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Oceania > Wallis and Futuna > Economy

WALLISIAN-FUTUNAN, ECONOMY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agriculture > products
breadfruit, yams, taro, bananas; pigs, goats
Budget > Expenditures $31,330.00 Time series [23rd of 165]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Budget > Revenues $29,730.00 Time series [24th of 166]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Currency
Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Debt > External $3,670,000.00 Time series [28th of 136]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economy > Overview
The economy is limited to traditional subsistence agriculture, with about 80% of labor force earnings from agriculture (coconuts and vegetables), livestock (mostly pigs), and fishing. About 4% of the population is employed in government. Revenues come from French Government subsidies, licensing of fishing rights to Japan and South Korea, import taxes, and remittances from expatriate workers in New Caledonia.
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Exchange rates
Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF) per US dollar - 96.04 (2004), 105.66 (2003), 126.71 (2002), 133.26 (2001), 129.43 (2000)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Exports $47,450.00 Time series [60th of 189]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Exports > Commodities
copra, chemicals, construction materials
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Exports > Partners
Italy 40%, Croatia 15%, US 14%, Denmark 13%
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Exports to US $0.00 [225th of 224]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Fiscal year calendar year Time series
Source: US Census Bureau
GDP $57,590,000.00 Time series [202nd of 203]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP (purchasing power parity) $60,000,000.00 Time series [16th of 187]
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook
Imports $61,170,000.00 Time series [55th of 185]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Imports > Commodities
chemicals, machinery, passenger ships, consumer goods
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Imports from US $300,000.00 [205th of 224]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Industries
copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber
Source: US Census Bureau
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2.8% Time series [126th of 192]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Trade balance with US $300,000.00 [95th of 224]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; US Census Bureau; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Wallis and Futuna, Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, Territoire des Iles Wallis et Futuna, Wallis et Futuna Wallis and Futuna Islands, wallis & futuna isls., Wallis and Futuna Islands

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