|
Geographics
| Location |
South
Pacific |
| Capital |
Suva |
| Type
of Government |
Republic |
| Total
Area |
18,270
sq. km |
| Coastline |
1,129
km |
Economy
| GDP |
F$2.5
billion (1996 est.) |
| GDP
Growth |
n/a
% |
| GDP
per Capita |
F$2,320 |
| Economy
by Sectors: |
| -
Agriculture (sugarcane,
coconuts, cassava, ginger, taro, kava, tropical fruits and vegetables,
rice, sweet potatoes, bananas, cattle, pigs, horses, goats,
fishing ) |
24% |
| -
Industry (sugar, copra,
gold, silver, garment, timber, fish, small cottage industries) |
n/a
% |
| -
Services (n/a) |
n/a
%
|
Contact
Information
| AOSIS
(Alliance of Small Island States): |
Permanent
Representative of the Republic of Fiji to the United Nations
630 Third Avenue, 7th Floor; New York, N.Y. 10017
Telephone: 355-7316, Telefax: 319-1896
Email: fjiun@undp.org |
| Contact
in Fiji: |
| n/a |
|
Demographics
| Population |
772,655 |
| Population
Growth |
0.8% |
| Labor
Force |
285,000 |
| Life
Expectancy at Birth |
63.27
years |
| Literacy |
91% |
Foreign
Trade
| Exports
(f.o.b.) |
F$764
million (1996) |
| Commodities: |
| sugar
(34.5%), molasses (2.8%), gold (10.3%), fish (7.6%), timber/cork/wood
(5.8%), taro (1.2%), kava (0.3%), garments (23.8%), footwear
(1.6%), coconut oil (0.7%), textile/yarn (2.6%), others (8.9%) |
| Partners: |
| Australia
(27%), EU (24%), Pacific Islands (12%), Japan (7%) |
| Imports
(f.o.b.) |
F$1,219
million (c.i.f., 1996) |
| Commodities: |
| food,
beverages, tobacco, crude materials, minerals fuels and oils
and fats, chemicals, manufactured goods, machinery equipment) |
| Partners: |
| Australia
(39%), NZ (16%), Japan (7%), EU (5%), US (7%) |
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