partners—Australia, NZ
_#_Imports: $73 million (c.i.f., 1984);
commodities—food, fuel, manufactures, building materials, machinery;
partners—Australia, UK, NZ, Japan
_#_External debt: $33.3 million
_#_Industrial production: growth rate NA%
_#_Electricity: 14,000 kW capacity; 50 million kWh produced, 5,430 kWh per capita (1990)
_#_Industries: phosphate mining, financial services, coconuts
_#_Agriculture: negligible; almost completely dependent on imports for food and water
_#_Economic aid: Western (non-US) countries (1970-1988), $2 million