The CIA World Factbook Edition 1999 Economy

Exports - commodities In 27 editions of 36.

Exports - commodities was published in 27 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1999 to 2025. The 1999 edition carries it in 233 entries, in its Economy section, under the heading “Exports--commodities”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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233
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the latest edition with it
2025

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World

1 entry

World

the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

petroleum and natural gas 97%

Angola

  • crude oil 90%,
  • diamonds,
  • refined petroleum products,
  • gas,
  • coffee,
  • sisal,
  • fish and fish products,
  • timber,
  • cotton (1998)

Benin

  • cotton,
  • crude oil,
  • palm products,
  • cocoa

Botswana

  • diamonds 76%,
  • copper,
  • nickel 4%,
  • meat (1997)

Burkina Faso

  • cotton,
  • animal products,
  • gold

Burundi

  • coffee,
  • tea,
  • cotton,
  • hides

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

  • shoes,
  • garments,
  • fish,
  • bananas,
  • hides,

Cameroon

  • crude oil and petroleum products,
  • lumber,
  • cocoa beans,
  • aluminum,
  • coffee,
  • cotton

Central African Republic

  • diamonds,
  • timber,
  • cotton,
  • coffee,
  • tobacco

Chad

  • cotton,
  • cattle,
  • textiles

Comoros

  • vanilla,
  • ylang-ylang,
  • cloves,
  • perfume oil,
  • copra

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • diamonds,
  • copper,
  • coffee,
  • cobalt,
  • crude oil

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

  • petroleum 50%,
  • lumber,
  • plywood,
  • sugar,
  • cocoa,
  • coffee,
  • diamonds

Cote d'Ivoire

  • cocoa 36%,
  • coffee,
  • tropical woods,
  • petroleum,
  • cotton,
  • bananas,
  • pineapples,
  • palm oil,
  • cotton,
  • fish

Djibouti

  • hides and skins, coffee (in transit) (1995)

Egypt

  • crude oil and petroleum products,
  • cotton yarn,
  • raw cotton,
  • textiles,
  • metal products,
  • chemicals

Equatorial Guinea

  • petroleum,
  • timber,
  • cocoa

Eritrea

  • livestock,
  • sorghum,
  • textiles,
  • food,
  • small manufactures

Swaziland now Eswatini

  • soft drink concentrates,
  • sugar,
  • wood pulp,
  • cotton yarn,
  • citrus and canned fruit (1996)

Ethiopia

  • coffee,
  • leather products,
  • gold,
  • oilseeds (1995)

Gabon

  • crude oil 81%,
  • timber 12%,
  • manganese 5%,
  • uranium (1996)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

  • peanuts and peanut products,
  • fish,
  • cotton lint,
  • palm kernels

Ghana

gold 39%, cocoa 35%, timber 9.4%, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, and diamonds (1996 est.)

Guinea

  • bauxite,
  • alumina,
  • diamonds,
  • gold,
  • coffee,
  • fish,
  • agricultural products

Guinea-Bissau

  • cashews 95%,
  • fish,
  • peanuts,
  • palm kernels,
  • sawn lumber (1994)

Kenya

  • tea 18%,
  • coffee 15%,
  • petroleum products (1995)

Lesotho

  • manufactures 65% (clothing, footwear, road vehicles),
  • wool and mohair 7%,
  • food and live animals 7% (1996)

Liberia

  • diamonds,
  • iron ore,
  • rubber,
  • timber,
  • coffee

Libya

  • crude oil,
  • refined petroleum products,
  • natural gas

Madagascar

  • coffee 45%,
  • vanilla 20%,
  • cloves,
  • shellfish,
  • sugar,
  • petroleum products (1995 est.)

Malawi

  • tobacco,
  • tea,
  • sugar,
  • coffee,
  • peanuts,
  • wood products

Mali

  • cotton 50%,
  • gold,
  • livestock (1998 est.)

Mauritania

  • fish and fish products,
  • iron ore,
  • gold

Mauritius

  • clothing and textiles 55%, sugar 24% (1995)

Mayotte

  • ylang-ylang (perfume essence),
  • vanilla,
  • copra

Morocco

  • food and beverages 30%,
  • semiprocessed goods 23%,
  • consumer goods 21%,
  • phosphates 17% (1995 est.)

Mozambique

  • shrimp 40%,
  • cashews,
  • cotton,
  • sugar,
  • copra,
  • citrus (1997)

Namibia

  • diamonds,
  • copper,
  • gold,
  • zinc,
  • lead,
  • uranium;
  • cattle,
  • processed fish,
  • karakul skins

Niger

  • uranium ore 50%,
  • livestock products 20%,
  • cowpeas,
  • onions (1996 est.)

Nigeria

  • petroleum and petroleum products 95%,
  • cocoa,
  • rubber

Reunion

  • sugar 63%, rum and molasses 4%, perfume essences 2%, lobster 3%, (1993)

Rwanda

  • coffee 55%,
  • tea 21%,
  • hides,
  • tin ore (1997)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  • fish (frozen, canned, and salt-dried skipjack, tuna),
  • coffee,
  • handicrafts

Sao Tome and Principe

  • cocoa 90%,
  • copra,
  • coffee,
  • palm oil (1997)

Senegal

  • fish,
  • ground nuts (peanuts),
  • petroleum products,
  • phosphates,
  • cotton

Seychelles

  • fish,
  • cinnamon bark,
  • copra,
  • petroleum products (reexports)

Sierra Leone

  • diamonds,
  • rutile,
  • cocoa,
  • coffee,
  • fish

Somalia

  • livestock,
  • bananas,
  • hides,
  • fish (1997)

South Africa

  • gold 20%,
  • other minerals and metals 20%-25%,
  • food 5%,
  • chemicals 3% (1997)

Sudan

  • cotton 23%,
  • sesame 22%,
  • livestock/meat 13%,
  • gum arabic 5% (1996)

Tanzania

  • coffee,
  • manufactured goods,
  • cotton,
  • cashew nuts,
  • minerals,
  • tobacco,
  • sisal (1996)

Togo

  • cotton,
  • phosphates,
  • coffee,
  • cocoa

Tunisia

  • hydrocarbons,
  • textiles,
  • agricultural products,
  • phosphates and chemicals

Uganda

  • coffee 54%,
  • gold,
  • fish and fish products,
  • cotton,
  • tea,
  • corn (1997)

Western Sahara

phosphates 62%

Zambia

  • copper,
  • cobalt,
  • zinc,
  • lead,
  • tobacco

Zimbabwe

  • tobacco,
  • gold,
  • ferroalloys,
  • cotton (1997)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

fish and fish products 95%

Iceland

  • fish and fish products 70%,
  • animal products,
  • aluminum,
  • diatomite and ferrosilicon

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

  • fruits and nuts,
  • handwoven carpets,
  • wool,
  • cotton,
  • hides and pelts,
  • precious and semi-precious gems

Armenia

  • gold and jewelry,
  • aluminum,
  • transport equipment,
  • electrical equipment,
  • scrap metal

Azerbaijan

  • oil and gas,
  • chemicals,
  • oilfield equipment,
  • textiles,
  • cotton

Bangladesh

  • garments,
  • jute and jute goods,
  • leather,
  • frozen fish and seafood

Bhutan

  • cardamom,
  • gypsum,
  • timber,
  • handicrafts,
  • cement,
  • fruit,
  • electricity (to India),
  • precious stones,
  • spices

China

  • electrical machinery and equipment,
  • machinery and mechanical appliances,
  • woven apparel,
  • knit apparel,
  • footwear,
  • toys and sporting goods (1998)

Georgia

  • citrus fruits, tea, wine, other agricultural products;
  • diverse types of machinery;
  • ferrous and nonferrous metals;
  • textiles;
  • chemicals;
  • fuel reexports

India

  • textile goods,
  • gems and jewelry,
  • engineering goods,
  • chemicals,
  • leather manufactures

Japan

manufactures 96% (including machinery 50%, motor vehicles 19%, consumer electronics 3%)

Kazakhstan

  • oil,
  • ferrous and nonferrous metals,
  • chemicals,
  • grain,
  • wool,
  • meat,
  • coal

Korea, North now North Korea

  • minerals,
  • metallurgical products,
  • agricultural and fishery products,
  • manufactures (including armaments)

Korea, South now South Korea

  • electronic and electrical equipment, machinery, steel, automobiles, ships;
  • textiles, clothing, footwear;
  • fish

Kyrgyzstan

  • cotton, wool, meat, tobacco;
  • gold, mercury, uranium, hydropower;
  • machinery;
  • shoes

Maldives

fish, clothing

Mongolia

  • copper,
  • livestock,
  • animal products,
  • cashmere,
  • wool,
  • hides,
  • fluorspar,
  • other nonferrous metals

Nepal

  • carpets,
  • clothing,
  • leather goods,
  • jute goods,
  • grain

Pakistan

  • cotton,
  • textiles,
  • clothing,
  • rice,
  • leather,
  • carpets

Russia

petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and wood products, metals, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures

Sri Lanka

  • textiles and apparel,
  • tea,
  • diamonds and other gems,
  • coconut products,
  • rubber products,
  • petroleum products (1997)

Tajikistan

  • cotton,
  • aluminum,
  • fruits,
  • vegetable oil,
  • textiles

Turkmenistan

  • natural gas,
  • cotton,
  • petroleum products,
  • textiles,
  • electricity,
  • carpets

Uzbekistan

  • cotton,
  • gold,
  • natural gas,
  • mineral fertilizers,
  • ferrous metals,
  • textiles,
  • food products,
  • autos

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

  • lobster,
  • fish,
  • livestock,
  • salt

Antigua and Barbuda

  • petroleum products 48%,
  • manufactures 23%,
  • food and live animals 4%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 17%

Aruba

mostly refined petroleum products

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

  • pharmaceuticals,
  • cement,
  • rum,
  • crawfish,
  • refined petroleum products

Barbados

  • sugar and molasses,
  • rum,
  • other foods and beverages,
  • chemicals,
  • electrical components,
  • clothing

Belize

  • sugar 46%,
  • bananas 26%,
  • citrus fruits,
  • clothing,
  • fish products,
  • molasses,
  • wood

British Virgin Islands

  • rum,
  • fresh fish,
  • fruits,
  • animals;
  • gravel,
  • sand

Cayman Islands

turtle products, manufactured consumer goods

Costa Rica

  • manufactured products,
  • coffee,
  • bananas,
  • textiles,
  • sugar (1997)

Cuba

  • sugar,
  • nickel,
  • tobacco,
  • shellfish,
  • medical products,
  • citrus,
  • coffee

Dominica

  • bananas 50%,
  • soap,
  • bay oil,
  • vegetables,
  • grapefruit,
  • oranges

Dominican Republic

  • ferronickel,
  • sugar,
  • gold,
  • coffee,
  • cocoa

El Salvador

  • coffee, sugar;
  • shrimp;
  • textiles

Grenada

  • bananas,
  • cocoa,
  • nutmeg,
  • fruit and vegetables,
  • clothing,
  • mace

Guadeloupe

  • bananas,
  • sugar,
  • rum

Guatemala

  • coffee,
  • sugar,
  • bananas,
  • cardamom,
  • petroleum

Haiti

  • light manufactures 80.5%,
  • coffee 7.6%,
  • other agriculture 7.2%

Honduras

  • bananas,
  • coffee,
  • shrimp,
  • lobster,
  • minerals,
  • meat,
  • lumber

Jamaica

  • alumina,
  • bauxite,
  • sugar,
  • bananas,
  • rum

Martinique

  • refined petroleum products,
  • bananas,
  • rum,
  • pineapples

Montserrat

  • electronic components,
  • plastic bags,
  • apparel,
  • hot peppers,
  • live plants,
  • cattle

Netherlands Antilles

  • petroleum products 98% (1993)

Nicaragua

  • coffee,
  • seafood,
  • meat,
  • sugar,
  • gold,
  • bananas

Panama

  • bananas 43%,
  • shrimp 11%,
  • sugar 4%,
  • clothing 5%,
  • coffee 2%

Puerto Rico

  • pharmaceuticals,
  • electronics,
  • apparel,
  • canned tuna,
  • rum,
  • beverage concentrates,
  • medical equipment

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • machinery,
  • food,
  • electronics,
  • beverages and tobacco

Saint Lucia

  • bananas 41%,
  • clothing,
  • cocoa,
  • vegetables,
  • fruits,
  • coconut oil

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • bananas 39%,
  • eddoes and dasheen (taro),
  • arrowroot starch,
  • tennis racquets

Trinidad and Tobago

  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • chemicals,
  • steel products,
  • fertilizer,
  • sugar,
  • cocoa,
  • coffee,
  • citrus,
  • flowers

Turks and Caicos Islands

  • lobster,
  • dried and fresh conch,
  • conch shells

Virgin Islands

refined petroleum products

Europe

44 entries

Albania

  • asphalt,
  • metals and metallic ores,
  • electricity,
  • crude oil,
  • vegetables,
  • fruits,
  • tobacco

Andorra

  • electricity,
  • tobacco products,
  • furniture

Austria

  • vehicles,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • paper and paperboard,
  • metal goods,
  • iron and steel,
  • telecommunication equipment,
  • textiles,
  • medical and pharmaceutical products (1997)

Belarus

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs

Belgium

  • iron and steel,
  • transportation equipment,
  • tractors,
  • diamonds,
  • petroleum products

Bosnia and Herzegovina

NA

Bulgaria

  • machinery and equipment;
  • metals, minerals, and fuels;
  • chemicals and plastics;
  • food, textiles (1997)

Croatia

  • machinery and transport equipment 13.6%,
  • miscellaneous manufactures 27.6%,
  • chemicals 14.2%,
  • food and live animals 12.2%,
  • raw materials 6.1%,
  • fuels and lubricants 9.4%,
  • beverages and tobacco 2.7% (1993)

Czech Republic now Czechia

  • manufactured goods 40.5%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 37.7%,
  • chemicals 8.8%,
  • raw materials and fuel 7.8% (1997)

Denmark

  • machinery and instruments,
  • meat and meat products,
  • fuels,
  • dairy products,
  • ships,
  • fish,
  • chemicals

Estonia

  • machinery and equipment 17%,
  • textiles 16%,
  • food products 8%,
  • transport equipment 8%,
  • mineral products 8%,
  • chemical products 8% (1997)

Faroe Islands

  • fish and fish products 92%,
  • animal feedstuffs,
  • transport equipment (ships)

Finland

machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals; timber, paper, and pulp

France

  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs,
  • agricultural products,
  • iron and steel products,
  • textiles and clothing

Germany

  • machinery 31%,
  • vehicles 17%,
  • chemicals 13%,
  • metals and manufactures,
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles (1997)

Gibraltar

  • (principally reexports) petroleum 51%,
  • manufactured goods 41%,
  • other 8%

Greece

  • manufactured goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • fuels (1998)

Guernsey

  • tomatoes,
  • flowers and ferns,
  • sweet peppers,
  • eggplant,
  • other vegetables

Hungary

  • machinery and equipment 51.9%,
  • other manufactures 32.7%,
  • agriculture and food products 10.5%,
  • raw materials 2.9%,
  • fuels and electricity 1.9% (1998)

Ireland

  • chemicals,
  • data processing equipment,
  • industrial machinery,
  • live animals,
  • animal products (1997)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

  • tweeds,
  • herring,
  • processed shellfish,
  • beef,
  • lamb

Italy

  • engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals;
  • food, beverages and tobacco;
  • minerals and nonferrous metals

Jersey

  • light industrial and electrical goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles

Latvia

  • wood and wood products,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • textiles,
  • foodstuffs

Liechtenstein

  • small specialty machinery,
  • dental products,
  • stamps,
  • hardware,
  • pottery

Lithuania

  • machinery and equipment 19%,
  • mineral products 16%,
  • textiles 15%,
  • chemicals 8%,
  • foodstuffs 8% (1997)

Luxembourg

  • finished steel products,
  • chemicals,
  • rubber products,
  • glass,
  • aluminum,
  • other industrial products

Malta

  • machinery and transport equipment, manufactures (1996)

Moldova

  • foodstuffs,
  • wine,
  • tobacco,
  • textiles and footwear,
  • machinery

Netherlands

  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • fuels,
  • food and tobacco

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

  • food,
  • beverages,
  • tobacco 17.0%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 13.3%,
  • other manufactured goods 58%

Norway

  • petroleum and petroleum products 55%,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • metals,
  • chemicals,
  • ships,
  • fish (1997)

Poland

  • manufactured goods,
  • chemicals 57%,
  • machinery and equipment 21%,
  • food and live animals 12%,
  • mineral fuels 7%,
  • other 3%

Portugal

  • clothing and footwear,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals,
  • cork and paper products,
  • hides

Romania

  • textiles and footwear 23%,
  • metals and metal products 18%,
  • machinery and equipment 9%,
  • chemicals 7% (1997)

San Marino

building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat, wine, baked goods, hides, and ceramics

Serbia and Montenegro

  • manufactured goods,
  • food and live animals,
  • raw materials

Slovakia

  • machinery and transport equipment 37%;
  • intermediate manufactured goods 30%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 13%;
  • chemicals 9%;
  • raw materials 4% (1998)

Slovenia

  • manufactured goods 45%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 30%,
  • chemicals 10%,
  • food 3% (1997)

Spain

cars and trucks, other machinery and manufactured goods, foodstuffs, and other consumer goods

Sweden

  • machinery 35%,
  • motor vehicles,
  • paper products,
  • pulp and wood,
  • iron and steel products,
  • chemicals

Switzerland

  • machinery 29%,
  • chemicals 28%,
  • metals,
  • watches,
  • agricultural products (1997)

Ukraine

  • ferrous and nonferrous metals,
  • chemicals,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • food products

United Kingdom

  • manufactured goods,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals;
  • food,
  • beverages,
  • tobacco

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

petroleum and petroleum products 61%, aluminum 7%

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:
  • citrus,
  • potatoes,
  • grapes,
  • wine,
  • cement,
  • clothing and shoes (1996);
  • Turkish Cypriot
area:
  • citrus,
  • potatoes,
  • textiles (1996)

Gaza Strip

citrus

Iran

  • petroleum 80%,
  • carpets,
  • fruits,
  • nuts,
  • hides,
  • iron,
  • steel

Iraq

crude oil

Israel

  • machinery and equipment,
  • cut diamonds,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles and apparel,
  • agricultural products,
  • metals

Jordan

  • phosphates,
  • fertilizers,
  • potash,
  • agricultural products,
  • manufactures

Kuwait

oil and refined products, fertilizers

Lebanon

  • foodstuffs and tobacco 20%,
  • textiles 12%,
  • chemicals 11%,
  • metal and metal products 11%,
  • electrical equipment and products 10%,
  • jewelry 10%,
  • paper and paper products 8% (1997)

Oman

  • petroleum,
  • reexports,
  • fish,
  • metals,
  • textiles

Qatar

  • petroleum products 80%,
  • fertilizers,
  • steel

Saudi Arabia

petroleum and petroleum products 90%

Syria

  • petroleum 65%,
  • textiles 16%,
  • food and live animals 13%,
  • manufactures 6% (1997 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

  • textiles and apparel 30%,
  • foodstuffs 15%,
  • iron and steel products 13% (1997)

United Arab Emirates

  • crude oil 45%,
  • natural gas,
  • reexports,
  • dried fish,
  • dates

West Bank

  • olives,
  • fruit,
  • vegetables,
  • limestone

Yemen

  • crude oil,
  • cotton,
  • coffee,
  • dried and salted fish

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

reexports of pharmaceuticals

Canada

  • motor vehicles and parts,
  • newsprint,
  • wood pulp,
  • timber,
  • crude petroleum,
  • machinery,
  • natural gas,
  • aluminum,
  • telecommunications equipment

Mexico

  • crude oil,
  • oil products,
  • coffee,
  • silver,
  • engines,
  • motor vehicles,
  • cotton,
  • consumer electronics

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

fish and fish products, fox and mink pelts

United States

  • capital goods,
  • automobiles,
  • industrial supplies and raw materials,
  • consumer goods,
  • agricultural products

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

canned tuna 93%

Australia

  • coal,
  • gold,
  • meat,
  • wool,
  • alumina,
  • iron ore,
  • wheat,
  • machinery and transport equipment

Cook Islands

  • copra, fresh and canned citrus fruit, coffee;
  • fish;
  • pearls and pearl shells;
  • clothing

Fiji

  • sugar 32%,
  • clothing,
  • gold,
  • processed fish,
  • lumber

French Polynesia

  • cultured pearls 53.8%,
  • coconut products,
  • mother-of-pearl,
  • vanilla,
  • shark meat (1992)

Guam

  • mostly transshipments of refined petroleum products,
  • construction materials,
  • fish,
  • food and beverage products

Kiribati

  • copra 62%,
  • seaweed,
  • fish

Marshall Islands

  • fish,
  • coconut oil,
  • fish,
  • trochus shells

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

  • fish,
  • garments,
  • bananas,
  • black pepper

Nauru

phosphates

New Caledonia

ferronickels, nickel ore

New Zealand

  • wool,
  • lamb,
  • mutton,
  • beef,
  • fish,
  • cheese,
  • chemicals,
  • forestry products,
  • fruits and vegetables,
  • manufactures,
  • dairy products,
  • wood

Niue

  • canned coconut cream,
  • copra,
  • honey,
  • passion fruit products,
  • pawpaw,
  • root crops,
  • limes,
  • footballs,
  • stamps,
  • handicrafts

Norfolk Island

  • postage stamps,
  • seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and Kentia palm,
  • small quantities of avocados

Northern Mariana Islands

garments

Palau

  • trochus (type of shellfish),
  • tuna,
  • copra,
  • handicrafts

Papua New Guinea

  • gold,
  • copper ore,
  • oil,
  • logs,
  • palm oil,
  • coffee,
  • cocoa,
  • crayfish and prawns

Pitcairn Islands

  • fruits,
  • vegetables,
  • curios

Samoa

  • coconut oil and cream,
  • copra,
  • fish,
  • beer

Solomon Islands

  • timber,
  • fish,
  • palm oil,
  • cocoa,
  • copra

Tokelau

  • stamps,
  • copra,
  • handicrafts

Tonga

  • squash,
  • fish,
  • vanilla,
  • root crops,
  • coconut oil

Tuvalu

copra

Vanuatu

  • copra,
  • beef,
  • cocoa,
  • timber,
  • coffee

Wallis and Futuna

copra, handicrafts

South America

14 entries

Argentina

  • cereals,
  • feed,
  • motor vehicles,
  • crude petroleum,
  • steel manufactures

Bolivia

  • metals 34%,
  • natural gas 9.4%,
  • soybeans 8.4%,
  • jewelry 11%,
  • wood 6.9%

Brazil

  • iron ore,
  • soybean bran,
  • orange juice,
  • footwear,
  • coffee,
  • motor vehicle parts

Chile

  • copper 37%,
  • other metals and minerals 8.2%,
  • wood products 7.1%,
  • fish and fishmeal 9.8%,
  • fruits 8.4% (1994)

Colombia

  • petroleum,
  • coffee,
  • coal,
  • gold,
  • bananas,
  • cut flowers

Ecuador

  • petroleum 30%,
  • bananas 26%,
  • shrimp 16%,
  • cut flowers 2%,
  • fish 1.9%

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  • wool,
  • hides,
  • meat

French Guiana

  • shrimp,
  • timber,
  • gold,
  • rum,
  • rosewood essence,
  • clothing

Guyana

  • sugar,
  • gold,
  • bauxite/alumina,
  • rice,
  • shrimp,
  • molasses

Paraguay

  • cotton,
  • soybeans,
  • timber,
  • vegetable oils,
  • meat products,
  • coffee,
  • tung oil

Peru

  • copper,
  • zinc,
  • fishmeal,
  • crude petroleum and byproducts,
  • lead,
  • refined silver,
  • coffee,
  • cotton

Suriname

  • alumina,
  • aluminum,
  • crude oil,
  • lumber,
  • shrimp and fish,
  • rice,
  • bananas

Uruguay

  • wool and textile manufactures,
  • beef and other animal products,
  • rice,
  • fish and shellfish,
  • chemicals

Venezuela

  • petroleum,
  • bauxite and aluminum,
  • steel,
  • chemicals,
  • agricultural products,
  • basic manufactures (1998)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

  • crude oil,
  • liquefied natural gas,
  • petroleum products

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

  • pulses and beans,
  • teak,
  • rice,
  • rubber,
  • hardwood

Cambodia

  • timber,
  • garments,
  • rubber,
  • soybeans,
  • sesame

Christmas Island

phosphate

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

copra

Hong Kong

  • clothing,
  • textiles,
  • yarn and fabric,
  • footwear,
  • electrical appliances,
  • watches and clocks,
  • toys

Indonesia

  • garments 7.9%,
  • textiles 7.3%,
  • gas 6.4%,
  • electrical appliances 5.9%,
  • pulp and paper 5.3%,
  • oil 4.7%,
  • plywood 4.7%

Laos

  • wood products,
  • garments,
  • electricity,
  • coffee,
  • tin

Macau

  • textiles,
  • clothing,
  • toys,
  • electronics,
  • cement,
  • footwear,
  • machinery

Malaysia

  • electronic equipment,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • palm oil,
  • wood and wood products,
  • rubber,
  • textiles

Philippines

  • electronics and telecommunications 51%,
  • machinery and transport 10%,
  • garments 9%,
  • other 30%

Singapore

  • computer equipment,
  • rubber and rubber products,
  • petroleum products,
  • telecommunications equipment

Taiwan

  • machinery and electrical equipment 21.7%,
  • electronic products 14.8%,
  • information/communications 11.8%,
  • textile products 11.6% (1997)

Thailand

manufactures 82% (computers and parts 16%), agricultural products and fisheries 14% (1997)

Vietnam

  • crude oil,
  • marine products,
  • rice,
  • coffee,
  • rubber,
  • tea,
  • garments,
  • shoes

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1999, “Exports - commodities”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/exports-commodities/1999.

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