THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY STATION ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 01 AUGUST 2011, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: BOTSWANA, BRAZIL, CHILE, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, COTE D'IVOIRE, EGYPT, FRANCE, GIBRALTAR, GUATEMALA, HAWAII, HONG KONG, ICELAND, INDIA, ISRAEL, JAPAN, JERUSALEM, KENYA, KOREA, NAMIBIA, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NORWAY, PAKISTAN, PARAGUAY, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, SERBIA, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, SWAZILAND, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, SYRIA, TANZANIA, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM AND VENEZUELA 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: (BC) BOTSWANA 132 130 999 COUNTRY: (BR) BRAZIL 148 N/C 001 170 168 015 162 N/C 005 148 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (CI) CHILE 136 N/C 001, 004, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA 120 N/C 001, 003, 999 COUNTRY: (CS) COSTA RICA 128 N/C 001, 999 COUNTRY: (IV) COTE D'IVOIRE 152 150 999 COUNTRY: (EG) EGYPT None N/C 001, 002, 003, 006, 007, 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D
COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR 130 132 001 COUNTRY: (GT) GUATEMALA 122 124 001, 999 COUNTRY: (HI) HAWAII 134 136 001 138 142 005, 007 134 140 003 130 132 009 COUNTRY: (HK) HONG KONG 144 N/C 001 COUNTRY: (IC) ICELAND 144 142 999 COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA 118 120 001, 555, 556, 557, 999 136 138 050 COUNTRY: (IS) ISRAEL 156 152 001 COUNTRY: (JA) JAPAN 152 154 045 180 184 003, 021 196 202 009, 011, 015, 022, 029, 031, 069, 072 144 146 023 144 146 027 140 142 007, 033, 065, 067, 073, 077, 998 140 144 019 152 154 041, 049 190 194 018, 052, 053 160 162 061 166 170 016, 057 152 154 035 180 184 080, 106 COUNTRY: (JS) JERUSALEM 154 150 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D
COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA 112 110 001, 003, 011, 999 COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA 114 116 007, 010, 025, 035, 050, 065 114 116 017, 045, 047, 070, 176, 177, 178, 999 126 N/C 015, 030 124 126 140, 175 118 N/C 005 COUNTRY: (WA) NAMIBIA 122 120 999 COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND 172 174 006, 999 176 182 003 COUNTRY: (NU) NICARAGUA None 110 999 COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY 184 180 003, 021 190 184 001, 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (PA) PARAGUAY 140 142 003, 999 COUNTRY: (PE) PERU 138 N/C 005, 999 COUNTRY: (RP) PHILIPPINES 116 N/C 003, 005, 701 None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND 130 126 001, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (PO) PORTUGAL 122 120 015 130 126 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X CHANGE CODE(S): D CHANGE CODE(S): D
COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA 150 146 999 COUNTRY: (RB) SERBIA 110 106 060, 999 COUNTRY: (SN) SINGAPORE 170 172 001 COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA 142 138 002 142 138 005, 100 138 136 999 COUNTRY: (WZ) SWAZILAND 140 138 999 COUNTRY: (SW) SWEDEN 182 178 001, 003, 999 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND 256 260 001, 005, 009, 999 COUNTRY: (SY) SYRIA 106 118 999 COUNTRY: (TS) TUNISIA 114 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (TU) TURKEY 112 110 005 116 114 003 110 108 007 110 108 001 104 N/C 999 COUNTRY: (UP) UKRAINE 128 N/C 555, 999 CHANGE CODE(S): D, X CHANGE CODE(S): D, X CHANGE CODE(S): D
COUNTRY: (UK) UNITED KINGDOM 122 124 153, 352 132 134 251, 388, 490 134 136 058, 318, 496, 508, 514, 517, 676, 865, 883 138 140 319 152 154 380 134 136 518, 521 132 134 497, 559 136 138 884, 885 126 N/C 313 126 128 001
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: (BR) BRAZIL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.642591 COUNTRY: (CI) CHILE CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.00218 CHILE: CI IQUIQUE 005 1523162 1523162 1523162 1111648 963690 963690 SANTIAGO 001 1697245 1697245 1697003 1511603 1172798 1172798 VINA DEL MAR 004 917430 917430 917430 914287 828264 828264 OTHER 999 802636 802636 802636 786326 706491 706491 CHILE: CI IQUIQUE 005 1523162 1111648 1111648 1111648 963690 838414 838414 SANTIAGO 001 1697003 1511603 1511603 1511603 1172798 1020333 1020333 VINA DEL MAR 004 917430 914287 914287 914287 828264 720589 720589 OTHER 999 802636 786326 786326 786326 706491 614647 614647 Effective 01 August 2011, Utility Allowance is revised to 600,334 Pesos for all personnel in Chile COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000574 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 7493386 7314807 7140644 6775386 6443998 6443998 CARTAGENA 003 6029418 5573119 5252513 5246158 3880664 3880664 OTHER 999 4070112 4070112 4070112 4070112 3660928 3660928 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 7140644 6775386 6775386 6775386 6443998 6443998 6443998 CARTAGENA 003 5252513 5246158 5246158 5246158 3880664 3376176 3376176 OTHER 999 4070112 4070112 4070112 4070112 3660928 3185010 3185010
COUNTRY: (CS) COSTA RICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.001977 COSTA RICA: CS SAN JOSE 001 1517171 1517171 1415833 1415833 1415833 1415833 OTHER 999 545907 545907 545907 452139 406621 406621 COSTA RICA: CS SAN JOSE 001 1415833 1415833 1415833 1415833 1415833 1231777 1231777 OTHER 999 545907 452139 452139 452139 406621 353519 353519 COUNTRY: (EG) EGYPT RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.169374 EGYPT: EG ABU-HAMED 007 SAME AS OTHER ALEXANDRIA 002 SAME AS CAIRO CAIRO 001 20992 20992 20992 20992 8240 8240 BENI SUEF (INCL SAKARA AB, JIYANKLIS) 003 SAME AS OTHER ISMAILIA 006 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 4122 4122 4122 4122 4122 4122 EGYPT: EG ABU-HAMED 007 SAME AS OTHER ALEXANDRIA 002 SAME AS CAIRO CAIRO 001 20992 20992 20992 20992 8240 8240 8240 BENI SUEF (INCL SAKARA AB, JIYANKLIS) 003 SAME AS OTHER ISMAILIA 006 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 4122 4122 4122 4122 4122 3586 3586 COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE CHANGE CODE(S): D Effective 01 August 2011, Utility Allowance is revised to 671 Euro for all personnel in France COUNTRY: (GI) GIBRALTAR RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.644466
COUNTRY: (GT) GUATEMALA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.128444 GUATEMALA: GT GUATEMALA CITY 001 23357 21799 21799 21623 19510 19510 OTHER 999 9926 9926 8755 8755 8755 8755 GUATEMALA: GT GUATEMALA CITY 001 21799 21623 21623 21623 19510 17060 17060 OTHER 999 8755 8755 8755 8755 8755 7623 7623 COUNTRY: (HK) HONG KONG RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.129097 COUNTRY: (IC) ICELAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.008456 COUNTRY: (IN) INDIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.022715 COUNTRY: (IS) ISRAEL RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.289477 COUNTRY: (JA) JAPAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.013129 COUNTRY: (JS) JERUSALEM RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.289477 JS JERUSALEM 999 14,508 14,508 14,508 8,926 7,064 7,064 JS JERUSALEM 999 14,508 8,926 8,926 8,926 7,064 6,145 6,145
COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.010973 KENYA: KE KISUMU 011 69905 63796 59328 49206 41927 41927 MOMBASA 001 113644 101701 101701 97692 90863 90863 NAIROBI 003 140622 127956 108042 108042 108042 108042 OTHER 999 29109 29109 29109 29109 29109 29109 KENYA: KE KISUMU 011 59328 49206 49206 49206 41927 36469 36469 MOMBASA 001 101701 97692 97692 97692 90863 81655 81655 NAIROBI 003 108042 108042 108042 108042 108042 108042 108042 OTHER 999 29109 29109 29109 29109 29109 29109 29109 COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000978 COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.87604 NEW ZEALAND: NZ CHRISTCHURCH 003 2300 2300 2300 N/C N/C N/C NEW ZEALAND: NZ CHRISTCHURCH 003 2300 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.180496 COUNTRY: (PK) PAKISTAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.011609
COUNTRY: (PA) PARAGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000258 PARAGUAY PA ASUNCION 003 8536149 7372131 6983324 6354820 6354820 6354820 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 PARAGUAY PA ASUNCION 003 6983324 6354820 6354820 6354820 6354820 5528695 5528695 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 COUNTRY: (PE) PERU RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.368528 PERU: PE LIMA 005 8139 8139 8139 7098 6201 6201 OTHER 999 682 682 682 543 543 543 PERU: PE LIMA 005 8139 7098 7098 7098 6201 5373 5373 OTHER 999 682 543 543 543 543 543 543 COUNTRY: (RP) PHILIPPINES RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.023149 PHILIPPINES: RP MANILA (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 701 153520 153520 153520 130243 121316 121316 PHILIPPINES: RP MANILA (FOR MEMBERS WITH RENTAL ADVANCES) 701 153520 130243 130243 130243 121316 105543 105543 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.349394 COUNTRY: (RB) SERBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.013674
COUNTRY: (SN) SINGAPORE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.831117 COUNTRY: (SF) SOUTH AFRICA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.143468 COUNTRY: (SW) SWEDEN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.153114 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.246106 COUNTRY: (TZ) TANZANIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000643 COUNTRY: (TS) TUNISIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.719011 COUNTRY: (TU) TURKEY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.588235 TURKEY: TU ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) 001 940 940 940 850 850 850 ANKARA 003 2806 2806 2551 2404 2211 2211 ISTANBUL 005 3397 3287 3287 3287 3052 3052 IZMIR 007 2833 2457 2457 2268 2170 2170 OTHER 999 867 797 797 765 738 738 TURKEY: TU ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) 001 940 850 850 850 850 738 738 ANKARA 003 2551 2404 2404 2404 2211 1990 1990 ISTANBUL 005 3287 3287 3287 3287 3052 2661 2661 IZMIR 007 2457 2268 2268 2268 2170 2170 2170 OTHER 999 797 765 765 765 738 639 639 COUNTRY: (UP) UKRAINE RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.126103 UKRAINE UP KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 43615 43615 43615 35685 31718 31718 UKRAINE UP KIEV 555 SAME AS OTHER OTHER 999 43615 35685 35685 35685 31718 27755 27755
COUNTRY: (UK) UNITED KINGDOM CHANGE CODE(S): D, X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.644466 Effective 01 August 2011, Utility Allowance is revised to 464 Pounds for all personnel in the United Kingdom COUNTRY: (VE) VENEZUELA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.228519 VENEZUELA: VE CARACAS 001 21211 21211 19624 18413 15909 15909 OTHER 999 5047 5047 4861 3892 3089 3089 VENEZUELA: VE CARACAS 001 19624 18413 18413 18413 15909 15909 15909 OTHER 999 4861 3892 3892 3892 3089 2683 2683
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 BOTSWANA 6.5792 6.6869 BRAZIL 1.545 1.5562 CHILE 462.46 458.64 COLOMBIA 1746.36 1740.85 COSTA RICA 508.88 505.75 EGYPT 5.998 5.9041 GIBRALTAR 0.6165 0.6081 GUATEMALA 7.8675 7.7855 HONG KONG 7.713 7.7461 ICELAND 116.807 118.263 INDIA 44.851 44.024 ISRAEL 3.3751 3.4545 JAPAN 78.38 76.17 JERUSALEM 3.3751 3.4545 KENYA 89.894 91.134 KOREA 1044.02 1021.99 NAMIBIA 6.7922 6.9702 NEW ZEALAND 1.1841 1.1415 NORWAY 5.3177 5.5403 PAKISTAN 83.55 86.14 PARAGUAY 3916.08 3869.63 PERU 2.7175 2.7135 PHILIPPINES 43.47 43.198 POLAND 2.6967 2.8621 ROMANIA (COLA) 2.9467 3.0626 SERBIA 70.6283 73.132 SINGAPORE 1.2168 1.2032 SOUTH AFRICA 6.7922 6.9702 SWAZILAND 6.7922 6.9702 SWEDEN 6.3741 6.5311 SWITZERLAND 0.8316 0.8025 TANZANIA 1607 1556.4 TUNISIA 1.3849 1.3908 TURKEY 1.6448 1.7 UKRAINE 7.914 7.93 UNITED KINGDOM 0.6165 0.6081 VENEZUELA 4.3846 4.376 EXCHANGE RATE (TO 1 DLR U.S.)
SECTION D REVIEWS OF DATA LEADING TO NO CHANGE IN THE ALLOWANCE: None 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.