Economy - overview:
The main economic activities on Christmas Island are the mining of low grade phosphate, limited tourism, the provision of government services and more recently the construction and operation of the Immigration Detention Center. The government sector includes administration, health, education, policing, customs, quarantine and defense.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
$NA
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Agriculture - products:
NA

Industries:
tourism, phosphate extraction (near depletion)

Labor force:
NA
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Budget:
revenues: $NA
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expenditures: $NA
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Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June

Exports:
$NA
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Exports - commodities:
phosphate

Imports:
$NA
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Imports - commodities:
consumer goods

Exchange rates:
Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - 1.33 (2015) 1.04 (2013) 1.04 (2013) 0.97 (2012) 0.97 (2011)