US 31.6%, NZ 4.1%, Australia 2.1%,
Fiji 1.7% (2000 est.)

Imports: $70 million (c.i.f., 2000 est.)

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

Imports - partners: New Zealand 29.8%, Japan 18.6%, Australia 12.7%,
US 12.7%, Fiji 12.2% (2000 est.)

Debt - external: $57.5 million (June 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 - 2.1920 (January 2002), 2.1236
(2001), 1.7585 (2000), 1.5991 (1999), 1.4920 (1998), 1.2635 (1997)

Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June

Communications Tonga

Telephones - main lines in use: 8,000 (1996)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 302 (1996)

Telephone system: general assessment: NA domestic: NA international:
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 Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2000)

Internet users: 1,000 (2000)

Transportation Tonga

Railways: 0 km

Highways: total: 680 km paved: 184 km unpaved: 496 km (1996)

Waterways: none

Ports and harbors: Neiafu, Nuku'alofa, Pangai

Merchant marine: total: 80 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 292,139
GRT/421,221 DWT ships by type: bulk 10, cargo 54, liquefied gas 4,
petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 4 note: includes some foreign-owned
ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Albania 1, Australia 4,
Austria 1, Bolivia 1, Cyprus 1, Djibouti 1, Egypt 2, Greece 4, Lebanon 2,
Liberia 2, Marshall Islands 2, Morocco 1, Norway 1, Panama 1, Romania 3,
Russia 1, Sao Tome and Principe 1, Saudi Arabia 2, Singapore 1, Sweden
1, Switzerland 3, Syria 5, Ukraine 1, United Arab Emirates 16, United
States 4 (2002 est.)

Airports: 6 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to
1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 2 (2001)

Military Tonga

Military branches: Tonga Defense Services (made up of three operational
command components and two support elements, including the Royal Marines,
Royal Guards, Maritime Force, a support/logistics group, and a training
group), Police; note - a new air wing that will be subordinate to the
Ministry of D