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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Activity related to the tuna canning industry was a significant source of growth in the American Samoa economy,” according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) when releasing yesterday statistics on the territory’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2020.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Samoa canned tuna export and post-disaster construction activity, following last year’s Tropical Cyclone Gita, have contributed to the 2.2% increase for American Samoa’s estimated gross domestic product (GDP) for 2018, according to the federal government.
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