_#_GDP: $40.0 million, per capita $2,200 (1988 est.); real growth rate 5.3% (1986-88 est.)

_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8.0% (1988)

_#_Unemployment rate: NA%

_#_Budget: revenues $33.8 million; expenditures $34.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1990 est.)

_#_Exports: $4.0 million (f.o.b., 1988);

commodities—copra, fresh and canned fruit, clothing;

partners—NZ 80%, Japan

_#_Imports: $38.7 million (c.i.f., 1988);

commodities—foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber;

partners—NZ 49%, Japan, Australia, US