_#_Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Siosaia a'Ulupekotofa TUITA resides in London;
US—the US has no offices in Tonga; the Ambassador to Fiji is accredited to Tonga and makes periodic visits
_#_Flag: red with a bold red cross on a white rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner
_*Economy #_Overview: The economy's base is agriculture, which employs about 70% of the labor force and contributes 50% to GDP. Coconuts, bananas, and vanilla beans are the main crops and make up two-thirds of exports. The country must import a high proportion of its food, mainly from New Zealand. The manufacturing sector accounts for only 11% of GDP. Tourism is the primary source of hard currency earnings, but the island remains dependent on sizable external aid and remittances to sustain its trade deficit.
_#_GDP: $86 million, per capita $850; real growth rate 3.6% (FY89 est.)
_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.5% (FY89)
_#_Unemployment rate: NA%
_#_Budget: revenues $30.6 million; expenditures $48.9 million, including capital expenditures of $22.5 million (FY89 est.)
_#_Exports: $9.6 million (f.o.b., FY90 est.);
commodities—coconut oil, desiccated coconut, copra, bananas, taro, vanilla beans, fruits, vegetables, fish;