Nauru
Nauru Government Contacts:
Website: http://www.naurugov.nr/
Telephone: +674 557 3133
Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country in Micronesia in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati. With 9,488 residents, Nauru is the smallest state in the South Pacific and third smallest state by area in the world, behind only the Vatican City and Monaco.
Nauru does not have an official capital, but Yaren is the largest settlement and the seat of parliament.
The country is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the Asian Development Bank and the Pacific Islands Forum. Nauru also participates in the Commonwealth and Olympic Games. Recently Nauru became a member country of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
There is very little data is available on the economy for the tiny Pacific island of less than 4 square miles with a population of 13,000. While agriculture, forestry and fisheries combined provide 12% of Nauru’s GDP, the majority of that input comes from fishing: not as a local commercial industry but through sales of fishing licences.
Nauru still does not have one single all encompassing national trade association like a national chamber of commerce or confederation of industries. However as Nauru’s economy has diversified, trade associations have slowly developed. The Nauru Fishers Association (NFA) is a body representing local fishers in the private sector on issues such as fisheries development and safety while the Nauru Island Private Sector Organisation and the Small Business Owners Association represents the collective interests of private companies in Nauru.
Given the undeveloped private sector in Nauru, there are no regulatory institutions outside government departments such as the Ministry of Telecommunications and Ministry of Finance, and the national agency Nauru’s Marine and Fisheries Resources Authority. Nauru is not a member of the International Organisation for Standardisation so there is no national standards bureau. The Ministry of Finance is a good contact point for inquiries regarding standards, regulations and certification in Nauru.
Sources:
http://www.naurugov.nr/government/departments/department-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade.aspx
http://www.iatatravelcentre.com/NR-Nauru-customs-currency-airport-tax-regulations-details.htm
http://dfat.gov.au/geo/nauru/Pages/nauru-country-brief.aspx
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/16447.htm
http://www.commonwealthofnations.org/sectors-nauru/business/
