s, fruits, vegetables; fish, beef

Exports: $30 million (f.o.b., 1996)

Exports--commodities: copra, beef, cocoa, timber, coffee

Exports--partners: Japan 28%, Spain 21%, Germany 14%, UK 7%, Cote
d'Ivoire 7%, Australia, New Caledonia (1996 est.)

Imports: $97 million (f.o.b., 1996)

Imports--commodities: machines and vehicles, food and beverages,
basic manufactures, raw materials and fuels, chemicals

Imports--partners: Japan 47%, Australia 23%, Singapore 8%, New
Zealand 6%, France 3%, Fiji (1996 est.)

Debt--external: $63 million (1996 est.)

Economic aid--recipient: $45.8 million (1995)

Currency: 1 vatu (VT) = 100 centimes

Exchange rates: vatu (VT) per US$1--129.66 (January 1999), 127.52
(1998), 115.87 (1997), 111.72 (1996), 112.11 (1995), 116.41 (1994)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: 4,000 (1994 est.)

Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth station--1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios: 49,000 (1994 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)

Televisions: 2,000 (1994 est.)

Transportation

Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 1,070 km
paved: 256 km
unpaved: 814 km (1996 est.)

Ports and harbors: Forari, Port-Vila, Santo (Espiritu Santo)

Merchant marine:
total: 82 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,327,078 GRT/1,764,558
DWT
ships by type: bulk 31, cargo 24, chemical tanker 3, combination
bulk 1, liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 11,
vehicle carrier 6
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 15
countries among which are ships of Japan 28, India 10, US 10, Greece
3, Hong Kong 3, Australia 2, Canada 1, China 1, and France 1 (1998
est.)

Airports: 32 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 29
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 17 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police
Force (VPF; includes the paramilitary Vanuatu Mobile Force or VMF)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $NA

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: NA%

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: claims Matthew and Hunter Islands east of
New Caledonia

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