A total of 241.2 million Fiji dollars (154 million U.S. dollars) worth of goods were imported for January, about 40 percent more than the previous month, according to figures released Tuesday from Fiji Government Statistician.

It said compared to the previous corresponding month, imports increased by 66.8 million Fiji dollars (43 million U.S. dollars).

Exports for January were recorded at 67.4 million Fiji dollars (43 million U.S. dollars), increasing by 12.8 million Fiji dollars (8 million U.S. dollars).

For the whole of last year, Fiji imported 3,119.9 million Fiji dollars (1,997 million U.S. dollars) in goods and total exports were 1175.2 million Fiji dollars (752 million U.S. dollars).

Fiji's major sources of imports are from countries like Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, France and Japan.

The South Pacific country exports garments, gold, woodchips, dalo, yaqona, biscuits, flour and long finned tuna to Australia, New Zealand, Japan, United States of America and Western Samoa.

Source: Xinhua