Air Niugini flies from Port Moresby to Honiara. There are about 52 miles of secondary and minor roads in the urban areas of Honiara, Auki and Gizo. In the rural areas there are some 800 miles of road, including those in private plantations, forestry areas and roads built and maintained by councils. Telekom, a company jointly owned by Cable and Wireless Limited and the Solomon Islands Government, operates the international and domestic telephone circuits from a ground station in Honiara via the Intelsat Pacific Ocean communication satellite. The main important are foodstuffs, consumer goods, machinery and transport materials.
Principal exports are timber, fish, copra, and palm oil.
Other exports include cocoa and marine shells. The availability of electricity is at present confined to Honiara and five other urban centres. Electricity is operated by the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority, which follows the wiring regulations of the standards Association of Australia. Back to Home Page Back to General Information CCS Inc.