Exports - commodities:
timber, fish, copra, palm oil, cocoa
Exports - partners:
China 40.7%, South Korea 13.2%, Thailand 6.9%, Japan 6.3%,
Philippines 4.5%, Italy 4.1% (2005)
Imports:
$159 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food, plant and equipment, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals
Imports - partners:
Australia 25.8%, Singapore 25.3%, NZ 4.6%, Fiji 4.2%, Papua New
Guinea 4.1% (2005)
Debt - external:
$166 million (2004)
Economic aid - recipient:
$122 million annually, mainly from Australia (2004 est.)
Currency (code):
Solomon Islands dollar (SBD)
Currency code:
SBD
Exchange rates:
Solomon Islands dollars per US dollar - 7.5299 (2005), 7.4847
(2004), 7.5059 (2003), 6.7488 (2002), 5.278 (2001)