The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

gas - production:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

      Current account balance:

      -$507 million (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $1.202 billion f.o.b. (2006)

      Exports - commodities:

      sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses, coconut oil

      Exports - partners:

      US 17.3%, UK 11.3%, Australia 10%, Samoa 5.4%, Tonga 4.7%, NZ 4.5%,

       Japan 4.1% (2007)

      Imports:

      $3.12 billion c.i.f. (2006)

      Imports - commodities:

      manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, food, chemicals

      Imports - partners:

      Singapore 30.4%, Australia 21.6%, NZ 17.7%, China 4.5% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $63.96 million (2005)

      Debt - external:

      $127 million (2004 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$NA

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $NA

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $586.7 million (2005)

      Currency (code):

      Fijian dollar (FJD)

      Currency code:

      FJD

      Exchange rates:

      Fijian dollars (FJD) per US dollar - NA (2007), 1.7313 (2006), 1.691 (2005), 1.7331 (2004), 1.8958 (2003)

      Communications

       Fiji

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      108,400 (2007)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      437,000 (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: modern local, interisland, and international (wire/radio integrated) public and special-purpose telephone, telegraph, and teleprinter facilities; regional radio communications center domestic: telephone or radio telephone links to almost all inhabited islands; most towns and large villages have automatic telephone exchanges and direct dialing; combined fixed and mobile-cellular density is about 60 per 100 persons international: country code - 679; access to important cable links between US and Canada as well as between NZ and Australia; satellite earth stations - 2 Inmarsat (Pacific Ocean) (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 13, FM 40, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios:

      541,476 (1999)

      Television broadcast stations:

      NA

      Televisions:

      88,110 (1999)

      Internet country code:

      .fj

      Internet hosts:

      12,592 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      2 (2000)

      Internet users:

      80,000 (2006)

      Transportation

       Fiji

      Airports:

      28 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 3 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 25 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 18 (2007)

      Railways:

      total: 597 km narrow gauge: 597 km 0.600-m gauge note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during harvest season (May to December) (2006)

      Roadways:

      total: 3,440 km paved: 1,692 km unpaved: 1,748 km (2000)

      Waterways:

      203 km note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges (2006)

      Merchant marine:

      total: 9 by type: passenger 3, passenger/cargo 4, roll on/roll off 2 foreign-owned: 1 (Australia 1) (2008)

      Ports and terminals:

      Lautoka, Suva

      Military

       Fiji

      Military branches:

      Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF): Land Forces, Naval Forces (2008)

      Military service age and obligation:

      18 years of age for voluntary military service; reserve obligation to age 45 (2006)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 242,567 females age 16–49: 238,556 (2008 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 189,282 females age 16–49: 202,350 (2008 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 9,077 female: 8,728 (2008 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      2.2% of GDP (2005 est.)

      Transnational Issues

       Fiji

      Disputes - international:

      none

      Trafficking in persons:

      current situation: Fiji is a source country for children trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and a destination country for a small number of women from China and India trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation tier rating: Tier 3 - Fiji does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the government has demonstrated no action to investigate or prosecute traffickers, assist victims, take steps to reduce the demand for commercial sex acts, or support any anti-trafficking information or education campaigns; Fiji has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008)

      This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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       Finland

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