Packaging & Label Design for Brands in Kiribati

Kiribati is one of the world's most geographically dispersed nations, 33 atolls and reef islands spread across 3.5 million km² of Pacific Ocean, with South Tarawa as the commercial centre. The economy is almost entirely dependent on fish licence fees from WCPFC (Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission) arrangements, remittances from Kiribati seafarers (a globally significant labour-export cohort trained at the Kiribati Marine Training Centre), and donor aid; copra and fish are the principal export commodities. Kiribati uses the Australian dollar and, as a practical matter, consumer goods imports generally meet Australian FSANZ (Food Standards Australia New Zealand) standards. Climate change represents an existential threat, Kiribati is at risk of becoming uninhabitable within decades due to sea-level rise, making government procurement and donor-funded packaging for humanitarian and development goods a significant portion of overall packaging demand.