Exports:
$400 million f.o.b. (2000)
Exports - commodities:
ferronickels, nickel ore, fish
Exports - partners:
Japan 20.6%, France 20.4%, Taiwan 16.3%, South Africa 11.3%, Spain
7.7%, South Korea 5.4%, Australia 5.4%, Italy 5.3% (2002)
Imports:
$1 billion f.o.b. (2000)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
France 52.8%, Australia 12.7%, Singapore 9.8% (2002)
Debt - external:
$79 million (1998 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$880 million annual subsidy from France
Currency:
Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (XPF); note - may adopt the
euro in 2003
Currency code:
XPF