THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND OVERSEAS COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 16 OCTOBER 2016, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: ALGERIA, ANGOLA, ARGENTINA, BAHAMAS, BELARUS, BELIZE, BOTSWANA, BURKINA FASO, CAMBODIA, CANADA, CAYMAN ISLANDS, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, GIBRALTAR, HONDURAS, HUNGARY, ICELAND, IRAQ, ISRAEL, JAMAICA, JAPAN, KOREA, LESOTHO, LIBERIA, MALAYSIA, MALTA, MAURITIUS, MEXICO, MONTENEGRO, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NIGERIA, PALAU, PANAMA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PARAGUAY, PERU, PHILIPPINES, ROMANIA, SAINT HELENA, SERBIA, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, SYRIA, THAILAND, TOGO, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM, URUGUAY, UZBEKISTAN, YEMEN 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/LOCALITY MAY BE LISTED IN MORE THAN ONE SECTION OF THE MESSAGE. SECTION A APPENDIX J - COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES: Country: (AO) Angola Change Code(s): D Angola AO999 AO01 142 136 Country: (BY) Belarus Belarus BY999 BY01 124 126 Country: (BW) Botswana Botswana BW999 BW01 114 112 Country: (CZ) Czech Republic Prague CZ001 CZ01 120 122 Other CZ999 CZ02 112 114 Country: (GI) Gibraltar Gibraltar MOD Housing GI001 GI01 110 108 Gibraltar non-mod Housing GI002 GI01 110 108 Country: (HU) Hungary Budapest HU001 HU01 118 120 Country: (IS) Iceland Iceland IS999 IS01 146 148 Country: (IL) Israel Other IL001 IL01 136 134 Page 1 of 10
Country: (JP) Japan Gifu (GI) JP009 JP03 138 140 Hamamatsu (SH) JP011 JP03 138 140 Hyakuri AB (IB) JP015 JP03 138 140 Komaki (AI) JP022 JP03 138 140 Nyutabaru AB (MI) JP029 JP03 138 140 Osaka-Kobe (OS & HY) JP031 JP03 138 140 Sapporo (HK) JP069 JP03 138 140 Kyoto (KY) JP072 JP03 138 140 Other Chiba Pref JP007 JP07 134 136 Other Saitama Pref JP033 JP07 134 136 Yokota (TO) JP065 JP07 134 136 Kichijoji (KA) JP073 JP07 134 136 Other Tokyo Pref JP077 JP07 134 136 Other Kanagawa Pref JP998 JP07 134 136 Atsugi (incl Totsuka) (KA) JP041 JP09 138 140 Kamiseya (KA) JP049 JP09 138 140 Kumamoto JP018 JP11 146 148 Sendai (MG) JP052 JP11 146 148 Tokyo (TO) 9/ JP053 JP11 146 148 Yokosuka (KA) JP061 JP12 134 136 Other Locations JP080 JP15 136 138 Shariki (AO) JP106 JP15 136 138 Camp Fuji (SH) JP067 JP16 140 142 Country: (KR) Korea Chunchon KR007 KR01 114 116 Inchon KR010 KR01 114 116 Camp Humphreys KR035 KR01 114 116 Suwon KR050 KR01 114 116 Kwanju AB KR017 KR02 126 128 Daegu/Waegwan (incl Camps Carroll, Henry, & Walker) KR045 KR02 126 128 Taejon KR047 KR02 126 128 Kunsan AB KR070 KR02 126 128 Munsan KR178 KR02 126 128 Other KR999 KR02 126 128 Seoul KR140 KR04 126 128 Seoul-Housing Office Approval KR175 KR04 126 128 Weonju KR065 KR07 126 128 Dongducheon (incl. Camp Casey) KR177 KR08 130 132 Country: (PH) Philippines Bulacan PH003 PH01 120 118 Manila-without rental advance PH005 PH01 120 118 Manila-with rental advance PH701 PH01 120 118 Country: (RO) Romania Romania RO999 RO01 118 120 Page 2 of 10
Country: (SH) Saint Helena Saint Helena (incl Ascension Island) SH999 SH01 112 110 Country: (ZA) South Africa Cape Town ZA002 ZA01 None 104 Johannesburg ZA005 ZA02 116 120 Pretoria ZA100 ZA02 116 120 Other ZA999 ZA03 None 102 Country: (CH) Switzerland Change Code(s): D Geneva CH005 CH01 162 156 Zurich CH009 CH01 162 156 Other CH999 CH01 162 156 Country: (GB) UK Cambridge GB153 GB01 112 110 Lakenheath/Mildenhall GB352 GB01 112 110 Fairford GB251 GB02 110 108 Oxford GB490 GB02 110 108 High Wycombe/Daws Hill GB319 GB04 124 122 London GB380 GB05 134 132 Salisbury/Wilton MOD Housing GB518 GB06 112 110 Salisbury/Wilton non-mod Housing GB521 GB06 112 110 Bath GB058 GB07 130 128 St Mawgan MOD Housing GB497 GB08 108 106 St Mawgan non-mod Housing GB559 GB08 108 106 Harrogate/Menwith Hill GB313 GB10 116 114 Alconbury GB001 GB11 112 110 Cheltenham GB179 GB12 124 122 Country: (UY) Uruguay Montevideo UY003 UY01 110 112 Other UY999 UY01 110 112 Page 3 of 10
SECTION B APPENDIX K, TABLE I - OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCES: COUNTRY: (AR) ARGENTINA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.065249 BUENOS AIRES AR012 70505 70505 70505 64366 59602 53411 46458 OTHER AR999 49040 49040 49040 49040 30652 30652 26675 COUNTRY: (BS) BAHAMAS Utility Allowance is revised to 1238 US Dollars. MIHA/Miscellaneous is revised to 750 US Dollars. COUNTRY: (BY) BELARUS RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.520427 COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.750582 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000338 BOGOTA CO001 12945527 12945527 12785566 12785566 12711660 11824800 11824800 CARTAGENA CO003 10238775 10238775 9748233 9748233 9748233 7041500 6126106 OTHER CO999 6911598 6911598 6911598 6911598 6911598 6216753 5468970 COUNTRY: (CR) COSTA RICA SAN JOSE CR001 N\C N\C N\C 1609944 N\C N\C N\C COUNTRY: (CZ) CZECH REPUBLIC RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.041757 COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.301406 COUNTRY: (HN) HONDURAS RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.04307 TEGUCIGALPA HN001 46436 46436 46436 41795 41274 35008 35008 OTHER HN999 31579 31579 30414 27860 27860 27860 24238 COUNTRY: (HU) HUNGARY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.003722 COUNTRY: (IS) ICELAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.008902 Page 4 of 10
COUNTRY: (IQ) IRAQ Utility Allowance is revised to 200 US Dollars. COUNTRY: (IL) ISRAEL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.26634 COUNTRY: (JM) JAMAICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.007813 COUNTRY: (JP) JAPAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.010171 COUNTRY: (KR) KOREA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000935 COUNTRY: (LR) LIBERIA MIHA/Miscellaneous is revised to 828 US Dollars. COUNTRY: (MY) MALAYSIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.239091 COUNTRY: (MA) MOROCCO MIHA/Miscellaneous is revised to 11,571 Dinar. COUNTRY: (NI) NICARAGUA NICARAGUA NI999 2325 2325 2325 2000 1900 1900 1700 Rental Allowances are in US Dollars. Utility Allowance is revised to 572 US Dollars. MIHA/Miscellaneous is revised to 735 US Dollars. COUNTRY: (NG) NIGERIA Utility Allowance is revised to 69,750 Naira. MIHA/Miscellaneous is revised to 338,500 Naira. COUNTRY: (PA) PANAMA Utility Allowance is revised to 653 US Dollars. MIHA/Miscellaneous is revised to 587 US Dollars. COUNTRY: (PY) PARAGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000182 ASUNCION PY003 14871599 14871599 14871599 12117600 11566800 11357007 988059 COUNTRY: (PE) PERU RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.29209 LIMA PE005 13696 13696 13696 13695 12031 9842 8613 OTHER PE999 3503 3503 3503 3503 3503 3029 2908 Page 5 of 10
COUNTRY: (PH) PHILIPPINES RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.020537 METROPOLITAN MANILA (INCL PH701 RIZAL PROV)(FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 174739 174739 174739 174739 146809 143689 125010 COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA Utility Allowance is revised to 639 Euro. MIHA/Miscellaneous is revised to 355 Euro. COUNTRY: (ZA) SOUTH AFRICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.073752 COUNTRY: (SE) SWEDEN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.115101 COUNTRY: (SY) SYRIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.001933 COUNTRY: (TH) THAILAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.028896 BANGKOK (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) TH075 158049 158049 156388 149297 147671 131925 127472 COUNTRY: (UA) UKRAINE, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.038429 KIEV UA555 143124 143124 143124 143124 117337 104085 91080 OTHER UA999 143124 143124 143124 143124 117337 104085 91080 MIHA/Miscellaneous is revised to 1950 Hryvnia. COUNTRY: (GB) UNITED KINGDOM RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.301406 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.035737 MONTEVIDEO UY003 125925 125925 125925 125925 103530 94608 87019 Page 6 of 10
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 15.287 15.326 BELARUS 1.9832 1.9215 BOTSWANA 10.185 10.56 CANADA 1.3294 1.3323 COLOMBIA 2927.9 2956.2 CZECH REPUBLIC 24.419 23.948 GIBRALTAR 0.7527 0.7684 HONDURAS 23.002 23.218 HUNGARY 270.89 268.68 ICELAND 112.94 112.34 ISRAEL 3.7406 3.7546 JAMAICA 121.7 128 JAPAN 99.07 98.32 KOREA 1078.9 1069.9 LESOTHO 14.296 13.559 MALAYSIA 4.1664 4.1825 NAMIBIA 14.296 13.559 PARAGUAY 5578 5508 PERU 3.4099 3.4236 PHILIPPINES 47.339 48.692 ROMANIA (COLA) 4.0168 3.9659 SAINT HELENA 0.7527 0.7684 SOUTH AFRICA 14.296 13.559 SWAZILAND 14.296 13.559 SWEDEN 8.671 8.688 SYRIA 219.78 517.38 THAILAND 34.513 34.607 UKRAINE 26.157 26.022 UNITED KINGDOM 0.7527 0.7684 URUGUAY 28.792 27.982 Page 7 of 10
SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: COUNTRY: (DZ) ALGERIA Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance and MIHA/Miscellaneous are unchanged for Algeria based on data review. COUNTRY: (BZ) BELIZE Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance and MIHA/Miscellaneous are unchanged for Belize based on data review. COUNTRY: (BF) BURKINA FASO Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance is unchanged for Burkina Faso based on data review. COUNTRY: (KH) CAMBODIA Effective 16 October 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Cambodia based on data review. COUNTRY: (KY) CAYMAN ISLANDS Effective 16 October 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Cayman Islands based on data review. COUNTRY: (DK) DENMARK Effective 16 October 2016, COLA index is unchanged for Denmark based on data review. COUNTRY: (IS) ICELAND Effective 16 October 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Iceland based on data review. COUNTRY: (JP) JAPAN Effective 16 October 2016, COLA index is unchanged for Sasebo, Japan based on data review. COUNTRY: (LR) LIBERIA Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance is unchanged for Liberia based on data review. COUNTRY: (FM) MALAYSIA Effective 16 October 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Malaysia based on data review. COUNTRY: (MT) MALTA Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance and MIHA/Miscellaneous are unchanged for Malta based on data review. COUNTRY: (MU) MAURITIUS Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance is unchanged for Mauritius based on data review. COUNTRY: (MX) MEXICO Effective 16 October 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Mexico based on data review. COUNTRY: (ME) MONTENEGRO Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance and MIHA/Miscellaneous are unchanged for Montenegro based on data review. COUNTRY: (MA) MOROCCO Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance is unchanged for Morocco based on data review. COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance and MIHA/Miscellaneous are unchanged for New Zealand based on data review. Page 8 of 10
COUNTRY: (PW) PALAU Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance and MIHA/Miscellaneous are unchanged for Palau based on data review. COUNTRY: (PG) PAPUA NEW GUINEA Effective 16 October 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Papua New Guinea based on data review. COUNTRY: (PE) PERU Effective 16 October 2016, Rental Allowances are unchanged for Peru based on data review. COUNTRY: (RS) SERBIA Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance and MIHA/Miscellaneous are unchanged for Serbia based on data review. COUNTRY: (SK) SLOVAKIA Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance and MIHA/Miscellaneous are unchanged for Slovakia based on data review. COUNTRY: (SI) SLOVENIA Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance and MIHA/Miscellaneous are unchanged for Slovenia based on data review. COUNTRY: (SE) SWEDEN Effective 16 October 2016, Rental Allowances, Utility Allowance and MIHA/Miscellaneous are unchanged for Sweden based on data review. COUNTRY: (TG) TOGO Effective 16 October 2016, Rental Allowances, Utility Allowance and MIHA/Miscellaneous are unchanged for Togo based on data review. COUNTRY: (UA) UKRAINE Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance is unchanged for Ukraine based on data review. COUNTRY: (UZ) UZBEKISTAN Effective 16 October 2016, Rental Allowances, Utility Allowance and MIHA/Miscellaneous are unchanged for Uzbekistan based on data review. COUNTRY: (YE) YEMEN Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance and MIHA/Miscellaneous are unchanged for Yemen based on data review. COUNTRY: (ZW) ZIMBABWE Effective 16 October 2016, Utility Allowance and MIHA/Miscellaneous are unchanged for Zimbabwe based on data review. Page 9 of 10
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. 6. POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH O CONNOR COMM (571) 372-1272, OR E-MAIL: joseph.oconnor.civ@mail.mil. Page 10 of 10