<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Tuvalu<nl>Economy</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Overview:</hi> Tuvalu consists of a scattered group of nine coral atolls with poor soil. The country has no known mineral resources and few exports. Subsistence farming and fishing are the primary economic activities. The islands are too small and too remote for development of a tourist industry. Government revenues largely come from the sale of stamps and coins and worker remittances. Substantial income is received annually from an international trust fund established in 1987 by Australia, NZ, and the UK and supported also by Japan and South Korea.
<item><hi format=bold>National product:</hi> GNP—exchange rate conversion—$6.4 million (1990)
<item><hi format=bold>National product real growth rate:</hi> 4% (1990 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>National product per capita:</hi> $700 (1990)
<item><hi format=bold>Agriculture:</hi> coconuts and fish
<item><hi format=bold>Economic aid:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>recipient:</hi> US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-87), $1 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $101 million
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<item><hi format=bold>Currency:</hi> 1 Tuvaluan dollar ($T) or 1 Australian dollar ($A)=100 cents
<item><hi format=bold>Exchange rates:</hi> Tuvaluan dollars ($T) or Australian dollars ($A) per US$1—1.4364 (January 1994), 1.4704 (1993), 1.3600 (1992), 1.2835 (1991), 1.2799 (1990), 1.2618 (1989)