMM (571) 372-1272, OR E-MAIL: joseph.oconnor@dtmo.pentagon.mil Page 13 of 14
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 14 of 14