_#_Exports: $14.5 million (f.o.b., 1989 est.);

commodities--copra 59%, cocoa 11%, meat 9%, fish 8%, timber 4%;

partners--Netherlands 34%, France 27%, Japan 17%, Belgium 4%, New
Caledonia 3%, Singapore 2% (1987)

_#_Imports: $58.4 million (f.o.b., 1989 est.);

commodities--machines and vehicles 25%, food and beverages 23%,
basic manufactures 18%, raw materials and fuels 11%, chemicals 6%;

partners--Australia 36%, Japan 13%, NZ 10%, France 8%, Fiji 5%
(1987)

_#_External debt: $30 million (1990 est.)

_#_Industrial production: growth rate NA%

_#_Electricity: 17,000 kW capacity; 30 million kWh produced,
180 kWh per capita (1990)

_#_Industries: food and fish freezing, forestry processing, meat
canning

_#_Agriculture: export crops--copra, cocoa, coffee, and fish;
subsistence crops--copra, taro, yams, coconuts, fruits, and vegetables

_#_Economic aid: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral
commitments (1970-88), $565 million

_#_Currency: vatu (plural--vatu); 1 vatu (VT) = 100 centimes

_#_Exchange rates: vatu (VT) per US$1--109.62 (January 1991), 116.57
(1990), 116.04 (1989), 104.43 (1988), 109.85 (1987), 106.08 (1986),
106.03 (1985)

_#_Fiscal year: calendar year

_*_Communications
_#_Railroads: none

_#_Highways: 1,027 km total; at least 240 km sealed or all-weather
roads

_#_Ports: Port-Vila, Luganville, Palikoulo, Santu

_#_Merchant marine: 129 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,242,850
GRT/3,447,671 DWT; includes 33 cargo, 13 refrigerated cargo, 8 container,
11 vehicle carrier, 1 livestock carrier, 5 petroleum, oils, and
lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 55 bulk,
1 combination bulk; note--a flag of convenience registry; the USSR
has 2 ships under the Vanuatu flag

_#_Civil air: no major transport aircraft

_#_Airports: 32 total, 28 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways;
none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 1 with
runways 1,220-2,439 m

_#_Telecommunications: stations--2 AM, no FM, no TV; 3,000 telephones;
satellite communications ground stations--1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT

_*_Defense Forces
_#_Branches: no military forces; Vanuatu Police Force, paramilitary
force

_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 41,183; NA fit for military
service

_#_Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP
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_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 0.438 km2; land area: 0.438 km2

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