Imports: $922 million (c.i.f., 1998)
Imports - commodities: foods, machinery and equipment, fuels, minerals
Imports - partners: France 41%, Australia 13%, New Zealand 7%, Japan 5% (1998)
Debt - external: $79 million (1998 est.)
Economic aid - recipient: $770 million from France (1998)
Currency: 1 Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (CFPF) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (CFPF) per US$1 - 117.67 (January 2000), 111.93 (1999), 107.25 (1998), 106.11 (1997), 93.00 (1996), 90.75 (1995); note - linked at the rate of 18.18 to the French franc
Fiscal year: calendar year
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Telephones - main lines in use: 44,000 (1995)