Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
New Zealand 19.8%, Fiji 17.8%, Australia 15.4%, Japan 11.9%, US
4.7%, Singapore 4.3% (2003)
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 - 2.9732 (2003), 3.3763 (2002), 3.478 (2001),
3.2864 (2000), 3.0132 (1999)
Fiscal year:
June 1 - May 31
Communications Samoa
Telephones - main lines in use:
11,800 (2002)