Economy - overview:
The inhabitants of this tiny isolated economy exist on fishing, subsistence farming, handicrafts, and postage stamps. The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, and beans. Bartering is an important part of the economy. The major sources of revenue are the sale of postage stamps to collectors and the sale of handicrafts to passing ships.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
NA
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Agriculture - products:
honey; wide variety of fruits and vegetables; goats, chickens; fish

Industries:
postage stamps, handicrafts, beekeeping, honey

Labor force:
15 (2004)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data): 232
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Labor force - by occupation:
note: no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsistence farming and fishing

Budget:
revenues: 746,000 (FY04/05)
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expenditures: 1.028 million (FY04/05)
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Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

Exports:
NA
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Exports - commodities:
honey, fruits, vegetables, curios, postage stamps

Imports:
NA
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Imports - commodities:
fuel oil, machinery, building materials, flour, sugar, other foodstuffs

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
(31 December 2009 est.)
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Exchange rates:
New Zealand dollars (NZD) per US dollar -
1.416 (2017 est.)
1.4279 (2016 est.)
1.4279 (2015)
1.4279 (2014 est.)
1.2039 (2013 est.)