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Niue

Location : Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands

Capital : Alofi

Languages : Niuean, a Polynesian language closely related to Tongan and Samoan; English

 Area : 260 sq km

Land Use: arable land: 15.38%; permanent crops: 11.54%; other: 73.08% (2001)

Natural Resources : fish, arable land

Population : 2,166 (July 2005 est.)

International Organisation participation : ACP, FAO, PIF, SPARTECA, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO

GDP per capita : U$3,600 (2000 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: -0.3% (2000 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA; industry: NA; services: 55%

Industries: tourism, handicrafts, food processing 

Agriculture - products : coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle

Exports : U$137,200 (1999)

Exports - commodities : canned coconut cream, copra, honey, vanilla, passion fruit products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts

Exports - partners : New Zealand mainly, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia (2000)

Imports : U $2.38 million (1999)

Imports - commodities : food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs

Imports - partners : New Zealand mainly, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Australia, US (2000)

TRADE AGREEMENTS

Regional

Niue is a member of the Pacific Islands Forum. It has also signed the Pacific Islands Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA), under which member countries agree to liberalize trade in goods. It also has duty-free access to the Australian and New Zealand markets under the South Pacific Agreement on Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation (SPARTECA). Niue was not a signatory to the Lomé Convention but has signed Cotonou and as such is currently negotiating an Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU through the Pacific configuration. It is currently negotiating an Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU through the Pacific configuration.

Multilateral

Niue is neither a member nor observer of the WTO. 

Source: UNCTAD, World Fact Book