Econom�a - descripci�n: The economy's base is agriculture, which contributes 30% to GDP. Squash, coconuts, bananas, and vanilla beans are the main crops, and agricultural exports make up two-thirds of total exports. The country must import a high proportion of its food, mainly from New Zealand. The industrial sector accounts for only 10% of GDP. Tourism is the primary source of hard currency earnings. The country remains dependent on sizable external aid and remittances to offset its trade deficit. The government is emphasizing the development of the private sector, especially the encouragement of investment.

Producto Bruto Interno (PBI): purchasing power parity - $238 million (1998 est.)

PBI - Indice de Incremento real: -0.3% (1998 est.)

PBI - por capital: purchasing power parity - $2,200 (1998 est.)

PBI - Composici�n por Sector:
agriculture: 30%
industry: 10%
services: 60% (1997)

Poblaci�n bajo linea de pobertad: NA%

Ingreso en casa o porcentage de consumci�n:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Indice de Inflaci�n (precios del consumidor): 3.2% (1998 est.)

Fuerza Laboral: 36,665 (1994)

Fuerza Laboral - por ocupaci�n: agriculture 65% (1997 est.)

Indice de desempleo: 11.8% (FY93/94)

Presupuesto:
revenues: $49 million
expenditures: $120 million, including capital expenditures of $75 million (FY96/97 est.)

Industrias: tourism, fishing

Industrial production growth rate: 1.9% (FY95/96)

Electricidad - Producci�n: 35 million kWh (1998)

Electricidad - producci�n por fuente:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1998)

Electricidad - consumci�n: 33 million kWh (1998)

Electricidad - exportaciones: 0 kWh (1998)

Electricidad - importaciones: 0 kWh (1998)

Agricultura - productos: squash, coconuts, copra, bananas, vanilla beans, cocoa, coffee, ginger, black pepper; fish

Exportaciones: $8 million (f.o.b., 1998)

Exporationes - comodidades: squash, fish, vanilla beans

Exportaciones - socios: Japan 53%, US 18%, NZ 6%, Australia 6% (1997 est.)

Importaciones: $69 million (f.o.b., 1998)

Importaciones - comodidades: foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, chemicals

Importaciones - socios: NZ 30%, Australia 19%, US 11%, UK 11%, Japan 3% (1997 est.)

Deuda - externa: $62 million (1998)

Ayuda economica - recipiente: $38.8 million (1995)

Moneda: 1 pa'anga (T$) = 100 seniti

Indice de intercambio: pa'anga (T$) per US$1 - 1.6250 (November 1999), 1.4921 (1998), 1.2635 (1997), 1.2323 (1996), 1.2709 (1995)

A�o Fiscal: 1 July - 30 June