The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

force:

       8,000 (1996)

      Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 29%, industry 15%, services 56% note: shortage of skilled labor (1995)

      Unemployment rate:

       13% (1996)

      Budget:

       revenues: $28 million

       expenditures: $27 million, including capital expenditures of $3.3

       million (FY00/01 est.)

      Agriculture - products: copra, citrus, pineapples, tomatoes, beans, pawpaws, bananas, yams, taro, coffee; pigs, poultry

      Industries:

       fruit processing, tourism, fishing, clothing, handicrafts

      Industrial production growth rate:

       1% (2002)

      Electricity - production:

       27.43 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - consumption:

       25.51 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       450 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Exports:

       $9.1 million (2000)

      Exports - commodities:

       copra, papayas, fresh and canned citrus fruit, coffee; fish; pearls

       and pearl shells; clothing

      Exports - partners:

       Australia 34%, Japan 27%, New Zealand 25%, US 8% (2000)

      Imports:

       $50.7 million (2000)

      Imports - commodities:

       foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber, capital goods

      Imports - partners:

       New Zealand 61%, Fiji 19%, US 9%, Australia 6%, Japan 2% (2000)

      Debt - external:

       $141 million (1996 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $13.1 million; note - New Zealand continues to furnish the greater

       part (1995)

      Currency:

       New Zealand dollar (NZD)

      Currency code:

       NZD

      Exchange rates:

       New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.7229 (2003), 2.1622 (2002),

       2.3776 (2001), 2.1863 (2000), 1.8886 (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       1 April - 31 March

      Communications Cook Islands

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       6,200 (2002)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       1,500 (2002)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: Telecom Cook Islands offers international

       direct dialing, Internet, email, fax, and Telex

       domestic: the individual islands are connected by a combination of

       satellite earth stations, microwave systems, and VHF and HF

       radiotelephone; within the islands, service is provided by small

       exchanges connected to subscribers by open-wire, cable, and

       fiber-optic cable

       international: country code - 682; satellite earth station - 1

       Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (2004)

      Radios:

       14,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       1 (outer islands receive satellite broadcasts) (2004)

      Televisions:

       4,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .ck

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       3 (2000)

      Internet users:

       3,600 (2002)

      Transportation Cook Islands

      Highways: total: 320 km paved: 33 km unpaved: 287 km (2000)

      Ports and harbors:

       Avarua, Avatiu

      Merchant marine:

       total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 4,074 GRT/7,520 DWT

       foreign-owned: Australia 1, United Kingdom 1 (2004 est.)

       by type: cargo 1, petroleum tanker 1

      Airports:

       9 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 2

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 7

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

       914 to 1,523 m: 4

       under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

      Military Cook Islands

      Military - note:

       defense is the responsibility of New Zealand, in consultation with

       the Cook Islands and at its request

      Transnational Issues Cook Islands

      Disputes - international: none

      This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

      ======================================================================

      @Coral Sea Islands

      Introduction Coral Sea Islands

      Background:

       Scattered over some 1 million square kilometers of ocean, the Coral

       Sea Islands were declared a territory of Australia in 1969. They are

       uninhabited except for a small meteorological staff on the Willis

       Islets. Automated weather stations, beacons, and a lighthouse occupy

       many other islands and reefs.

      Geography Coral Sea Islands

      Location:

       Oceania, islands in the Coral Sea, northeast of Australia

      Geographic coordinates:

       18 00 S, 152 00 E

      Map references:

       Oceania

      Area:

       total: less than 3 sq km

       note: includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a sea

       area of about 780,000 sq km, with the Willis Islets the most

       important

       water: 0 sq km

       land: less than 3 sq km