The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ (next to be held NA November 2004); Senate - last held 7 November

       2000 (next to be held NA November 2004)

      Judicial branch:

       High Court (chief justice and associate justices are appointed by

       the US Secretary of the Interior)

      Political parties and leaders:

       Democratic Party [leader NA]; Republican Party [leader NA]

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

       NA

      International organization participation:

       ESCAP (associate), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, SPC

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

       none (territory of the US)

      Diplomatic representation from the US:

       none (territory of the US)

      Flag description:

       blue, with a white triangle edged in red that is based on the outer

       side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and white American bald

       eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying two traditional

       Samoan symbols of authority, a staff and a war club

      Economy American Samoa

      Economy - overview:

       This is a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of

       the land is communally owned. Economic activity is strongly linked

       to the US, with which American Samoa conducts most of its foreign

       trade. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of

       the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export. Transfers

       from the US Government add substantially to American Samoa's

       economic well-being. Attempts by the government to develop a larger

       and broader economy are restrained by Samoa's remote location, its

       limited transportation, and its devastating hurricanes. Tourism, a

       developing sector, has been held back by the recurring financial

       difficulties in East Asia.

      GDP:

       purchasing power parity - $500 million (2000 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

       NA%

      GDP - per capita:

       purchasing power parity - $8,000 (2000 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector:

       agriculture: NA%

       industry: NA%

       services: NA%

      Population below poverty line:

       NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA%

       highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       NA%

      Labor force:

       14,000 (1996)

      Labor force - by occupation:

       government 33%, tuna canneries 34%, other 33% (1990)

      Unemployment rate:

       6% (2000)

      Budget:

       revenues: $121 million (37% in local revenue and 63% in US grants)

       expenditures: $127 million, including capital expenditures of $NA

       (FY96/97)

      Industries:

       tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels),

       handicrafts

      Industrial production growth rate:

       NA%

      Electricity - production:

       130 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% other: 0% (2001) nuclear: 0%

      Electricity - consumption:

       120.9 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       3,800 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Agriculture - products: bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products, livestock

      Exports:

       $345 million (1999)

      Exports - commodities:

       canned tuna 93%

      Exports - partners:

       Indonesia 71.1%, Japan 7.7%, Samoa 7.7%, Australia 6.7% (2002)

      Imports:

       $452 million (1999)

      Imports - commodities:

       materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%,

       machinery and parts 6%

      Imports - partners:

       Australia 41%, New Zealand 23%, South Korea 18% (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $NA

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