This International Merchandise Trade report provides information on Fiji’s exports, re-exports and imports for the year 2023. The administrative data used to compile this report is supplied by the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service (FRCS).
Statistics on International Merchandise Trade serve a variety of needs. Data requirements by stakeholders range from data sets of varying details by country and commodity to aggregate figures for:
- Economic policy formulation including fiscal, monetary, structural and sectoral;
- Development of trade policy including trade negotiations, monitoring trade agreements and settling trade disputes;
- Market analysis by importers and exporters to find supply sources and foreign markets;
- Establishing supply balances to monitor markets in such areas as agriculture;
- Infrastructure planning (harbours, airports, roads etc.);
- Compilation of the various trade unit value indexes; and
- Input into the System of National Accounts framework and Balance of Payment Statistics.
