NA (2001)

Exports:
$27 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)

Exports - commodities:
squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops

Exports - partners:
US 50%, Japan 35.7%, Italy 3.6% (2003)

Imports:
$86 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)

Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, chemicals

Imports - partners:
New Zealand 43.4%, Fiji 22.2%, Australia 11.1%, US 6.1% (2003)

Debt - external:
$63.4 million (2001)

Economic aid - recipient:
Australia $5.5 million, New Zealand $2.3 million (FY01/02)

Currency:
pa'anga (TOP)

Currency code:
TOP

Exchange rates:
pa'anga per US dollar - NA (2003), 2.1952 (2002), 2.1236 (2001),
1.7585 (2000), 1.5991 (1999)

Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June

Communications Tonga

Telephones - main lines in use:
11,200 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
3,400 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: country code - 676; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (1996)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 (2001)

Radios:
61,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
2 (2001)

Televisions:
2,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.to

Internet hosts:
18,906 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)

Internet users:
2,900 (2002)

Transportation Tonga

Highways:
total: 680 km
paved: 184 km
unpaved: 496 km (1999 est.)

Ports and harbors:
Neiafu, Nuku'alofa, Pangai

Merchant marine:
total: 40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 136,977 GRT/200,751 DWT
foreign-owned: Albania 1, Australia 4, Brazil 1, Cyprus 1, Egypt 1,
Greece 1, Lebanon 1, Liberia 1, Marshall Islands 1, Norway 1, Panama
2, Romania 1, Russia 1, Saudi Arabia 1, Switzerland 3, Syria 1,
United (2004 est.)
by type: bulk 3, cargo 21, chemical tanker 2, container 1, liquefied
gas 4, petroleum tanker 5, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1,
specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1

Airports:
6 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Military Tonga

Military branches:
Tonga Defense Services: Ground Forces (Royal Marines, Royal Guard),
Maritime Force (including Air Wing)

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.) (2