Imports:
$130.1 million f.o.b. (2001)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
New Zealand 23.3%, Fiji 20.2%, Australia 15.7%, Japan 13.1%, Taiwan
6.4%, US 4.2% (2002)
Debt - external:
$197 million (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:
$42.9 million (1995)
Currency:
tala (SAT)
Currency code:
SAT (former WST code is still in wide use)
Exchange rates:
tala per US dollar - 3.37 (2002), 3.48 (2001), 3.29 (2000), 3.01
(1999), 2.95 (1998)
Fiscal year:
June 1 - May 31
Communications Samoa