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    Wallis and Futuna Economy - 2006

    https://theodora.com/wfbcurrent/wallis_and_futuna/wallis_and_futuna_economy.html
    SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Economy - overview:
      The economy is limited to traditional subsistence agriculture, with about 80% 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.

      GDP (purchasing power parity):
      $60 million (2004 est.)

      GDP (official exchange rate):
      NA

      GDP - real growth rate:
      NA%

      GDP - per capita (PPP):
      $3,800 (2004 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector:
      agriculture: NA%
      industry: NA%
      services: NA%

      Labor force:
      NA

      Labor force - by occupation:
      agriculture: 80%
      industry: 4%
      services: 16% (2001 est.)

      Unemployment rate:
      NA%

      Population below poverty line:
      NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:
      lowest 10%: NA%
      highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):
      NA%

      Budget:
      revenues: $20 million
      expenditures: $17 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)

      Agriculture - products:
      breadfruit, yams, taro, bananas; pigs, goats; fish

      Industries:
      copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber

      Industrial production growth rate:
      NA%

      Electricity - production:
      NA kWh

      Electricity - consumption:
      NA kWh

      Electricity - exports:
      0 kWh (2002)

      Electricity - imports:
      0 kWh (2002)

      Exports:
      $250,000 f.o.b. (1999)

      Exports - commodities:
      copra, chemicals, construction materials

      Exports - partners:
      Italy 40%, Croatia 15%, US 14%, Denmark 13% (2004)

      Imports:
      $300,000 f.o.b. (1999)

      Imports - commodities:
      chemicals, machinery, passenger ships, consumer goods

      Imports - partners:
      France 97%, Australia 2%, NZ 1% (2004)

      Debt - external:
      $NA

      Economic aid - recipient:
      assistance from France

      Currency (code):
      Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (XPF)

      Exchange rates:
      Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs (XPF) per US dollar - 95.89 (2005), 96.04 (2004), 105.66 (2003), 126.71 (2002), 133.26 (2001)

      Fiscal year:
      calendar year


      NOTE: The information regarding Wallis and Futuna on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Wallis and Futuna Economy 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Wallis and Futuna Economy 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.

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