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Resources, Products, and Industries

Agriculture is a principal occupation, and tuna fishing and processing, as well as tourism, are major industries. The most important crops include taro, coconuts, bananas, oranges, pineapples, papayas, breadfruit, and yams. Additional food is imported. Canned tuna as well as grass mats and other handicrafts are exported. The economy, however, remains largely dependent upon grants and appropriations by the United States Congress. Foreigners are prohibited by local laws from buying Samoan-owned land.

Pago Pago provides full port facilities in one of the deepest and most easily accessible all-weather harbours in the Pacific. There are four airports, on Tutuila, Ofu, Olosega, and Tau. Shipping and air transportation are important to the territory's economy. Internal transportation is provided by a network of family-owned buses.