Current account balance:
$-19.87 million
Exports:
$17 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
copra 62%, coconuts, seaweed, fish
Exports - partners:
US 22.8%, Belgium 21.5%, Japan 14.3%, Samoa 7.8%, Australia 7.5%,
Malaysia 6.7%, Taiwan 5.6%, Denmark 4.6% (2005)
Imports:
$62 million c.i.f. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, miscellaneous manufactured
goods, fuel
Imports - partners:
Australia 33%, Fiji 27.1%, Japan 18.1%, NZ 6.9% (2005)
Debt - external:
$10 million (1999 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$16.7 million largely from UK and Japan (2004)
Currency (code):
Australian dollar (AUD)