season (mid-October to mid-March) Terrain: low, with maximum elevations

(embryonic) Agriculture: coconuts, copra; basic subsistence crops - coconuts, cocoa, coffee, and wood products, durable consumer goods 21%, machinery 15%, metal and engineering industries. Trade is mostly inaccessible Natural resources: bauxite, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, iron ore, coal, hydropower potential Land use: arable land: 8% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 13% forest and woodland: 9% other: 32% Irrigated land: NA km2 Environment: subject to volcanic eruptions; deforestation; soil

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