(2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
NA (2001)
Oil - imports:
NA (2001)
Exports:
$137,200 (1999)
Exports - commodities:
canned coconut cream, copra, honey, vanilla, passion fruit
products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts
Exports - partners:
New Zealand mainly, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia (2000)
Imports:
$2.38 million (1999)
Imports - commodities:
food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels,
lubricants, chemicals, drugs
Imports - partners:
New Zealand mainly, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Australia, US (2000)
Debt - external:
$418,000 (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$2.6 million from New Zealand (2002)
Currency:
New Zealand dollar (NZD)
Currency code:
NZD
Exchange rates:
New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.7229 (2003), 2.1620 (2002),
2.3776 (2001), 2.1863 (2000), 1.8886 (1999)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Niue
Telephones - main lines in use:
1,100 est (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
400 (2002)
Telephone system:
domestic: single-line telephone system connects all villages on
island
international: country code - 683
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
1,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (1997)
Televisions:
NA
Internet country code:
.nu
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
NA
Transportation Niue
Highways:
total: 234 km
paved: 86 km
unpaved: 148 km (2001)
Ports and harbors:
none; offshore anchorage only
Merchant marine:
none
Airports:
1 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Military Niue
Military branches:
no regular indigenous military forces; Police Force
Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of New Zealand
Transnational Issues Niue
Disputes - international:
none
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005
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@Norfolk Island
Introduction Norfolk Island
Background:
Two British attempts at establishing the island as a penal colony
(1788-1814 and 1825-55) were ultimately abandoned. In 1856, the
island was resettled by Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the
Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
Geography Norfolk Island
Location:
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