THIS MESSAGE CONSTITUTES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF BI-MONTHLY STATION ALLOWANCE REVIEWS EFFECTIVE 16 JUNE 2011, FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: AUSTRALIA, BANGLADESH, BELARUS, CANADA, COLOMBIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN, KENYA, KOREA, KYRGYZSTAN, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PARAGUAY, POLAND, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SEYCHELLES, SWITZERLAND, TANZANIA, TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, URUGUAY AND UZBEKISTAN 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 178 180 011 168 N/C 005, 013, 015, 023, 027, 030, 039, 099, 999 172 N/C 001 186 N/C 009, 010, 017, 019, 022, 035, 037, 100 180 N/C 025 COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA 118 120 001, 003, 999 COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE N/L 158 016 Effective 16 June 2011, COLA is established for FR016 Lille, France. COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY 152 150 133, 169, 223, 501 COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA 114 N/C 001, 003, 011, 999 COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA 114 N/C 007, 010, 025, 035, 050, 065 114 N/C 017, 045, 047, 070, 176, 177, 178, 999 120 122 015, 030 124 N/C 140, 175 116 118 005
COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND 166 172 006, 999 168 174 003 COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY 180 184 003, 021 184 190 001, 005, 007, 016, 025 COUNTRY: (PA) PARAGUAY 142 140 003, 999 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND 128 130 001, 005, 999 COUNTRY: (RO) ROMANIA 154 156 999 COUNTRY: (RS) RUSSIA 134 132 999 COUNTRY: (SE) SEYCHELLES None N/C 999 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND 246 260 001, 005, 009, 999 COUNTRY: (TU) TURKEY 118 114 005 120 118 003 114 110 007 112 110 001 108 106 999 COUNTRY: (TX) TURKMENISTAN 132 130 999 COUNTRY: (TC) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 128 130 001, 024, 999 128 N/C 014
COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY 140 142 003, 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: $1.07631 COUNTRY: (BG) BANGLADESH RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.013699 COUNTRY: (BO) BELARUS RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000145 COUNTRY: (CA) CANADA CANADA: 1/ CA HALIFAX/DARTMOUTH /SHEARWATER 029 N/C N/C N/C 2096 1872 1872 OTTAWA 053 3200 3000 N/C N/C N/C N/C VICTORIA (INCL ESQUIMALT) 077 2400 2400 2400 2400 N/C N/C WINNIPEG 081 2275 2275 2275 2250 2002 2002 CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 CANADA: 1/ CA HALIFAX/DARTMOUTH /SHEARWATER 029 N/C 2096 2096 2096 1872 1629 1629 VICTORIA (INCL ESQUIMALT) 077 2400 2400 2400 2400 N/C N/C N/C WINNIPEG 081 2275 2250 2250 2250 2002 1741 1741
COUNTRY: (CO) COLOMBIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000569 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 7567766 7387415 7211523 6842640 6507962 6507962 CARTAGENA 003 6089268 5628439 5304651 5298233 3919184 3919184 OTHER 999 4110512 4110512 4110512 4110512 3697267 3697267 CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 COLOMBIA: CO BOGOTA 001 7211523 6842640 6842640 6842640 6507962 6507962 6507962 CARTAGENA 003 5304651 5298233 5298233 5298233 3919184 3409688 3409688 OTHER 999 4110512 4110512 4110512 4110512 3697267 3216625 3216625 COUNTRY: (FR) FRANCE FRANCE: FR LILLE 016 2500 2500 2450 2450 1372 1372 PARIS (CITY AND ENVIRONS) 1/ 011 4200 4200 4000 N/C N/C N/C CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 FRANCE: FR LILLE 016 2450 2450 2450 2450 1372 1220 1220 PARIS (CITY AND ENVIRONS) 1/ 011 4000 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C Effective 16 June 2011, OHA is established for FR016 Lille with a Utility Allowance of 560, MIHA of 758, and climate code 2. COUNTRY: (GM) GERMANY Effective 16 June 2011, the Utility Allowance is revised to 656 for all personnel in Germany. COUNTRY: (IT) ITALY Effective 16 June 2011, the Utility Allowance is revised to 817 for all personnel in Italy.
COUNTRY: (JA) JAPAN JAPAN: 3/ JA ATSUGI NAF (INCL TOTSUKA) (KA) 041 N/C N/C 229000 212222 N/C N/C CAMP ZAMA (KA) 045 SAME AS ATSUGI KAMISEYA (KA) 049 SAME AS ATSUGI CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 JAPAN: 3/ JA ATSUGI NAF (INCL TOTSUKA) (KA) 041 229000 212222 212222 212222 N/C N/C N/C CAMP ZAMA (KA) 045 SAME AS ATSUGI IWAKUNI (YA) 019 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C 126000 126000 KAMISEYA (KA) 049 SAME AS ATSUGI KURE (HI) 021 SAME AS IWAKUNI COUNTRY: (KE) KENYA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.011374 KENYA: KE KISUMU 011 67437 61544 57234 47468 40448 40448 MOMBASA 001 109633 98111 98111 94244 87656 87656 NAIROBI 003 135659 123439 104228 104228 104228 104228 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 KENYA: KE KISUMU 011 57234 47468 47468 47468 40448 35182 35182 MOMBASA 001 98111 94244 94244 94244 87656 78773 78773 NAIROBI 003 104228 104228 104228 104228 104228 104228 104228 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 COUNTRY: (KS) KOREA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000958 COUNTRY: (KG) KYRGYZSTAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.022206 COUNTRY: (NZ) NEW ZEALAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.832224
COUNTRY: (NO) NORWAY,X RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.188051 NORWAY: NO BODO 007 SAME AS STAVANGER STAVANGER (INCL SOLA AS) 021 N/C N/C N/C 19000 N/C N/C CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 NORWAY: NO BODO 007 SAME AS STAVANGER STAVANGER (INCL SOLA AS) 021 N/C 19000 19000 19000 N/C N/C N/C COUNTRY: (PP) PAPUA NEW GUINEA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.449539 COUNTRY: (PA) PARAGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000254 PARAGUAY PA ASUNCION 003 8676491 7493335 7098135 6459299 6459299 6459299 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 PARAGUAY PA ASUNCION 003 7098135 6459299 6459299 6459299 6459299 5619592 5619592 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 COUNTRY: (PL) POLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.370824 COUNTRY: (SZ) SWITZERLAND RATE OF EXCHANGE: $1.222494 COUNTRY: (TZ) TANZANIA RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000643
COUNTRY: (TU) TURKEY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.622394 TURKEY: TU ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) 001 888 888 888 803 803 803 ANKARA 003 2652 2652 2411 2273 2089 2089 ISTANBUL 005 3211 3106 3106 3106 2885 2885 IZMIR 007 2678 2322 2322 2143 2051 2051 OTHER 999 820 753 753 723 697 697 CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 TURKEY: TU ADANA (INCL INCIRLIK AB) 001 888 803 803 803 803 697 697 ANKARA 003 2411 2273 2273 2273 2089 1880 1880 ISTANBUL 005 3106 3106 3106 3106 2885 2516 2516 IZMIR 007 2322 2143 2143 2143 2051 2051 2051 OTHER 999 753 723 723 723 697 603 603 COUNTRY: (TC) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.270695 COUNTRY: (UY) URUGUAY RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.054594 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 62758 60446 58613 47076 45793 45793 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 CODE E9 E8 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 URUGUAY: UY MONTEVIDEO 003 58613 47076 47076 47076 45793 42129 42129 OTHER 999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 COUNTRY: (UZ) UZBEKISTAN RATE OF EXCHANGE: $0.000583
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 0.9332 0.9291 BANGLADESH 70.6 73 BELARUS 5116 6900 COLOMBIA 1803.46 1758.13 KENYA 87.748 87.917 KOREA 1053.78 1044.02 KYRGYZSTAN 47.04 45.0333 NEW ZEALAND 1.253 1.2016 NORWAY 5.5412 5.3177 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.299 2.2245 PARAGUAY 3861.37 3933.25 POLAND 2.7508 2.6967 ROMANIA (COLA) 2.8856 2.826 SEYCHELLES 12.122 12.03 SWITZERLAND 0.8725 0.818 TANZANIA 1488.2 1554.3333 TURKEY 1.5282 1.6067 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 3.7015 3.6942 URUGUAY 18.734 18.317 UZBEKISTAN 1663.8 1716 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.