Agriculture: coconuts predominate
Exports: $25.3 million (f.o.b., 1991)
commodities: phosphates
partners: Australia, NZ
Imports: $21.1 million (c.i.f., 1991)
commodities: food, fuel, manufactures, building materials, machinery
partners: Australia, UK, NZ, Japan
External debt: $33.3 million
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA
Currency: 1 Australian dollar ($A) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: Australian dollars ($A) per US$1 - 1.3477 (January 1996), 1.3486 (1995), 1.3667 (1994), 1.4704 (1993), 1.3600 (1992), 1.2834 (1991)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 3.9 km; note - used to haul phosphates from the center of the
island to processing facilities on the southwest coast