taro, yams, fruits, vegetables, fish, beef Exports: $280 million (f.o.b., 2012 est.) Exports - commodities: copra, beef, cocoa, timber, kava, coffee Exports - partners: Thailand 57.3%, Japan 21.8% (2011) Imports: $242 million (f.o.b., 2012) Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, fuels Imports - partners: China 26.7%, Singapore 21.2%, Australia 13.6%, New Zealand 7.2%, Fiji 6.7%, Japan 5.4% (2011) Debt - external: $307.7 million (2011) Economic aid - recipient: $27.5 million (2002) Currency: 1 vatu (VT), no subdivisions Exchange rates: vatu (VT) per US$1 – 94.03 (2012), 96.91 (2010), 111.79 (2004), 122.19 (2003), 139.2 (2002), 145.31 (2001), 129.76 (December 1999), 129.08 (1999), 127.52 (1998), 115.87 (1997), 111.72 (1996), 112.11 (1995) Fiscal year: calendar year See also Fishing in Vanuatu References