The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       NZ 80%, Japan

       Imports:

       $38.7 million (c.i.f., 1988)

       commodities:

       foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber

       partners:

       NZ 49%, Japan, Australia, US

       External debt:

       $NA

       Industrial production:

       growth rate NA%

       Electricity:

       14,000 kW capacity; 21 million kWh produced, 1,170 kWh per capita (1990)

       Industries:

       fruit processing, tourism

       Agriculture:

       export crops - copra, citrus fruits, pineapples, tomatoes, bananas;

       subsistence crops - yams, taro

       Economic aid:

       Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89),

       $128 million

       Currency:

       New Zealand dollar (plural - dollars); 1 New Zealand dollar (NZ$) = 100

       cents

       Exchange rates:

       New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1 - 1.8502 (January 1992), 1.7266 (1991),

       1.6750 (1990), 1.6711 (1989), 1.5244 (1988), 1.6886 (1987)

       Fiscal year:

       1 April - 31 March

      :Cook Islands Communications

      Highways:

       187 km total (1980); 35 km paved, 35 km gravel, 84 km improved earth, 33 km

       unimproved earth

       Ports:

       Avatiu

       Merchant marine:

       1 cargo ship (1,000 or over) totaling 1,464 GRT/2,181 DWT

       Civil air:

       no major transport aircraft

       Airports:

       6 total, 6 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over

       2,439 m; 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

       Telecommunications:

       broadcast stations - 2 AM, no FM, no TV; 10,000 radio receivers; 2,052

       telephones; 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth station

      :Cook Islands Defense Forces

      Note: defense is the responsibility of New Zealand

      :Coral Sea Islands Geography

      Total area:

       less than 3 km2

       Land area:

       less than 3 km2; includes numerous small islands and reefs scattered over a

       sea area of about 1 million km2, with Willis Islets the most important

       Comparative area:

       undetermined

       Land boundaries:

       none

       Coastline:

       3,095 km

       Maritime claims:

       Exclusive fishing zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       3 nm

       Disputes:

       none

       Climate:

       tropical

       Terrain:

       sand and coral reefs and islands (or cays)

       Natural resources:

       negligible

       Land use:

       arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and

       woodland 0%; other, mostly grass or scrub cover 100%; Lihou Reef Reserve and

       Coringa-Herald Reserve were declared National Nature Reserves on 3 August

       1982

       Environment:

       subject to occasional tropical cyclones; no permanent fresh water; important

       nesting area for birds and turtles

       Note:

       the islands are located just off the northeast coast of Australia in the

       Coral Sea

      :Coral Sea Islands People

      Population: 3 meteorologists (1992)

      :Coral Sea Islands Government

      Long-form name:

       Coral Sea Islands Territory

       Type:

       territory of Australia administered by the Minister for Arts, Sport, the

       Environment, Tourism, and Territories Roslyn KELLY

       Capital:

       none; administered from Canberra, Australia

       Flag:

       the flag of Australia is used

      :Coral Sea Islands Economy

      Overview: no economic activity

      :Coral Sea Islands Communications

      Ports: none; offshore anchorages only

      :Coral Sea Islands Defense Forces

      Note:

       defense is the responsibility of Australia; visited regularly by the Royal

       Australian Navy; Australia has control over the activities of visitors

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