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Vanuatu
  • Imports from Vanuatu A$2 million
  • Exports to Vanuatu A$67 million
  • Capital Vila
  • Official Languages Bislama, English, French
  • Surface Area 12,200 sq km
  • Population 0.25 million

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Pacific and Timor-Leste

Last updated: 28 May 2012

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There is a 12.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) payable on all goods and services. The VAT, introduced in August 1998, replaced all previous taxes on goods and services.

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Country Profile

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  • ECONOMIC CLIMATE
    Most of Vanuatu's population lives in rural areas where subsistence farming and fishing are the main sources of livelihood.
    » read more at DFAT
  • TRADE RELATIONS
    Australia is the major source of foreign investment in the Vanuatu economy with a focus on agriculture, tourism, finance and construction.
    » read more at DFAT
  • POLITICAL CLIMATE
    Vanuatu has a unicameral 52-member Parliament, elected to a four-year term by universal adult suffrage.
    » read more at DFAT

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