Tonga consumption booms [1]
Saturday, September 30, 2000 - 09:00. Updated on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 17:54.
From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 15, no. 3, September 2000.
Consumption is up as economic activity increases in Tonga.Trade figures for the first quarter of 2000 compared to the same period in 1999, for selected Tonga imports show:
1999 | 2000 | up by | |
Motor spirit (benzine, gasoline and other) | 3,100,174 | 5,240,255 | 2.14 million |
Ships, boats, and floating structures | 279,587 | 1,772,573 | 1.49 million |
Poultry pieces | 2,326,929 | 3,576,073 | 1.25 million |
All other machinery and appliance and parts | 543,962 | 1,763,703 | 1.22 million |
Passenger motor cars including taxis, used | 559,669 | 1,627,566 | 1.01 million |
Distillate fuels (gas, oil and diesel oil) | 5,235,889 | 6,118,499 | 0.88 million |
Manufactured fertilisers | 632,197 | 1,332,894 | 0.70 million |
Lemonade, spa and aerated waters | 1,792,097 | 2,316,445 | 0.52 million |
Sugar | 668,516 | 1,005,505 | 0.34 million |