{{Infobox Economy
|country = American Samoa
|image = Dollarbill4.jpg
|width = 290px
|currency = [[United States dollar|US dollar]] (USD)
|year = 1 October - 30 September
|organs = none
|rank = 208
|gdp = $500 million (2000)
|growth = NA
|per capita = $8,000 (2000)
|sectors = NA
|inflation = NA
|poverty = NA
|labor = 14,000 (1996)
|occupations = government 33%, tuna canneries 34%, other 33% (1990)
|unemployment = 6% (2000)
|industries = tuna canneries (largely dependent on foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts
|exports = $30 million (2002)
|export-goods = canned tuna 93%
|export-partners = [[Indonesia]] 70%, [[Australia]] 6.7%, [[Japan]] 6.7%, [[Samoa]] 6.7% (2002)
|imports = $123 million (2002)
|import-goods = materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6%
|import-partners = [[Australia]] 36.6%, [[New Zealand]] 20.3%, [[South Korea]] 16.3%, [[Mauritius]] 4.9% (2002)
|debt = NA
|revenue = $121 million (37% in local revenue and 63% in US grants) (1997)
|expenses = $127 million (1997)
|aid = more than $40 million from US in financial support (1994)
|cianame = aq
|spelling = US
}}

This is a traditional [[Polynesia]]n economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. Economic activity is strongly linked to the [[United States|US]], with which American Samoa conducts the great bulk of its foreign trade. [[Tuna]] [[fishing]] and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna being the primary export. Transfers from the [[US Government]] add substantially to American Samoa's economic well-being. Attempts by the government to develop a larger and broader economy are restrained by Samoa's remote location, its limited transportation, and its devastating hurricanes. Tourism, a developing sector, may be held back by the current financial difficulties in East Asia.

==Numbers==
'''[[Gross domestic product|GDP]]:'''
[[purchasing power parity]] - $500 million (2000 est.)

'''GDP - real growth rate:'''
NA%

'''GDP - per capita:'''
purchasing power parity - $8,000 (2000 est.)

'''GDP - composition by sector:'''
<br>''agriculture:''
NA%
<br>''industry:''
NA%
<br>''services:''
NA% (2002)

'''Population below poverty line:'''
NA% (2002 est.)

'''Household income or consumption by percentage share:'''
<br>''lowest 10%:''
NA%
<br>''highest 10%:''
NA%

'''Inflation rate (consumer prices):'''
NA% (2003 est.)

'''Labor force:'''
14,000 (1996)

'''Labor force - by occupation:'''
government 33%, tuna canneries 34%, other 33% (1990)

'''Unemployment rate:'''
6% (2000)

'''Budget:'''
<br>''revenues:''
$121 million (37% in local revenue and 63% in US grants)
<br>''expenditures:''
$127 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY96/97)

'''Industries:'''
tuna canneries (largely dependent on foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts

'''Industrial production growth rate:'''
NA%

'''Electricity - production:'''
130 GWh (2001)

'''Electricity - production by source:'''
<br>''fossil fuel:''
100%
<br>''hydro:''
0%
<br>''nuclear:''
0%
<br>''other:''
0% (2001)

'''Electricity - consumption:'''
120.9 GWh (2001)

'''Electricity - exports:'''
0 kWh (2001)

'''Electricity - imports:'''
0 kWh (2001)

'''Oil - production:'''
0 barrel/day (2001 est.)

'''Oil - consumption:'''
3,800 barrel/day (604 m³/d) 2001

'''Oil - exports:'''
NA

'''Oil - imports:'''
NA

'''Agriculture - products:'''
[[banana]]s, [[coconut]]s, vegetables, [[taro]], [[breadfruit]], [[Yam (vegetable)|yams]], [[copra]], [[pineapple]]s, [[papaya]]s; [[dairy products]], livestock

'''Exports:'''
$30 million (2002)

'''Exports - commodities:'''
canned tuna 93%

'''Exports - partners:'''
[[Indonesia]] 70%, [[Australia]] 6.7%, [[Japan]] 6.7%, [[Samoa]] 6.7% (2002)

'''Imports:'''
$123 million (2002)

'''Imports - commodities:'''
materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6%

'''Imports - partners:'''
[[Australia]] 36.6%, [[New Zealand]] 20.3%, [[South Korea]] 16.3%, [[Mauritius]] 4.9% (2002)

'''Debt - external:'''
$NA (2002 est.)

'''Economic aid - recipient:'''
$NA; note - important financial support from the US, more than $40 million in 1994

'''Currency:'''
[[US dollar]] (USD)

'''Currency code:'''
USD

'''Exchange rates:'''
US dollar is used

'''Fiscal year:'''
[[1 October]] - [[30 September]]

==See also==
*[[American Samoa]]

{{American Samoa}}

[[Category:Economy of American Samoa| ]]

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