Oil - imports:
NA (2001)
Exports:
$448 million f.o.b. (2002)
Exports - commodities:
ferronickels, nickel ore, fish
Exports - partners:
Japan 21.8%, France 19.2%, Taiwan 14%, Spain 11%, South Korea 8.5%,
Australia 7.2%, Italy 5.1% (2003)
Imports:
$1.007 billion f.o.b. (2002)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
France 46.1%, Australia 9.5%, Singapore 9.3%, New Zealand 4.3%
(2003)
Debt - external:
$79 million (1998 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$880 million annual subsidy from France (1998)
Currency:
Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (XPF); note - may adopt the
euro in 2003