Editing Economy of Samoa (section)

==Trade==
[[File:Unloading lighter at Apia Wharf, Samoa c.1975-85.jpg|thumb|Unloading a lighter at Apia Wharf, around 1975–1985.]]
[[New Zealand]] is Samoa's principal trading partner, typically providing between 35% and 40% of imports and purchasing 45%–50% of exports. Australia, [[American Samoa]], the United States, and Fiji are also important trading partners.  Its main imports are food and beverages, industrial supplies, and fuels.  The primary sector (agriculture, forestry, and fishing) employs nearly two-thirds of the labor force and produces 17% of GDP. Samoa's principal exports are refined petroleum, fish, and coconut products.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oec.world/en/profile/country/wsm |title=Samoa |publisher=OEC |access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref>

Fishing has had some success in Samoan waters, but the biggest [[Fishing industry|fisheries industry]] (headed by Van Camp and StarKist) has been based in American Samoa. StarKist Management announced that it was going ahead with setting up at Asau a blast-freezer project to be operational by 2002. This announcement dispelled a growing suspicion about the genuine motives of StarKist to move to Samoa. The proposed blast-freezer operations in [[Asau, Samoa|Asau]] were expected to bring this village back to life.{{cn|date=March 2021}}