Fiji Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $1.32 billion (1984), $1,850 per capita; annual growth rate, —3.6% (1984)

Natural resources: timber, fish, gold, copper

Agru ulture: main crops—sugar, copra, ginger, rice; major deficiency, grains

Major industries: sugar refining, tourism, gold, lumber, small industries

Electric power: 213,000 kW capacity (1985); 220 million kWh produced (1985), 314 kWh per capita

Exports. $236 million (f.o.b., 1984); 70% sugar; also copra

Imports: $472 million (c.i.f., 1984); 24% manufactured goods, 20.0% machinery, 16.3% foodstuffs, 16% fuels

Major trade partners: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, UK, Singapore, US

Aid: economic commitments—Western (non-US) countries (1980-82), $438 million

Budget: (1984 est.) revenues, $304 million; expenditures. $376 million

Monetary conversion rate: .9022 Fiji dollars US$1 (30 November 1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding Fiji on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Fiji 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Fiji 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.