Palau Business
• Main exports: Fish and handicrafts.
• Main imports: Fuel, food and beverages, and manufactured goods.
• Main trade partners: USA, Japan, Singapore and Korea (Rep).
Economy
Foreign aid, mainly from the USA, completes the country’s principal sources of revenue. Tourism has grown steadily during the last decade despite the islands’ inaccessibility. In 2005, growth was at 5.5%, unemployment at 4.2% and inflation at 2.7%.
Palau is a member of the two main regional economic organisations, the South Pacific Forum and the South Pacific Commission.
Conferences & Conventions
Business Contacts
PO Box 1742, Koror, Palau 96940
Tel: 488 3400.
Website: www.palauchamber.org.
Airai View Hotel (Information on Conferences/Conventions)
PO Box 8067, Koror, Palau 96940
Tel: 587 3530/1.
Website: www.airaiview.com
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