$308.8 million (FY04 est.)

Imports - commodities:

materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%,
machinery and parts 6% (2004 est.)

Imports - partners:

Australia 66%, Samoa 13.8%, NZ 10.8% (2006)

Economic aid - recipient:

important financial support from the US, more than $40 million in
1994

Debt - external:

$NA

Currency (code):

US dollar (USD)

Currency code:

USD

Exchange rates:

the US dollar is used

Communications
American Samoa

Telephones - main lines in use:

10,400 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2,200 (2004)

Telephone system:

general assessment: NA
domestic: good telex, telegraph, facsimile, and cellular telephone
services; domestic satellite system with 1 Comsat earth station
international: country code - 1-684; satellite earth station - 1
(Intelsat-Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005)

Radios:

57,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (2006)

Televisions:

14,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.as

Internet hosts:

1,923 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

NA

Transportation
American Samoa

Airports:

3 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 3
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 221 km (2007)

Ports and terminals:

Pago Pago

Military
American Samoa

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 806
female: 781 (2008 est.)

Military - note:

defense is the responsibility of the US

Transnational Issues
American Samoa

Disputes - international:

Tokelau periodically asserts claims to American Samoa's Swains
Island (Olohega), such as in its 2006 draft independence constitution

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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@Andorra

Introduction
Andorra

Background:

For 715 years, from 1278 to 1993, Andorrans lived under a unique
co-principality, ruled by French and Spanish leaders (from 1607
onward, the French chief of state and the Spanish bishop of Urgel).
In 1993, this feudal system was modified with the titular heads of
state retained, but the government transformed into a parliamentary
democracy. Long isolated and impoverished, mountainous Andorra
achieved consi