The final count of 2007 Census of Population now stands as follows:

• Total Fiji - 837,271
• iTaukei - 475,739
• Indo Fijians - 313,798
• Others - 47,734

 Census of population

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Provisional data for June was :

• total imports $367.2 million
• total exports $141.9 million.

Compared to June 2014, imports and total exports decreased by $123.9 million (25.2%) and   $69.0 million (32.7%) respectively.

The June 2015 trade deficit amounted to $225.4 million compared to $249.5 million a month earlier.   

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Provisional numbers show that visitor arrivals for August 2015 totaled 73,332 an increase of 5.3% compared to a year earlier. There were increases in the number of visitors from the following countries; 

• 17,952 New Zealand.
• 1,277 Rest of Asia
• 4,093 Pacific Islands
• 4.167 China 
• 327 South Korea

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The All Items CPI for the month of September 2015 registered an increase of 0.4 per cent over August 2015 [108.0] and stands at 108.4.

Details of price changes between September 2015 and August 2015 by expenditure groups are as follows: 

• FOOD AND NON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: +1.0%

• ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, TOBACCO AND NARCOTICS: +1.2% 

• HOUSING, WATER, ELECTRICITY, GAS AND OTHER FUELS: 0.0%

• TRANSPORT: 0.0% 

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An estimated $115.8 million worth of construction work was put in place during the June quarter of 2015. The amount is $5.3 million or 4.8 per cent higher than the March quarter of 2015 and is $13.7 million or 13.4 per cent higher than the June quarter of 2014.

• New building and capital repairs - $46.2 million
• Current Repairs and Maintenance - $9.9 million
• Civil Engineering Works - $59.7 million

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