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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The manufacturing sector is the largest sector in the American Samoa economy followed closely by retail trade.
The Economic Census of Island Areas shows the diversity of industries among the U.S. islands’ economies. Some islands depend heavily on tourism-related...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG Commerce Department and their chief statistician, Meleisea Vai Filiga have joined the U.S Census Bureau in urging businesses to respond to the 2022 Economic Census survey for American Samoa, as the outcome will — among other things — provide data on existing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “One of the big changes for the questionnaire that covers American Samoa is [that] we redesigned the question that asks about the physical location” of local businesses, says Robert Nusz, the Economic Census Assistant Survey Director, Staff Chief with the U.S Census...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Just over $1 billion in total sales was generated in 2017 from the more than 500 business establishments in American Samoa surveyed for the 2017 Economic Census, according to data released yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau for the 2017 Economic Census for the Island...
![ASG Commerce Department director, Keniseli Lafaele [SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Lafaele%206495_13.jpg?itok=YopmaByz "ASG Commerce Department director, Keniseli Lafaele [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 2017 Economic Census, which is carried out every five years, officially got underway this past week as the US Census Bureau began notifying businesses nationwide by mail with instructions on how to complete the survey online.
According to the Census Bureau, only...