Report fills gap on trade statistics in the Pacific
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Primary industries are the backbone of many Pacific Island countries but there is a great need for more up-to-date information on trade in the region to better understand and grow national economies. These were the sentiments expressed by Fiji’s Trade Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Navitalai Tuivuniwai, at today’s launch of a comprehensive Pacific Islands Trade Report 2010-2014 alongside the European Union Ambassador for the Pacific, H.E. Andrew Jacobs, and Pacific Community Director-General, Dr. Colin Tukuitonga, in Suva, Fiji. “To date there is very little readily available information on trade statistics in the Pacific region and this report released by the Pacific Community and the European Union goes a long way to help fill that gap,” Tuivuniwai said. “This is a valuable tool as Pacific Island governments, donor agencies and businesses now have access to standardized information on the region’s main primary sector export products, the biggest markets for these products and relative trading status of each country,” he said. The report was produced by the EU-funded Increasing Agricultural Commodity Trade (IACT) project, which is implemented by the Pacific Community (SPC). Drawing on data released in 2015 from the International Trade Centre, the report provides a snapshot of trade in primary sector goods between Pacific Island countries and the rest of the world, with Australia and New Zealand, and between the Pacific Island nations themselves.
Source: http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/report-fills-gap-trade-statistics-pacific/
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