Vanuatu: Statistical Appendix

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Abstract

Table 1.

Vanuatu: Gross Domestic Product by Type of Economic Activity in Constant 1983 Prices, 1993-97

(In millions of vatu)

Sources: Statistics Office; Reserve Bank of Vanuatu; and staff estimates.

Table 1.

Vanuatu: Gross Domestic Product by Type of Economic Activity in Constant 1983 Prices, 1993-97

(In millions of vatu)

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
					Est.	Est.
Agriculture, forestry and fishery		2,988	3,045	3,196	3,415	3,626
	(Percent change)	10.9	1.9	5.0	6.9	6.2
	Copra	544	524	583	753	792
	Cattle	518	552	561	581	621
	Cocoa	143	82	110	64	123
	Coffee	1	1	2	2	2
	Other commercial agriculture	143	141	127	138	138
	Subsistence agriculture	1,214	1,266	1,304	1,353	1,410
	Forestry and logging	424	477	510	525	540
Industry		1,763	1,793	1,905	1,951	1,971
	(Percent change)	1.2	1.7	6.2	2.4	1.0
	Manufacturing	864	899	926	936	943
	Electricity	204	205	222	226	235
	Construction	696	689	757	788	794
Services		8,878	8,966	9,222	9,453	9,626
	(Percent change)	3.1	1.0	2.9	2.5	1.8
	Trade, hotels, and restaurants	4,792	4,772	4,849	4,968	5,203
	Transport and communication	951	953	966	980	995
	Finance and insurance	1,010	1,035	1,040	1,023	1,031
	Real estate and other services	805	834	867	875	886
	Government services	1,652	1,675	1,792	1,907	1,811
	Less: Imputed bank services	-331	-302	-294	-300	-300
Gross domestic product		13,629	13,804	14,323	14,819	15,223
	(Percent change)	4.5	1.3	3.8	3.5	2.7

Sources: Statistics Office; Reserve Bank of Vanuatu; and staff estimates.

Table 1.

Vanuatu: Gross Domestic Product by Type of Economic Activity in Constant 1983 Prices, 1993-97

(In millions of vatu)

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
					Est.	Est.
Agriculture, forestry and fishery		2,988	3,045	3,196	3,415	3,626
	(Percent change)	10.9	1.9	5.0	6.9	6.2
	Copra	544	524	583	753	792
	Cattle	518	552	561	581	621
	Cocoa	143	82	110	64	123
	Coffee	1	1	2	2	2
	Other commercial agriculture	143	141	127	138	138
	Subsistence agriculture	1,214	1,266	1,304	1,353	1,410
	Forestry and logging	424	477	510	525	540
Industry		1,763	1,793	1,905	1,951	1,971
	(Percent change)	1.2	1.7	6.2	2.4	1.0
	Manufacturing	864	899	926	936	943
	Electricity	204	205	222	226	235
	Construction	696	689	757	788	794
Services		8,878	8,966	9,222	9,453	9,626
	(Percent change)	3.1	1.0	2.9	2.5	1.8
	Trade, hotels, and restaurants	4,792	4,772	4,849	4,968	5,203
	Transport and communication	951	953	966	980	995
	Finance and insurance	1,010	1,035	1,040	1,023	1,031
	Real estate and other services	805	834	867	875	886
	Government services	1,652	1,675	1,792	1,907	1,811
	Less: Imputed bank services	-331	-302	-294	-300	-300
Gross domestic product		13,629	13,804	14,323	14,819	15,223
	(Percent change)	4.5	1.3	3.8	3.5	2.7

Sources: Statistics Office; Reserve Bank of Vanuatu; and staff estimates.

Table 2.

Vanuatu: Gross Domestic Product by Type of Economic Activity in Current Prices, 1993-97

(In millions of vatu)

Sources: Statistics Office; Reserve Bank of Vanuatu; and staff estimates.

Table 2.

Vanuatu: Gross Domestic Product by Type of Economic Activity in Current Prices, 1993-97

(In millions of vatu)

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
					Est.	Est.
Agriculture, forestry and fishery		5,278	5,372	6,054	6,846	7,193
	(Percent change)	31.3	1.8	12.7	13.1	5.1
	Copra	692	609	738	1,019	1,048
	Cattle	782	832	874	918	966
	Cocoa	151	86	114	66	131
	Coffee	2	2	2	2	3
	Other commercial agriculture	241	202	212	255	276
	Subsistence agriculture	1,594	1,733	2,035	2,403	2,477
	Forestry and logging	1,816	1,907	2,078	2,182	2,291
Industry		2,880	3,050	3,354	3,471	3,555
	(Percent change)	6.0	5.9	10.0	3.5	2.4
	Manufacturing	1,240	1,320	1,386	1,414	1,442
	Electricity	393	420	462	476	500
	Construction	1,247	1,310	1,506	1,581	1,613
Services		15,668	16,234	17,126	17,804	18,428
	(Percent change)	5.6	3.6	5.5	4.0	3.5
	Trade, hotels, and restaurants	8,184	8,386	8,706	9,000	9,551
	Transport and communication	1,845	1,880	2,006	2,070	2,138
	Finance and insurance	1,735	1,833	1,918	1,957	2,042
	Real estate and other services	1,623	1,698	1,790	1,832	1,883
	Government services	2,868	2,984	3,254	3,492	3,362
	Less: Imputed bank services	-587	-548	-548	-548	-548
Gross domestic product		23,826	24,656	26,534	28,120	29,175
	(Percent change)	10.4	3.5	7.6	6.0	3.8

Sources: Statistics Office; Reserve Bank of Vanuatu; and staff estimates.

Table 2.

Vanuatu: Gross Domestic Product by Type of Economic Activity in Current Prices, 1993-97

(In millions of vatu)

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
					Est.	Est.
Agriculture, forestry and fishery		5,278	5,372	6,054	6,846	7,193
	(Percent change)	31.3	1.8	12.7	13.1	5.1
	Copra	692	609	738	1,019	1,048
	Cattle	782	832	874	918	966
	Cocoa	151	86	114	66	131
	Coffee	2	2	2	2	3
	Other commercial agriculture	241	202	212	255	276
	Subsistence agriculture	1,594	1,733	2,035	2,403	2,477
	Forestry and logging	1,816	1,907	2,078	2,182	2,291
Industry		2,880	3,050	3,354	3,471	3,555
	(Percent change)	6.0	5.9	10.0	3.5	2.4
	Manufacturing	1,240	1,320	1,386	1,414	1,442
	Electricity	393	420	462	476	500
	Construction	1,247	1,310	1,506	1,581	1,613
Services		15,668	16,234	17,126	17,804	18,428
	(Percent change)	5.6	3.6	5.5	4.0	3.5
	Trade, hotels, and restaurants	8,184	8,386	8,706	9,000	9,551
	Transport and communication	1,845	1,880	2,006	2,070	2,138
	Finance and insurance	1,735	1,833	1,918	1,957	2,042
	Real estate and other services	1,623	1,698	1,790	1,832	1,883
	Government services	2,868	2,984	3,254	3,492	3,362
	Less: Imputed bank services	-587	-548	-548	-548	-548
Gross domestic product		23,826	24,656	26,534	28,120	29,175
	(Percent change)	10.4	3.5	7.6	6.0	3.8

Sources: Statistics Office; Reserve Bank of Vanuatu; and staff estimates.

Table 3.

Vanuatu: Gross Domestic Product by Expenditure Components in Constant 1983 Prices, 1993-97

(In millions of vatu)

Sources: Statistics Office; Reserve Bank of Vanuatu; and staff estimates.

Table 3.

Vanuatu: Gross Domestic Product by Expenditure Components in Constant 1983 Prices, 1993-97

(In millions of vatu)

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
					Est.	Est.
Household consumption		7,165	7,401	7,606	…	…
	(Percent change)	-0.7	3.3	2.8	…	…
Government final consumption		4,143	4,158	4,117	…	…
	(Percent change)	11.8	0.4	-1.0	…	…
	Recurrent expenditure	3,331	3,325	3,487	…	…
	Development expenditure	812	834	630	…	…
Gross fixed capital formation		3,720	3,987	4,838	…	…
	(Percent change)	6.5	7.2	21.3	…	…
	Durable equipment	1,733	1,739	2,062	…	…
	Construction/Land improvement	1,987	2,248	2,777	…	…
Increase in stocks		331	349	339	…	…
Gross domestic expenditure		15,359	15,895	16,900	…	…
	(Percent change)	4.2	3.5	6.3	…	…
Exports of goods & services		6,596	7,106	7,167	…	…
	(Percent change)	1.8	7.7	0.9	…	…
	Domestic exports, f.o.b.	1,310	1,447	1,518	…	…
	Re-exports	158	163	164	…	…
	Other	5,128	5,496	5,485	…	…
Imports of goods & services		-7,832	-8,601	-8,692	…	…
	(Percent change)	3.1	9.8	1.1	…	…
	Imports, c.i.f. for home consumption	-5,473	-5,969	-6,117	…	…
	Imports, c.i.f. for re-export	-394	-298	-246	…	…
	Other	-1,964	-2,334	-2,329	…	…
Expenditure on gross domestic product		14,124	14,401	15,375	…	…
	(Percent change)	3.7	2.0	6.8	…	…
Statistical discrepancy		-495	-597	-1,052	…	…
Gross domestic product		13,629	13,804	14,323	14,819	15,223
	(Percent change)	4.5	1.3	3.8	3.5	2.7

Sources: Statistics Office; Reserve Bank of Vanuatu; and staff estimates.

Table 3.

Vanuatu: Gross Domestic Product by Expenditure Components in Constant 1983 Prices, 1993-97

(In millions of vatu)

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
					Est.	Est.
Household consumption		7,165	7,401	7,606	…	…
	(Percent change)	-0.7	3.3	2.8	…	…
Government final consumption		4,143	4,158	4,117	…	…
	(Percent change)	11.8	0.4	-1.0	…	…
	Recurrent expenditure	3,331	3,325	3,487	…	…
	Development expenditure	812	834	630	…	…
Gross fixed capital formation		3,720	3,987	4,838	…	…
	(Percent change)	6.5	7.2	21.3	…	…
	Durable equipment	1,733	1,739	2,062	…	…
	Construction/Land improvement	1,987	2,248	2,777	…	…
Increase in stocks		331	349	339	…	…
Gross domestic expenditure		15,359	15,895	16,900	…	…
	(Percent change)	4.2	3.5	6.3	…	…
Exports of goods & services		6,596	7,106	7,167	…	…
	(Percent change)	1.8	7.7	0.9	…	…
	Domestic exports, f.o.b.	1,310	1,447	1,518	…	…
	Re-exports	158	163	164	…	…
	Other	5,128	5,496	5,485	…	…
Imports of goods & services		-7,832	-8,601	-8,692	…	…
	(Percent change)	3.1	9.8	1.1	…	…
	Imports, c.i.f. for home consumption	-5,473	-5,969	-6,117	…	…
	Imports, c.i.f. for re-export	-394	-298	-246	…	…
	Other	-1,964	-2,334	-2,329	…	…
Expenditure on gross domestic product		14,124	14,401	15,375	…	…
	(Percent change)	3.7	2.0	6.8	…	…
Statistical discrepancy		-495	-597	-1,052	…	…
Gross domestic product		13,629	13,804	14,323	14,819	15,223
	(Percent change)	4.5	1.3	3.8	3.5	2.7

Sources: Statistics Office; Reserve Bank of Vanuatu; and staff estimates.

Table 4.

Vanuatu: Gross Domestic Product by Expenditure Component in Current Prices, 1993-97

(In millions of vatu)

Sources: Statistics Office; Reserve Bank of Vanuatu; and staff estimates.

Table 4.

Vanuatu: Gross Domestic Product by Expenditure Component in Current Prices, 1993-97

(In millions of vatu)

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
					Est.	Est.
Household consumption		11,701	12,286	12,777	…	…
	(Percent change)	0.3	5.0	4.0	…	…
Government final consumption		6,765	6,903	6,916	…	…
	(Percent change)	13.0	2.0	0.2	…	…
	Recurrent expenditure	5,439	5,519	5,858	…	…
	Development expenditure	1,326	1,384	1,058	…	…
Gross fixed capital formation		6,075	6,618	8,128	…	…
	(Percent change)	7.6	8.9	22.8	…	…
	Durable equipment	2,830	2,886	3,464	…	…
	Construction/Land improvement	3,245	3,732	4,665	…	…
Increase in stocks		540	580	570	…	…
Gross domestic expenditure		25,081	26,387	28,391	…	…
	(Percent change)	5.3	5.2	7.6	…	…
Exports of goods and services		10,772	11,796	12,041	…	…
	(Percent change)	2.9	9.5	2.1	…	…
	Domestic exports, f.o.b.	2,140	2,402	2,551	…	…
	Re-exports	258	270	275	…	…
	Other	8,374	9,124	9,215	…	…
Imports of goods and services		-12,789	-14,278	-14,603	…	…
	(Percent change)	4.2	11.6	2.3	…	…
	Imports, c.i.f. for home consumption	-8,938	-9,909	-10,277	…	…
	Imports, c.i.f. for re-export	-643	-495	-413	…	…
	Other	-3,208	-3,874	-3,913	…	…
Expenditure on gross domestic product		23,064	23,905	25,830	…	…
	(Percentage change)	4.8	3.6	8.1	…	…
Statistical discrepancy		762	751	704	…	…
Gross domestic product		23,826	24,656	26,534	28,120	29,175
	(Percent change)	10.4	3.5	7.6	6.0	3.8

Sources: Statistics Office; Reserve Bank of Vanuatu; and staff estimates.

Table 4.

Vanuatu: Gross Domestic Product by Expenditure Component in Current Prices, 1993-97

(In millions of vatu)

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
					Est.	Est.
Household consumption		11,701	12,286	12,777	…	…
	(Percent change)	0.3	5.0	4.0	…	…
Government final consumption		6,765	6,903	6,916	…	…
	(Percent change)	13.0	2.0	0.2	…	…
	Recurrent expenditure	5,439	5,519	5,858	…	…
	Development expenditure	1,326	1,384	1,058	…	…
Gross fixed capital formation		6,075	6,618	8,128	…	…
	(Percent change)	7.6	8.9	22.8	…	…
	Durable equipment	2,830	2,886	3,464	…	…
	Construction/Land improvement	3,245	3,732	4,665	…	…
Increase in stocks		540	580	570	…	…
Gross domestic expenditure		25,081	26,387	28,391	…	…
	(Percent change)	5.3	5.2	7.6	…	…
Exports of goods and services		10,772	11,796	12,041	…	…
	(Percent change)	2.9	9.5	2.1	…	…
	Domestic exports, f.o.b.	2,140	2,402	2,551	…	…
	Re-exports	258	270	275	…	…
	Other	8,374	9,124	9,215	…	…
Imports of goods and services		-12,789	-14,278	-14,603	…	…
	(Percent change)	4.2	11.6	2.3	…	…
	Imports, c.i.f. for home consumption	-8,938	-9,909	-10,277	…	…
	Imports, c.i.f. for re-export	-643	-495	-413	…	…
	Other	-3,208	-3,874	-3,913	…	…
Expenditure on gross domestic product		23,064	23,905	25,830	…	…
	(Percentage change)	4.8	3.6	8.1	…	…
Statistical discrepancy		762	751	704	…	…
Gross domestic product		23,826	24,656	26,534	28,120	29,175
	(Percent change)	10.4	3.5	7.6	6.0	3.8

Sources: Statistics Office; Reserve Bank of Vanuatu; and staff estimates.

Table 5.

Vanuatu: Agricultural Production, 1993-97

Sources: Reserve Bank of Vanuatu; Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board (VCMB); Department of Agriculture and Horticulture.

^{^1/}Data by center relates only to the copra received by VCMB. Hence for 1996, it differs from the total production which includes copra received by Carmille Trading which was in operation just for one year.

^{^2/}Tons of exports on a dried weight volume basis. Kava exported for pharmaceutical purposes is dried whereas kava for the beverage market is sold fresh (green).

^{^3/}Total volume slaughtered in Port Vila and Lunganville abattoirs.

^{^4/}Port Vila abattoir only.

^{^5/}Production from Melektree Dairy.

^{^6/}Production of Toa Enterprise and Chicken City on Efate.

^{^7/}Includes transport allowance.

Table 5.

Vanuatu: Agricultural Production, 1993-97

			1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
			(In metric tons; unless otherwise indicated)
Copra (thousand tons)			28.0	27.0	30.4	38.3	40.3
	By center ^1/
		Vila	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5
		Santo	27.9	27.0	30.2	31.5	39.9
	By type of processing
		Smoked	5.2	4.2	4.1	4.4	4.2
		Hot air/sun dry	22.8	22.8	26.3	34.0	36.2
Cocoa			2,118	1,205	1,778	939	1,757
Kava ^2/			44.0	85.0	52.0	43.8	…
Beef ^3/			3,699	4,069	3,894	3,726	3,826
Pork ^4/			49.0	30.7	35.7	36.5	28.9
Milk (in thousand liters) ^5/			310	346	411	375	381
Chicken meat ^6/			245	258	235	264	424
Eggs (thousand of dozens)			259	286	274	239	240
			(In thousands of vatu per metric ton)
Memorandum items:
	Copra prices
		Average domestic price paid to producers ^7/	28.3	28.3	27.8	30.4	29.8
		Average f.o.b. price received	25.1	32.7	38.6	39.7	42.6
	Cocoa prices
		Average domestic price paid to producers	94	95	86	94	99
		Average f.o.b. price received	112	131	123	118	136

Sources: Reserve Bank of Vanuatu; Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board (VCMB); Department of Agriculture and Horticulture.

^{^2/}Tons of exports on a dried weight volume basis. Kava exported for pharmaceutical purposes is dried whereas kava for the beverage market is sold fresh (green).

^{^3/}Total volume slaughtered in Port Vila and Lunganville abattoirs.

^{^4/}Port Vila abattoir only.

^{^5/}Production from Melektree Dairy.

^{^6/}Production of Toa Enterprise and Chicken City on Efate.

^{^7/}Includes transport allowance.

Table 5.

Vanuatu: Agricultural Production, 1993-97

			1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
			(In metric tons; unless otherwise indicated)
Copra (thousand tons)			28.0	27.0	30.4	38.3	40.3
	By center ^1/
		Vila	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5
		Santo	27.9	27.0	30.2	31.5	39.9
	By type of processing
		Smoked	5.2	4.2	4.1	4.4	4.2
		Hot air/sun dry	22.8	22.8	26.3	34.0	36.2
Cocoa			2,118	1,205	1,778	939	1,757
Kava ^2/			44.0	85.0	52.0	43.8	…
Beef ^3/			3,699	4,069	3,894	3,726	3,826
Pork ^4/			49.0	30.7	35.7	36.5	28.9
Milk (in thousand liters) ^5/			310	346	411	375	381
Chicken meat ^6/			245	258	235	264	424
Eggs (thousand of dozens)			259	286	274	239	240
			(In thousands of vatu per metric ton)
Memorandum items:
	Copra prices
		Average domestic price paid to producers ^7/	28.3	28.3	27.8	30.4	29.8
		Average f.o.b. price received	25.1	32.7	38.6	39.7	42.6
	Cocoa prices
		Average domestic price paid to producers	94	95	86	94	99
		Average f.o.b. price received	112	131	123	118	136

Sources: Reserve Bank of Vanuatu; Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board (VCMB); Department of Agriculture and Horticulture.

^{^2/}Tons of exports on a dried weight volume basis. Kava exported for pharmaceutical purposes is dried whereas kava for the beverage market is sold fresh (green).

^{^3/}Total volume slaughtered in Port Vila and Lunganville abattoirs.

^{^4/}Port Vila abattoir only.

^{^5/}Production from Melektree Dairy.

^{^6/}Production of Toa Enterprise and Chicken City on Efate.

^{^7/}Includes transport allowance.

Table 6.

Vanuatu: Manufacturing Industries, 1993-97

Source: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities.

Table 6.

Vanuatu: Manufacturing Industries, 1993-97

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
		(In number of employees)
Employment
	Food, beverages, and tobacco	506	538	564	…	…
	Textile, clothing, and leather	76	74	77	…	…
	Wood and wood products	566	590	465	…	…
	Paper and paper products	57	57	56	…	…
	Chemical, rubber, plastic and nonmetallic products	112	88	102	…	…
	Metals and metal products	148	159	172	…	…
	Other	74	70	69	…	…
Total		1,539	1,576	1,505	…	…
		(In millions of vatu)
Wage bill
	Food, beverages, and tobacco	189	202	232	…	…
	Textile, clothing, and leather	28	33	23	…	…
	Wood and wood products	192	278	201	…	…
	Paper and paper products	45	18	51	…	…
	Chemical, rubber, plastic and nonmetallic products	44	28	35	…	…
	Metals and metal products	121	167	120	…	…
	Other	27	40	39	…	…
Total		646	766	700	…	…
Value added
	Food, beverages, and tobacco	568	756	645	…	…
	Textile, clothing, and leather	48	115	57	…	…
	Wood and wood products	287	797	423	…	…
	Paper and paper products	68	55	125	…	…
	Chemical, rubber, plastic and nonmetallic products	118	95	84	…	…
	Metals and metal products	153	588	377	…	…
	Other	34	110	87	…	…
Total		1,276	2,516	1,799	…	…
Memorandum items:
	Ratio of salaries to value added (percent)	51	30	39	…	…
	Value added per employee (VT thousand)	829	1,596	1,195	…	…
	Average salary per employee (VT thousand)	420	486	465	…	…

Source: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities.

Table 6.

Vanuatu: Manufacturing Industries, 1993-97

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
		(In number of employees)
Employment
	Food, beverages, and tobacco	506	538	564	…	…
	Textile, clothing, and leather	76	74	77	…	…
	Wood and wood products	566	590	465	…	…
	Paper and paper products	57	57	56	…	…
	Chemical, rubber, plastic and nonmetallic products	112	88	102	…	…
	Metals and metal products	148	159	172	…	…
	Other	74	70	69	…	…
Total		1,539	1,576	1,505	…	…
		(In millions of vatu)
Wage bill
	Food, beverages, and tobacco	189	202	232	…	…
	Textile, clothing, and leather	28	33	23	…	…
	Wood and wood products	192	278	201	…	…
	Paper and paper products	45	18	51	…	…
	Chemical, rubber, plastic and nonmetallic products	44	28	35	…	…
	Metals and metal products	121	167	120	…	…
	Other	27	40	39	…	…
Total		646	766	700	…	…
Value added
	Food, beverages, and tobacco	568	756	645	…	…
	Textile, clothing, and leather	48	115	57	…	…
	Wood and wood products	287	797	423	…	…
	Paper and paper products	68	55	125	…	…
	Chemical, rubber, plastic and nonmetallic products	118	95	84	…	…
	Metals and metal products	153	588	377	…	…
	Other	34	110	87	…	…
Total		1,276	2,516	1,799	…	…
Memorandum items:
	Ratio of salaries to value added (percent)	51	30	39	…	…
	Value added per employee (VT thousand)	829	1,596	1,195	…	…
	Average salary per employee (VT thousand)	420	486	465	…	…

Source: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities.

Table 7.

Vanuatu: Imports of Petroleum Products, 1993-1997

(In thousands of barrels of oil equivalent) ^1/

Source: Energy Unit, Ministry of Natural Resources.

^{^1/}The conversion factor is one kiloliter = 6.29 barrels of oil for petrol, distillate, kerosene, and aviation gas; in the case of LPG, the conversion factor is one ton LPG/butane = 10.9 barrels of oil equivalent (boe).

^{^2/}Excluding jet fuel for re-export.

Table 7.

Vanuatu: Imports of Petroleum Products, 1993-1997

(In thousands of barrels of oil equivalent) ^1/

	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Regular gasoline (petrol)	34.6	30.9	33.2	32.8	32.6
Distillate/diesel	122.1	140.0	144.3	143.5	145.0
Kerosene	5.4	4.9	6.1	6.5	6.4
Aviation fuel ^2/	16.2	--	1.4	1.4	1.1
Liquid petroleum gas (LPG)	10.7	10.6	10.8	11.7	12.8
Total	189.1	186.4	195.7	195.9	197.9

Source: Energy Unit, Ministry of Natural Resources.

^{^2/}Excluding jet fuel for re-export.

Table 7.

Vanuatu: Imports of Petroleum Products, 1993-1997

(In thousands of barrels of oil equivalent) ^1/

	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Regular gasoline (petrol)	34.6	30.9	33.2	32.8	32.6
Distillate/diesel	122.1	140.0	144.3	143.5	145.0
Kerosene	5.4	4.9	6.1	6.5	6.4
Aviation fuel ^2/	16.2	--	1.4	1.4	1.1
Liquid petroleum gas (LPG)	10.7	10.6	10.8	11.7	12.8
Total	189.1	186.4	195.7	195.9	197.9

Source: Energy Unit, Ministry of Natural Resources.

^{^2/}Excluding jet fuel for re-export.

Table 8.

Vanuatu: Electricity production by Union Electrique du Vanuatu (UNELCO) in Port Vila and Luganville, 1993-97

Source: Energy Unit, Ministry of Natural Resources, based on extracts from the Annual Technical Report of Union Electrique du Vanuatu.

Table 8.

Vanuatu: Electricity production by Union Electrique du Vanuatu (UNELCO) in Port Vila and Luganville, 1993-97

	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
	(In kilowatts)
Installed capacity at end of year	14,200	12,740	13,040	14,320	14,320
Maximum demand	7,970	7,290	7,980	8,320	8,540
	(In thousands of megawatt hours)
Output for the year	35,408	37,921	40,204	44,129	46,303
Sales	32,951	33,862	35,411	39,074	40,641
Sales revenue (in millions of vatu)	772.1	793.9	829.9	958.0	1048.9
Average revenue per kilowatt hour (in vatu)	23.43	23.45	23.44	24.52	25.81

Source: Energy Unit, Ministry of Natural Resources, based on extracts from the Annual Technical Report of Union Electrique du Vanuatu.

Table 8.

Vanuatu: Electricity production by Union Electrique du Vanuatu (UNELCO) in Port Vila and Luganville, 1993-97

	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
	(In kilowatts)
Installed capacity at end of year	14,200	12,740	13,040	14,320	14,320
Maximum demand	7,970	7,290	7,980	8,320	8,540
	(In thousands of megawatt hours)
Output for the year	35,408	37,921	40,204	44,129	46,303
Sales	32,951	33,862	35,411	39,074	40,641
Sales revenue (in millions of vatu)	772.1	793.9	829.9	958.0	1048.9
Average revenue per kilowatt hour (in vatu)	23.43	23.45	23.44	24.52	25.81

Source: Energy Unit, Ministry of Natural Resources, based on extracts from the Annual Technical Report of Union Electrique du Vanuatu.

Table 9.

Vanuatu: Tourism Statistics, 1993-97

Source: Statistics Office.

Table 9.

Vanuatu: Tourism Statistics, 1993-97

			1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Visitor arrivals			44,478	42,140	43,721	46,123	49,625
	(Percentage change)		4.2	-5.3	3.8	5.5	7.6
		Australia	23,258	22,942	24,401	26,690	28,976
		New Caledonia	5,692	5,464	4,971	5,409	5,431
		New Zealand	6,133	5,293	6,436	5,689	6,109
		Japan	1,174	1,227	981	927	948
		France	884	951	1,030	1,097	1,093
		United States	1,124	937	977	1,010	979
		United Kingdom	508	560	515	670	691
		Fiji	885	839	860	974	945
		Solomon Islands	700	756	758	924	1,249
		Papua New Guinea	585	469	354	299	324
		Other	3,535	2,702	2,438	2,434	2,880
	Of which: Tourists		31,565	29,880	31,340	33,652	36,190
		(Percentage change)	1.8	-5.3	4.9	7.4	7.5
Average length of stay of visitor (days)			9.1	9.4	9.1	9.1	8.8
Room-night capacity (thousands)			187	195	223	249	231
	(Capacity utilization, percent)		65.9	61.2	51.9	50.7	55.3
Bed-nights capacity (thousands)			420	445	523	580	542
	(Capacity utilization, percent)		55.7	55.8	41.1	40.2	46.1
Cruise-ship passengers			43,059	40,589	37,680	56,534	30,530
	(Percentage change)		-27.4	-5.7	-7.2	50.0	-46.0

Source: Statistics Office.

Table 9.

Vanuatu: Tourism Statistics, 1993-97

			1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Visitor arrivals			44,478	42,140	43,721	46,123	49,625
	(Percentage change)		4.2	-5.3	3.8	5.5	7.6
		Australia	23,258	22,942	24,401	26,690	28,976
		New Caledonia	5,692	5,464	4,971	5,409	5,431
		New Zealand	6,133	5,293	6,436	5,689	6,109
		Japan	1,174	1,227	981	927	948
		France	884	951	1,030	1,097	1,093
		United States	1,124	937	977	1,010	979
		United Kingdom	508	560	515	670	691
		Fiji	885	839	860	974	945
		Solomon Islands	700	756	758	924	1,249
		Papua New Guinea	585	469	354	299	324
		Other	3,535	2,702	2,438	2,434	2,880
	Of which: Tourists		31,565	29,880	31,340	33,652	36,190
		(Percentage change)	1.8	-5.3	4.9	7.4	7.5
Average length of stay of visitor (days)			9.1	9.4	9.1	9.1	8.8
Room-night capacity (thousands)			187	195	223	249	231
	(Capacity utilization, percent)		65.9	61.2	51.9	50.7	55.3
Bed-nights capacity (thousands)			420	445	523	580	542
	(Capacity utilization, percent)		55.7	55.8	41.1	40.2	46.1
Cruise-ship passengers			43,059	40,589	37,680	56,534	30,530
	(Percentage change)		-27.4	-5.7	-7.2	50.0	-46.0

Source: Statistics Office.

Table 10.

Vanuatu: Consumer Price Index, 1993-98 ^1/^2/

(Percent change)

Sources: Statistics Office.

^{^1/}Period average. For January-March 1998, percent change relative to the same period in 1997.

^{^2/}Expatriates account for 38.87 percent of the index, ni-Vanuatu for 61.13 percent. Port Vila accounts for 84.97 percent of the index, Luganville for 15.03 percent.

^{^3/}The weights are derived from 1985 Household and Expenditure Survey and have been revalued in terms of the 1990 prices.

Table 10.

Vanuatu: Consumer Price Index, 1993-98 ^1/^2/

(Percent change)

	Weights ^3/	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
	(percent)						January-March
Food (home consumption)	30.5	4.5	0.6	4.1	-1.1	0.7	1.7
Beverages and tobacco	10.4	2.8	8.0	6.8	2.4	1.3	0.6
Clothing and Footwear	4.7	3.0	1.8	9.1	4.6	6.7	5.5
Rent, water, fuel, and electricity	20.7	5.0	2.1	-9.0	-4.5	5.8	1.6
Household articles	8.3	4.2	5.9	7.4	3.0	0.7	3.4
Transport and communications	13.2	1.1	1.7	6.5	4.2	5.4	7.7
Recreation, health, and education	12.3	2.8	0.2	5.1	8.1	13	7.9
Total	100.0	3.6	2.3	2.2	0.9	2.8	2.8

Sources: Statistics Office.

^{^1/}Period average. For January-March 1998, percent change relative to the same period in 1997.

^{^2/}Expatriates account for 38.87 percent of the index, ni-Vanuatu for 61.13 percent. Port Vila accounts for 84.97 percent of the index, Luganville for 15.03 percent.

^{^3/}The weights are derived from 1985 Household and Expenditure Survey and have been revalued in terms of the 1990 prices.

Table 10.

Vanuatu: Consumer Price Index, 1993-98 ^1/^2/

(Percent change)

	Weights ^3/	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
	(percent)						January-March
Food (home consumption)	30.5	4.5	0.6	4.1	-1.1	0.7	1.7
Beverages and tobacco	10.4	2.8	8.0	6.8	2.4	1.3	0.6
Clothing and Footwear	4.7	3.0	1.8	9.1	4.6	6.7	5.5
Rent, water, fuel, and electricity	20.7	5.0	2.1	-9.0	-4.5	5.8	1.6
Household articles	8.3	4.2	5.9	7.4	3.0	0.7	3.4
Transport and communications	13.2	1.1	1.7	6.5	4.2	5.4	7.7
Recreation, health, and education	12.3	2.8	0.2	5.1	8.1	13	7.9
Total	100.0	3.6	2.3	2.2	0.9	2.8	2.8

Sources: Statistics Office.

^{^1/}Period average. For January-March 1998, percent change relative to the same period in 1997.

^{^2/}Expatriates account for 38.87 percent of the index, ni-Vanuatu for 61.13 percent. Port Vila accounts for 84.97 percent of the index, Luganville for 15.03 percent.

^{^3/}The weights are derived from 1985 Household and Expenditure Survey and have been revalued in terms of the 1990 prices.

Table 11.

Vanuatu: Central Government Fiscal Operations, 1993-98

Sources: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities; and staff estimates.

^{^1/}Net of tax rebate for import duties paid by UNELCO.

^{^2/}Cash grants only.

^{^3/}Excludes transfers to the Development Fund.

^{^4/}Change in non-bank holding of government bonds.

^{^5/}The authorities’ definition of recurrent revenue includes import duties due from UNELCO, Recurrent expenditure includes transfers to the Development Fund, principal debt repayments, and bond redemption provisions, but excludes subsidies to the VCMB.

Table 11.

Vanuatu: Central Government Fiscal Operations, 1993-98

			1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
								Jan.-Mar.	Budget
			(In millions of vatu)
Total revenue and grants			5,492	6,219	7,093	6,623	6,797	1,850	8,536
	Domestic Revenue		5,123	5,942	6,317	6,146	6,199	1,591	6,752
		Tax ^1/	3,843	4,986	4,813	5,068	5,162	1,442	5,880
		Nontax	1,279	956	1,504	1,078	1,037	149	872
	Foreign grants ^2/		369	277	777	477	598	259	1,784
Total expenditure			6,386	6,625	7,816	7,142	6,996	2,623	12,611
	Current expenditure		5,180	5,375	5,765	6,406	6,365	1,589	7,310
		Wages and salaries	2,832	2,866	3,179	3,330	3,400	808	4,112
		Purchases of goods and services	1,579	1,561	1,507	2,060	1,983	469	2,082
		Transfers ^3/	573	773	895	855	806	209	794
		Interest payments	196	175	183	161	176	103	322
	Capital expenditure		1,206	1,250	2,052	735	631	1,034	5,301
		Development expenditure	1,206	1,250	2,052	735	631	339	2,981
		Net lending	--	--	--	--	--	695	2,320
Overall balance			-894	-406	-723	-519	-199	-773	-4,075
Identified financing			319	755	1,151	417	256	917	4,075
	Foreign (net)		75	114	784	68	68	64	2,475
		Borrowing	84	142	808	93	108	79	2,520
		Repayments	-9	-28	-23	-25	-40	-15	-45
	Domestic (net)		244	641	367	349	188	853	1,600
		Banking system	186	295	367	348	87	1,775	2,522
		Other ^4/	58	346	--	2	101	-922	-922
Discrepancy			575	-349	-428	102	-57	-144	--
			(In percent of GDP)
Total revenue and grants			23.1	25.2	26.7	23.6	23.3	6.0	27.8
	Domestic Revenue		21.5	24.1	23.8	21.9	21.2	5.2	22.0
	Foreign grants		1.6	1.1	2.9	1.7	2.0	0.8	5.8
Total expenditure			26.8	26.9	29.5	25.4	24.0	8.5	41.1
	Current expenditure		21.7	21.8	21.7	22.8	21.8	5.2	23.8
	Capital expenditure		5.1	5.1	7.7	2.6	2.2	3.4	17.3
Overall balance			-3.8	-1.6	-2.7	-1.8	-0.7	-2.6	-13.3
Foreign financing (net)			0.3	0.5	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	8.1
Domestic financing (net)			1.0	2.6	1.4	1.2	0.6	2.8	5.2
Memorandum items:			(In millions of vatu)
Recurrent budget (authorities’ definition) ^5/
	Revenue		5,123	5,942	6,436	6,392	6,496	1,591	…
	Expenditure		5,373	5,451	6,420	7,026	7,014	1,604	…
	Balance		-250	491	16	-634	-518	-13	…
Principal debt repayments			25	38	233	51	40	15	…
Bond redemption provisions			160	152	223	263	263	--	…
Transfers to the Development Fund			128	20	80	60	50	--	…

Sources: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities; and staff estimates.

^{^1/}Net of tax rebate for import duties paid by UNELCO.

^{^2/}Cash grants only.

^{^3/}Excludes transfers to the Development Fund.

^{^4/}Change in non-bank holding of government bonds.

Table 11.

Vanuatu: Central Government Fiscal Operations, 1993-98

			1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
								Jan.-Mar.	Budget
			(In millions of vatu)
Total revenue and grants			5,492	6,219	7,093	6,623	6,797	1,850	8,536
	Domestic Revenue		5,123	5,942	6,317	6,146	6,199	1,591	6,752
		Tax ^1/	3,843	4,986	4,813	5,068	5,162	1,442	5,880
		Nontax	1,279	956	1,504	1,078	1,037	149	872
	Foreign grants ^2/		369	277	777	477	598	259	1,784
Total expenditure			6,386	6,625	7,816	7,142	6,996	2,623	12,611
	Current expenditure		5,180	5,375	5,765	6,406	6,365	1,589	7,310
		Wages and salaries	2,832	2,866	3,179	3,330	3,400	808	4,112
		Purchases of goods and services	1,579	1,561	1,507	2,060	1,983	469	2,082
		Transfers ^3/	573	773	895	855	806	209	794
		Interest payments	196	175	183	161	176	103	322
	Capital expenditure		1,206	1,250	2,052	735	631	1,034	5,301
		Development expenditure	1,206	1,250	2,052	735	631	339	2,981
		Net lending	--	--	--	--	--	695	2,320
Overall balance			-894	-406	-723	-519	-199	-773	-4,075
Identified financing			319	755	1,151	417	256	917	4,075
	Foreign (net)		75	114	784	68	68	64	2,475
		Borrowing	84	142	808	93	108	79	2,520
		Repayments	-9	-28	-23	-25	-40	-15	-45
	Domestic (net)		244	641	367	349	188	853	1,600
		Banking system	186	295	367	348	87	1,775	2,522
		Other ^4/	58	346	--	2	101	-922	-922
Discrepancy			575	-349	-428	102	-57	-144	--
			(In percent of GDP)
Total revenue and grants			23.1	25.2	26.7	23.6	23.3	6.0	27.8
	Domestic Revenue		21.5	24.1	23.8	21.9	21.2	5.2	22.0
	Foreign grants		1.6	1.1	2.9	1.7	2.0	0.8	5.8
Total expenditure			26.8	26.9	29.5	25.4	24.0	8.5	41.1
	Current expenditure		21.7	21.8	21.7	22.8	21.8	5.2	23.8
	Capital expenditure		5.1	5.1	7.7	2.6	2.2	3.4	17.3
Overall balance			-3.8	-1.6	-2.7	-1.8	-0.7	-2.6	-13.3
Foreign financing (net)			0.3	0.5	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	8.1
Domestic financing (net)			1.0	2.6	1.4	1.2	0.6	2.8	5.2
Memorandum items:			(In millions of vatu)
Recurrent budget (authorities’ definition) ^5/
	Revenue		5,123	5,942	6,436	6,392	6,496	1,591	…
	Expenditure		5,373	5,451	6,420	7,026	7,014	1,604	…
	Balance		-250	491	16	-634	-518	-13	…
Principal debt repayments			25	38	233	51	40	15	…
Bond redemption provisions			160	152	223	263	263	--	…
Transfers to the Development Fund			128	20	80	60	50	--	…

Sources: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities; and staff estimates.

^{^1/}Net of tax rebate for import duties paid by UNELCO.

^{^2/}Cash grants only.

^{^3/}Excludes transfers to the Development Fund.

^{^4/}Change in non-bank holding of government bonds.

Table 12.

Vanuatu: Central Government Revenue, 1993-98

Sources: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities; and staff estimates

^{^1/}Hotel/restaurant sales tax.

^{^2/}Business licenses, vehicle licenses, fishing licenses and agreement fees, liquor licenses, arms and prospecting licenses, air traffic rights, and cocoa licenses.

^{^3/}Gaming tax, video tax, rent tax, cheque levy, beer duty and lotteries tax.

^{^4/}Gross income of water supplies and Post and Telecommunications.

^{^5/}Police and immigration fees, primary education fees, hospital fees, fines and forfeits plus other miscellaneous fees and sales.

^{^6/}Other port and marine revenue, other property income, miscellaneous customs revenue, miscellaneous civil aviation and revenue under Heading 185, excluding lottery and fishing agreement fees. Includes revenue from asset sales.

Table 12.

Vanuatu: Central Government Revenue, 1993-98

				1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
									Jan.-Mar.	Budget
				(In millions of vatu)
Total revenue				5,123	5,942	6,317	6,146	6,199	1,591	6,752
Tax revenue				3,843	4,986	4,813	5,068	5,162	1,442	5,880
	Taxes on goods and services			1,050	1,153	1,633	1,652	1,615	623	2,729
		Taxes on tourist services ^1/		226	191	204	215	243	47	162
		Wholesale/retail turnover tax		--	--	303	465	468	122	281
		Licenses ^2/		586	613	773	678	665	404	739
		Work permit fees		27	24	25	27	21	5	37
		Registration fees		211	325	328	266	218	45	260
			Companies	112	189	191	159	126	17	155
			Shipping	50	79	80	61	44	6	50
			Land	49	57	56	46	48	22	55
		Value Added Tax		…	…	…	…	…	…	1,250
	Taxes on international trade			2,396	3,386	2,873	3,144	3,327	709	2,820
		Import duties		2,334	3,294	2,789	3,060	3,228	686	2,771
			Beer, wine and spirits	253	325	272	264	237	47	246
			Tobacco and tobacco products	197	251	222	198	225	70	219
			Vehicles	99	103	105	136	142	46	154
			Motor oil	348	423	592	883	981	227	882
			Other	1,437	2,193	1,597	1,578	1,644	296	1,270
		Export duties		63	92	85	84	98	23	49
			Copra	23	32	33	36	44	14	28
			Other	40	60	52	48	55	9	22
	Other taxes			397	448	427	518	516	110	741
		Airport tax		85	104	120	141	155	22	155
		Wharfage tax		47	71	53	51	70	6	68
		Other ^3/		266	272	253	326	291	82	518
	Less: Tax Rebate			…	…	-120	-246	-296	…	-410
Nontax revenue				1,279	956	1,504	1,078	1,037	149	872
	Public enterprises ^4/			173	69	114	98	109	…	…
	Dividend, interest and rent			265	90	129	136	76	…	…
	Fines and fees ^5/			137	197	126	121	116	…	…
	Other ^6/			703	599	1,135	723	736	…	…
				(In percent of tax revenue)
Taxes on goods and services				27.3	23.1	33.1	31.1	29.6	43.2	46.4
Taxes on international trade				62.3	67.9	58.3	59.2	60.9	49.2	48.0
	Import duties			60.7	66.1	56.5	57.6	59.1	47.5	47.1
	Export duties			1.6	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.8	1.6	0.8
Other taxes				10.3	9.0	8.6	9.8	9.5	7.6	12.6
				(In percent of GDP)
Total revenue				21.5	24.1	23.8	21.9	21.2	5.2	22.0
Tax revenue				16.1	20.2	18.1	18.0	17.7	4.7	19.1
Taxes on goods and services				4.4	4.7	6.2	5.9	5.5	2.0	8.9
Taxes on international trade				10.1	13.7	10.8	11.2	11.4	2.3	9.2
	Import duties			9.8	13.4	10.5	10.9	11.1	2.2	9.0
	Export duties			0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2
Other taxes				1.7	1.8	1.6	1.8	1.8	0.4	2.4
Nontax revenue				5.4	3.9	5.7	3.8	3.6	0.5	2.8
Memorandum items:
	Effective import duties (in percent of imports)			26.1	33.2	27.1	29.1	30.8	…	…

Sources: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities; and staff estimates

^{^1/}Hotel/restaurant sales tax.

^{^2/}Business licenses, vehicle licenses, fishing licenses and agreement fees, liquor licenses, arms and prospecting licenses, air traffic rights, and cocoa licenses.

^{^3/}Gaming tax, video tax, rent tax, cheque levy, beer duty and lotteries tax.

^{^4/}Gross income of water supplies and Post and Telecommunications.

^{^5/}Police and immigration fees, primary education fees, hospital fees, fines and forfeits plus other miscellaneous fees and sales.

Table 12.

Vanuatu: Central Government Revenue, 1993-98

				1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
									Jan.-Mar.	Budget
				(In millions of vatu)
Total revenue				5,123	5,942	6,317	6,146	6,199	1,591	6,752
Tax revenue				3,843	4,986	4,813	5,068	5,162	1,442	5,880
	Taxes on goods and services			1,050	1,153	1,633	1,652	1,615	623	2,729
		Taxes on tourist services ^1/		226	191	204	215	243	47	162
		Wholesale/retail turnover tax		--	--	303	465	468	122	281
		Licenses ^2/		586	613	773	678	665	404	739
		Work permit fees		27	24	25	27	21	5	37
		Registration fees		211	325	328	266	218	45	260
			Companies	112	189	191	159	126	17	155
			Shipping	50	79	80	61	44	6	50
			Land	49	57	56	46	48	22	55
		Value Added Tax		…	…	…	…	…	…	1,250
	Taxes on international trade			2,396	3,386	2,873	3,144	3,327	709	2,820
		Import duties		2,334	3,294	2,789	3,060	3,228	686	2,771
			Beer, wine and spirits	253	325	272	264	237	47	246
			Tobacco and tobacco products	197	251	222	198	225	70	219
			Vehicles	99	103	105	136	142	46	154
			Motor oil	348	423	592	883	981	227	882
			Other	1,437	2,193	1,597	1,578	1,644	296	1,270
		Export duties		63	92	85	84	98	23	49
			Copra	23	32	33	36	44	14	28
			Other	40	60	52	48	55	9	22
	Other taxes			397	448	427	518	516	110	741
		Airport tax		85	104	120	141	155	22	155
		Wharfage tax		47	71	53	51	70	6	68
		Other ^3/		266	272	253	326	291	82	518
	Less: Tax Rebate			…	…	-120	-246	-296	…	-410
Nontax revenue				1,279	956	1,504	1,078	1,037	149	872
	Public enterprises ^4/			173	69	114	98	109	…	…
	Dividend, interest and rent			265	90	129	136	76	…	…
	Fines and fees ^5/			137	197	126	121	116	…	…
	Other ^6/			703	599	1,135	723	736	…	…
				(In percent of tax revenue)
Taxes on goods and services				27.3	23.1	33.1	31.1	29.6	43.2	46.4
Taxes on international trade				62.3	67.9	58.3	59.2	60.9	49.2	48.0
	Import duties			60.7	66.1	56.5	57.6	59.1	47.5	47.1
	Export duties			1.6	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.8	1.6	0.8
Other taxes				10.3	9.0	8.6	9.8	9.5	7.6	12.6
				(In percent of GDP)
Total revenue				21.5	24.1	23.8	21.9	21.2	5.2	22.0
Tax revenue				16.1	20.2	18.1	18.0	17.7	4.7	19.1
Taxes on goods and services				4.4	4.7	6.2	5.9	5.5	2.0	8.9
Taxes on international trade				10.1	13.7	10.8	11.2	11.4	2.3	9.2
	Import duties			9.8	13.4	10.5	10.9	11.1	2.2	9.0
	Export duties			0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2
Other taxes				1.7	1.8	1.6	1.8	1.8	0.4	2.4
Nontax revenue				5.4	3.9	5.7	3.8	3.6	0.5	2.8
Memorandum items:
	Effective import duties (in percent of imports)			26.1	33.2	27.1	29.1	30.8	…	…

Sources: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities; and staff estimates

^{^1/}Hotel/restaurant sales tax.

^{^2/}Business licenses, vehicle licenses, fishing licenses and agreement fees, liquor licenses, arms and prospecting licenses, air traffic rights, and cocoa licenses.

^{^3/}Gaming tax, video tax, rent tax, cheque levy, beer duty and lotteries tax.

^{^4/}Gross income of water supplies and Post and Telecommunications.

^{^5/}Police and immigration fees, primary education fees, hospital fees, fines and forfeits plus other miscellaneous fees and sales.

Table 13.

Vanuatu: Central Government Current Expenditure, 1993-98

Sources: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities; and staff estimates.

^{^1/}Including service charges on loans.

^{^2/}Excluding transfers to the Development Fund.

^{^3/}Excluding technical assistance.

^{^4/}Excluding VCMB subsidies.

^{^5/}Excluding principal repayments of loans and bond redemptions, and transfers to the Development Fund.

Table 13.

Vanuatu: Central Government Current Expenditure, 1993-98

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
							Jan.-Mar.	Budget
Economic Classification		(In millions of vatu)
Wages and salaries		2,832	2,866	3,179	3,330	3,400	808	4,112
Purchases of goods and services		1,579	1,561	1,507	2,060	1,983	469	2,082
Interest payments ^1/		196	175	183	161	176	103	322
Transfers		573	773	895	855	806	224	794
	VCMB subsidies	120	134	0	0	0	0	0
	Other ^2/	453	639	806	855	806	224	794
Total current expenditure ^3/		5,180	5,375	5,765	6,406	6,365	1604	7,310
		(In percent of current expenditure)
Wages and salaries		54.7	53.3	55.1	52.0	53.4	50.4	56.3
Purchases of goods and services		30.5	29.0	26.1	32.2	31.2	29.2	28.5
Interest payments		3.8	3.3	3.2	2.5	2.8	6.4	4.4
Transfers ^4/		8.7	11.9	14.0	13.3	12.7	14.0	10.9
Functional Classification		(In millions of vatu)
General public services		1,533	1,716	2,241	2,425	2,122	438	2,175
Public order and safety		477	617	589	599	502	321	1,057
Education		1,128	1,233	1,356	1,466	1,396	340	1,669
Health		612	490	598	687	825	192	831
Economic affairs and services		773	747	796	998	1,001	110	728
	Agriculture, fisheries, and forestry	247	228	234	243	235	9	311
	Mining, manufacturing, and construction	178	156	141	366	389	3	15
	Transportation and communication	219	263	269	287	288	62	235
	Other	129	100	85	102	89	36	167
Other expenditure ^5/		657	573	185	231	519	203	850
Total current expenditure		5,180	5,375	5,765	6,406	6,365	1604	7,310
		(In percent of current expenditure)
General public services		29.6	31.9	38.9	37.9	33.3	27.3	29.8
Public order and safety		9.2	11.5	10.2	9.4	7.9	20.0	14.5
Education		21.8	22.9	23.5	22.9	21.9	21.2	22.8
Health		11.8	9.1	10.4	10.7	13.0	12.0	11.4
Economic affairs and services		14.9	13.9	13.8	15.6	15.7	6.9	10.0
Other expenditure		12.7	10.7	3.2	3.6	8.2	12.7	11.6
		(In millions of vatu)
Memorandum item:
	Transfers to the Development Fund	128	20	80	60	50	…	…

Sources: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities; and staff estimates.

^{^1/}Including service charges on loans.

^{^2/}Excluding transfers to the Development Fund.

^{^3/}Excluding technical assistance.

^{^4/}Excluding VCMB subsidies.

^{^5/}Excluding principal repayments of loans and bond redemptions, and transfers to the Development Fund.

Table 13.

Vanuatu: Central Government Current Expenditure, 1993-98

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
							Jan.-Mar.	Budget
Economic Classification		(In millions of vatu)
Wages and salaries		2,832	2,866	3,179	3,330	3,400	808	4,112
Purchases of goods and services		1,579	1,561	1,507	2,060	1,983	469	2,082
Interest payments ^1/		196	175	183	161	176	103	322
Transfers		573	773	895	855	806	224	794
	VCMB subsidies	120	134	0	0	0	0	0
	Other ^2/	453	639	806	855	806	224	794
Total current expenditure ^3/		5,180	5,375	5,765	6,406	6,365	1604	7,310
		(In percent of current expenditure)
Wages and salaries		54.7	53.3	55.1	52.0	53.4	50.4	56.3
Purchases of goods and services		30.5	29.0	26.1	32.2	31.2	29.2	28.5
Interest payments		3.8	3.3	3.2	2.5	2.8	6.4	4.4
Transfers ^4/		8.7	11.9	14.0	13.3	12.7	14.0	10.9
Functional Classification		(In millions of vatu)
General public services		1,533	1,716	2,241	2,425	2,122	438	2,175
Public order and safety		477	617	589	599	502	321	1,057
Education		1,128	1,233	1,356	1,466	1,396	340	1,669
Health		612	490	598	687	825	192	831
Economic affairs and services		773	747	796	998	1,001	110	728
	Agriculture, fisheries, and forestry	247	228	234	243	235	9	311
	Mining, manufacturing, and construction	178	156	141	366	389	3	15
	Transportation and communication	219	263	269	287	288	62	235
	Other	129	100	85	102	89	36	167
Other expenditure ^5/		657	573	185	231	519	203	850
Total current expenditure		5,180	5,375	5,765	6,406	6,365	1604	7,310
		(In percent of current expenditure)
General public services		29.6	31.9	38.9	37.9	33.3	27.3	29.8
Public order and safety		9.2	11.5	10.2	9.4	7.9	20.0	14.5
Education		21.8	22.9	23.5	22.9	21.9	21.2	22.8
Health		11.8	9.1	10.4	10.7	13.0	12.0	11.4
Economic affairs and services		14.9	13.9	13.8	15.6	15.7	6.9	10.0
Other expenditure		12.7	10.7	3.2	3.6	8.2	12.7	11.6
		(In millions of vatu)
Memorandum item:
	Transfers to the Development Fund	128	20	80	60	50	…	…

Sources: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities; and staff estimates.

^{^1/}Including service charges on loans.

^{^2/}Excluding transfers to the Development Fund.

^{^3/}Excluding technical assistance.

^{^4/}Excluding VCMB subsidies.

^{^5/}Excluding principal repayments of loans and bond redemptions, and transfers to the Development Fund.

Table 14.

Vanuatu: Government Development Fund, 1993-97

(In millions of vatu)

Source: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities.

^{^1/}There are no China and CDF loans before 1992.

Table 14.

Vanuatu: Government Development Fund, 1993-97

(In millions of vatu)

			1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Resources:
	Foreign grants (in cash)		369	277	777	477	598
		Australia	32	35	60	61	123
		Canada	22	10	2	1	7
		China	8	0	0	0	0
		European Development Fund	34	40	383	188	130
		France	22	15	11	16	38
		Japan	6	5	3	3	4
		New Zealand	70	88	94	79	82
		STABEX receipts	--	--	82	--	--
		United Kingdom	105	45	63	41	32
		United Nations	18	11	8	14	20
		United Nations Development Program	--	--	20	1	27
		World Health Organization	16	8	29	7	11
		Other	36	19	22	67	123
	Other resources		1,145	786	1,015	185	159
		Transfers from recurrent budget	128	20	80	60	50
		Local NGOs	--	123	--	--	--
		AsDB/IDA/CFD/China loans ^1/	84	142	808	93	108
		Domestic loan finance	680	499	200	--	--
		Other	253	--	128	32	--
Total resources			1,515	1,063	1,792	662	757
Expenditure:
	Agriculture, land, and natural resources		136	204	228	87	90
	Transport and communications		620	720	1,074	303	207
	Internal affairs		146	47	58	21	22
	Health		46	119	88	63	61
	Education, culture, and sports		108	103	79	76	168
	Finance, commerce, and industry		210	82	395	67	37
	General administration		60	109	130	119	47
Total Expenditure (in cash)			1,326	1,384	2,052	735	631
	o/w VCMB subsidy		120	134	0	0	0
Development Fund balance			189	-322	-259	-73	126
Stock of assets in the Development Fund			545	223	163	91	216
Memorandum item:
	Grants in kind		1,460	1,802	1,289	1,537	1,387

Source: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities.

^{^1/}There are no China and CDF loans before 1992.

Table 14.

Vanuatu: Government Development Fund, 1993-97

(In millions of vatu)

			1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Resources:
	Foreign grants (in cash)		369	277	777	477	598
		Australia	32	35	60	61	123
		Canada	22	10	2	1	7
		China	8	0	0	0	0
		European Development Fund	34	40	383	188	130
		France	22	15	11	16	38
		Japan	6	5	3	3	4
		New Zealand	70	88	94	79	82
		STABEX receipts	--	--	82	--	--
		United Kingdom	105	45	63	41	32
		United Nations	18	11	8	14	20
		United Nations Development Program	--	--	20	1	27
		World Health Organization	16	8	29	7	11
		Other	36	19	22	67	123
	Other resources		1,145	786	1,015	185	159
		Transfers from recurrent budget	128	20	80	60	50
		Local NGOs	--	123	--	--	--
		AsDB/IDA/CFD/China loans ^1/	84	142	808	93	108
		Domestic loan finance	680	499	200	--	--
		Other	253	--	128	32	--
Total resources			1,515	1,063	1,792	662	757
Expenditure:
	Agriculture, land, and natural resources		136	204	228	87	90
	Transport and communications		620	720	1,074	303	207
	Internal affairs		146	47	58	21	22
	Health		46	119	88	63	61
	Education, culture, and sports		108	103	79	76	168
	Finance, commerce, and industry		210	82	395	67	37
	General administration		60	109	130	119	47
Total Expenditure (in cash)			1,326	1,384	2,052	735	631
	o/w VCMB subsidy		120	134	0	0	0
Development Fund balance			189	-322	-259	-73	126
Stock of assets in the Development Fund			545	223	163	91	216
Memorandum item:
	Grants in kind		1,460	1,802	1,289	1,537	1,387

Source: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities.

^{^1/}There are no China and CDF loans before 1992.

Table 15.

Vanuatu: Operations of the Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board (VCMB), 1993-97 ^1/

(In millions of vatu)

Source: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities.

^{^1/}Year ending in September.

^{^2/}Includes various receipts and administrative expenses.

Table 15.

Vanuatu: Operations of the Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board (VCMB), 1993-97 ^1/

(In millions of vatu)

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Trading balance		-251.6	-39.7	186.5	188.8	…
	Copra	-239.6	-57.8	140.6	144.5	…
	Cocoa	-14.4	14.5	21.0	22.3	…
	Kava	2.4	3.6	24.9	22.0	…
Other, net ^2/		-51.9	-104.0	-122.5	-128.0
Gross overall operational balance		-303.5	-143.6	64.0	60.8	…
Transfers from Government		120.0	133.8	--	--	…
Net overall operational balance		-183.5	-9.8	64.0	60.8	…

Source: Data provided by the Vanuatu authorities.

^{^1/}Year ending in September.

^{^2/}Includes various receipts and administrative expenses.

Table 15.

Vanuatu: Operations of the Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board (VCMB), 1993-97 ^1/

(In millions of vatu)

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Trading balance		-251.6	-39.7	186.5	188.8	…
	Copra	-239.6	-57.8	140.6	144.5	…
	Cocoa	-14.4	14.5	21.0	22.3	…
	Kava	2.4	3.6	24.9	22.0	…
Other, net ^2/		-51.9	-104.0	-122.5	-128.0
Gross overall operational balance		-303.5	-143.6	64.0	60.8	…
Transfers from Government		120.0	133.8	--	--	…
Net overall operational balance		-183.5	-9.8

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