Papua New Guinea

Official Name:	The Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Parliamentary Democracy
Official Name (Local Language):	Papuaniugini
ISO Country Codes:	PG : PNG
Internet Domain:	.pg
Government Web Site:	http://www.pm.gov.pg/

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Capital:	Port Moresby	Main Airports:	Jacksons International Airport
Language(s):	English; Hiri Motu; Tok Pisin	Population:	7,399,757
Currency:	Papua New Guinea Kina	ISO Currency Code:	PGK
Telephone Dial In:	+675	ID Prefix:	05

Country Summaries:

Political & Cultural Organisations:

African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States; Alliance of Small Island States; Commonwealth of Nations; Community of Democracies; Inter Parliamentary Union; Pacific Islands Forum; UN; UNESCO;

Travel Guides:

Fodor's Travel; Lonely Planet;

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Government Website:	http://www.pm.gov.pg/
Sovereign Ratings:	https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/papua-new-guinea
Central Bank:	Bank of Papua New Guinea
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	3.5131 kina (PGK) per US dollar (2020 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	2.5% (2017 est.)
Population below poverty line:	37% (2002 est.)
Inflation Rate:	5.4% (2017 est.)

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	22.3%	coffee, cocoa, copra, palm kernels, tea, sugar, rubber, sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables, vanilla; poultry, pork; shellfish
Industry:	37.6%	copra crushing, palm oil processing, plywood production, wood chip production; mining (gold, silver, copper); crude oil and petroleum products; construction, tourism
Services:	40.1%

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Financial Exchanges:

Stock & Securities Exchange: Port Moresby Stock Exchange Ltd. ;

National Statistics Office:

National Statistical Office;

National Dataset(s):

Trading Economics;

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

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Business Language(s):	English
Customs & Excise:	Papua New Guinea Customs
Development Bank(s):	Asian Development Bank; National Development Bank;
National Standards Bureau:	National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology

Competitive Ind’l Performance: N/A	Corruption Perceptions Index: 142/180 (2020)
Ease of Doing Business: 120/190 (2019)	Enabling Trade Index: N/A
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