Tonga Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Natural resources: negligible

Agriculture: coconuts, copra, basic subsistence crops—pulaka, breadfruit, pawpaw, bananas; pigs, poultry

Fishing: ocean and lagoon fish and shellfish for local consumption

Major industries-copra production, wood work, plaited craft goods, stamps, coins

Airfields: none; lagoon landings by amphibious aircraft from Samoa

Telecommunications: telephone service links islands to each other and to Western Samoa (1985)

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