The economy of the islands is based on fishing and processing of fish, particularly tuna and canned fish are a major export article. It is important to agriculture, although crops occupy only 15% of the area of the islands, of which 1 / 3 accounted for plantations, and the remainder is mostly owned by tribal communities. Mainly for its own growing: jams, taro, chlebowiec, vegetables, coconut palm, pineapples and papayas.
Almost 1 / 3 employed sector employs government. Develops tourism and light industry (including textile factories in Tafuna). Engine for the economy is the influx of U.S. capital in the form of investments and subsidies. Islands, of which 50 years and 60 Twentieth century emigration to Hawaii and to California, now attract immigrants from Western Samoa and Tonga.
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