Imports—commodities: food, live animals, manufactured goods,
machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs
Imports—partners: NZ 59%, Fiji 20%, Japan 13%, Samoa, Australia,
US
Debt—external: $NA
Economic aid—recipient: $8.3 million (1995)
Currency: 1 New Zealand dollar (NZ$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1—1.8560 (January 1999), 1.8629 (1998), 1.5082 (1997), 1.4543 (1996), 1.5235 (1995), 1.6844 (1994)
Fiscal year: 1 April—31 March
Communications
Telephones: 276 (1992 est.)
Telephone system:
domestic: single-line telephone system connects all villages on
island
international: NA