Electricity-consumption per capita: 6,204 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: vegetables; beef, other livestock products
Exports: total value: $500 million (f.o.b., 1996) commodities: ferronickels, nickel ore partners: Japan 31%, France 29%, US 12%, Australia 7%, Taiwan 6% (1996 est.)
Imports: total value: $930 million (c.i.f., 1996) commodities: foods, transport equipment, machinery and electrical equipment, fuels, minerals partners: France 45%, Australia 18%, Singapore 7%, New Zealand 6%, Japan 4% (1996 est.)
Debt-external: $NA
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA note: important support from France
Currency: 1 CFP franc (CFPF) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (CFPF) per
US$1-110.60 (January 1998), 106.11 (1997), 93.00 (1996), 90.75 (1995),
100.93 (1994), 102.96 (1993); note-linked at the rate of 18.18 to the
French franc
Fiscal year: calendar year
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