Basic Details |
Region | Pacific Region |
Capital City | Nuku?alofa |
Government Type | constitutional monarchy |
Official Languages | English, Tongan |
Currency | Tongan paanga, TOP |
Phone Code | +676 |
Important Cities | Eua, Tofua, Lifuka, Ha ano, Pangai, Neiafu |
National Day | Emancipation Day (Jun-04) |
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Economy |
Ease of Doing Business Ranking | 103 |
Primary Industries | Agriculture |
Major Exports | Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers, Fish and crustaceans, molluscs , Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques, Electrical machinery and equipment , Edible fruit and nuts, peel of citrus fruit or melons, Machinery, mechanical appliances, nuclear reactors, boilers, Coffee, tea, maté and spices, Printed books, newspapers, pictures , Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit |
Major Exports to India | Pharmaceutical products, Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk, pastrycooks' products, Machinery, mechanical appliances, nuclear reactors, boilers, Plastics and articles thereof, Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, Tanning or dyeing extracts, tannins , Cotton, Articles of leather, saddlery and harness, travel goods, handbags , Electrical machinery and equipment , Printed books, newspapers, pictures |
Major Imports | Mineral fuels, mineral oils, Meat and edible meat offal, Electrical machinery and equipment, Ores, slag and ash, Machinery, mechanical appliances, nuclear reactors, boilers, Plastics and articles thereof, Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk, Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, Commodities not elsewhere specified |
Major Imports from India | Live animals, Meat and edible meat offal, Fish and crustaceans, molluscs , Live trees and other plants, bulbs, roots, Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers, Edible fruit and nuts, peel of citrus fruit or melons, Coffee, tea, maté and spices, Cereals, Products of the milling industry, malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten |
Foreign Relations |
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Trade Agreements with India | Bilateral trade between India and Tonga totaled US$1.12 million in 201516, growing by 83.05% over the previous fiscal. India did not make any imports from Tonga in 201516, and the entire value of trade represents Indian exports to the country. India imported $100,000 worth of plastics and plastic articles from Tonga in the 2014-15 financial year. The main commodities exported by India to Tonga are preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk, pastry products, plastic and plastic articles, pharmaceuticals, and sugar and confectionery. |
Bordering Nations | Fiji, Samoa |
Member of | (Commonwealth of Nations), ( United Nations) |
Indian Embassy Details for Tonga | H.E. P.S. Karthigeyan Honourable High Commissioner High Commission of India Butt Street,Suva, Republic of Fiji Email: Phone: (679) 3301125, +679 9921474 Website: https://www.indiainfiji.gov.in/
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Embassy Details of Tonga in India | H.E. Mr. Desh B,Sahae Honorary Consul Honorary Consulate of the Kingdom of Tonga C 59, Panchsheel EnclaveP.O.Box 4070New Delhi 110017 Email: deshsahae@yahoo.com,sahaedeshb871@gmail.com Phone: 011-65635506; 9810583949 (O)
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