Niue Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $3 million (1984), per capita GDP $1,080(1984)

Agriculture: coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, subsistence crops—taro, yams, cassava (tapioca) sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle

Fishing: 930,000 metric tons (1982)

Major industries: small tourist industry

Electric power: network completed in 1977, with all villages linked to service

Exports: $301 224 (f.o.b. 1983); canned coconut cream, copra, honey, passion fruit products, pawpaw, root crops, limes, footballs, handicrafts

Imports: $1,504,180 (c.i.f. 1983); food and live animals manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs

Major trade partners: exports—New Zealand, Fiji, Cook Islands. Australia;

imports—New Zealand, Fiji, Japan, Western Samoa. Australia, US

Budget: revenues (including New Zealand subsidy of $2.3 million) $3 2 million; expenditures. $3 8 million (FY83/84 est)

Monetary conversion rate: uses New Zealand currency; NZ$1 88=US$1 (5 February 1986'1

Fiscal year 1 April-31 March

NOTE: The information regarding Niue 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 Niue 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Niue 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.