Names: conventional long form: Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies conventional short form: New Caledonia local long form: Territoire des Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances local short form: Nouvelle-Caledonie

Capital City: Noumea

Population: 219,246 (July 2006 est.)

GDP Per Capita: $15,000 (2003 est.)

Currency: Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (XPF)

Languages: French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects

Total Area: total: 19,060 sq km land: 18,575 sq km water: 485 sq km slightly smaller than New Jersey

Region: Oceania

Industries: nickel mining and smelting

Agriculture: vegetables; beef, deer, other livestock products; fish

Resources: nickel, chrome, iron, cobalt, manganese, silver, gold, lead, copper

Labor Force: 78,990 (including 11,300 unemployed) (2004)
agriculture: 20% industry: 20% services: 60% (2002)

Exports: $999 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)
ferronickels, nickel ore, fish

Imports: $1.636 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs

Overview: New Caledonia has about 25% of the world's known nickel resources. Only a small amount of the land is suitable for cultivation, and food accounts for about 20% of imports. In addition to nickel, substantial financial support from France - equal to more than 15% of GDP - and tourism are keys to the health of the economy. Substantial new investment in the nickel industry, combined with the recovery of global nickel prices, brightens the economic outlook for the next several years.

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In 2007 Missouri exported $346,852 in goods to New Caledonia. This ranks New Caledonia 144^th among the 223 international buyers of Missouri goods. Missouri exports to New Caledonia increased from the previous year by $160,624 a change of 86.25%. State exports to New Caledonia have increased over the last 5 years by $343,795 a change of 11246.16%. Missouri exports account for .00%. of all 2007 US exports to New Caledonia.