2.5 million
expenditures: $11.2 million, including capital expenditures of $4.2
million (2000 est.)

Agriculture - products:
coconuts; fish

Industries:
fishing, tourism, copra

Industrial production growth rate:
NA

Exports:
$1 million f.o.b. (2002)

Exports - commodities:
copra, fish

Exports - partners:
UK 37.5%, Poland 19.1%, Philippines 9.2%, Australia 9.1%, Fiji 6.2%
(2003)

Imports:
$79 million c.i.f. (2002)

Imports - commodities:
food, animals, mineral fuels, machinery, manufactured goods

Imports - partners:
Fiji 47.3%, Australia 13.9%, Poland 10.8%, Germany 10.2%, Japan 8%,
New Zealand 6.2% (2003)

Debt - external:
NA

Economic aid - recipient:
$13 million ; note - major donors are Australia, Japan, and the US
(1999 est.)

Currency:
Australian dollar (AUD); note - there is also a Tuvaluan dollar

Currency code:
AUD

Exchange rates:
Tuvaluan dollars or Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.5419,
(2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9320 (2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Tuvalu

Telephones - main lines in use:
700 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
0 (1994)

Telephone system:
general assessment: serves particular needs for internal
communications
domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands
international: country code - 688

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1999)

Radios:
4,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
0 (1997)

Televisions:
800

Internet country code:
.tv

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
1,300 (2002)

Transportation Tuvalu

Highways:
total: 8 km
paved: 0 km
unpaved: 8 km (1999 est.)

Ports and harbors:
Funafuti, Nukufetau

Merchant marine:
total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 54,993 GRT/86,048 DWT
by type: cargo 3, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 1, specialized
tanker 1
foreign-owned: Germany 4, Singapore 1, Thailand 1 (2004 est.)

Airports:
1 (2003 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Military Tuvalu

Military branches:
no regular military forces; Police Force (includes Maritime
Surveillance Unit for search and rescue missions and surveillance
operations)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
NA

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
NA

Transnational Issues Tuva