Abstract
Samoa was still recovering from the 2019 measles outbreak and when the Covid-19 pandemic hit hard in 2020, it put more pressure and strain on its economy. The border closures and shipping restrictions, lockdowns, logistic interruptions and quarantine on flights in the Pacific with no exception to Samoa causing severe impacts on the tourism industry, remittance, and international trade. Samoa like any other countries within the region is food import, remittance dependent economies and heavily reliant on tourism industry. The interruption to shipping, product supply chain, tourism and other business activities in Samoa caused a substantial loss to its economy. The current indicators of losses are realized across the national economy like unemployment, business failure, and changed patterns in the production and distribution of food, goods and services. The hindrance to operations in processing, shipping, trucking, logistics, and trading in the country. Samoa is also experiencing substantial falls in remittances since the pandemic outbreak where the transferred of funds from Samoans overseas kin has scaled down. The latest economic update from the Central Bank of Samoa showed its annual GDP drop by -8.6 per cent in the last 12 months, heavily impacted by the complete loss of income to its tourism sector, business activities and product supply chain.
Keywords: Covid-19, supply-chain, impact, restriction
