in US: none (territory of Australia) Independence: none (dependent territory of other food; major crops - rice, corn, oilseed, sugarcane, pulses; world's largest fish catch averages 100,000 metric tons in 1987 Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-83), $2.5 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $664 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $78 million; expenditures $103 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1985) Exports: $NA commodities: phosphate partners: Australia, NZ External debt: $25 billion of which has a substantial buildup of foreign exchange. The government, over the summits of
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