The CIA World Factbook Edition 1993 Economy

Exports In 36 editions of 36.

Exports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1993 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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World

$3.64 trillion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services
partners:
in value, about 75% of exports from the developed countries

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

$11.6 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
petroleum and natural gas 97%
partners:
  • Italy,
  • France,
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • Spain

Angola

$3.7 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • oil,
  • liquefied petroleum gas,
  • diamonds,
  • coffee,
  • sisal,
  • fish and fish products,
  • timber,
  • cotton
partners:
  • US,
  • France,
  • Germany,
  • Netherlands,
  • Brazil

Benin

$263.3 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • cotton,
  • palm products,
  • cocoa
partners:
  • FRG 36%,
  • France 16%,
  • Spain 14%,
  • Italy 8%,
  • UK 4%

Botswana

$1.6 billion (f.o.b. 1991)

commodities:
  • diamonds 78%,
  • copper and nickel 8%,
  • meat 4%
partners:
  • Switzerland,
  • UK,
  • SACU (Southern African Customs Union)

Burkina now Burkina Faso

$304.8 million (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • cotton,
  • gold,
  • animal products
partners:
  • EC 45%,
  • Taiwan 15%,
  • Cote d'Ivoire 15% (1987)

Burundi

$91.7 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
coffee 81%, tea, hides, and skins
partners:
  • EC 83%,
  • US 5%,
  • Asia 2%

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$5.7 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • fish,
  • bananas,
  • hides and skins
partners:
  • Portugal 40%,
  • Algeria 31%,
  • Angola,
  • Netherlands (1990 est.)

Cameroon

$1.8 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • petroleum products 51%,
  • coffee,
  • beans,
  • cocoa,
  • aluminum products,
  • timber
partners:
  • EC (particularly France) about 50%,
  • US,
  • African countries

Central African Republic

$138 million (1991 est.)

commodities:
  • diamonds,
  • cotton,
  • coffee,
  • timber,
  • tobacco
partners:
  • France,
  • Belgium,
  • Italy,
  • Japan,
  • US

Chad

$193.9 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • cotton 48%,
  • cattle 35%,
  • textiles 5%,
  • fish
partners:
  • France,
  • Nigeria,
  • Cameroon

Comoros

$16 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • vanilla,
  • cloves,
  • perfume oil,
  • copra,
  • ylang-ylang
partners:
  • US 53%,
  • France 41%,
  • Africa 4%,
  • FRG 2% (1988)

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

$1.5 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • copper,
  • coffee,
  • diamonds,
  • cobalt,
  • crude oil
partners:
  • US,
  • Belgium,
  • France,
  • Germany,
  • Italy,
  • UK,
  • Japan,
  • South Africa

Congo now Republic of the Congo

$1.1 billion (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • crude oil 72%,
  • lumber,
  • plywood,
  • coffee,
  • cocoa,
  • sugar,
  • diamonds
partners:
  • US,
  • France,
  • other EC countries

Cote d'Ivoire

$2.8 billion (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • cocoa 30%,
  • coffee 20%,
  • tropical woods 11%,
  • petroleum,
  • cotton,
  • bananas,
  • pineapples,
  • palm oil,
  • cotton
partners:
  • France,
  • FRG,
  • Netherlands,
  • US,
  • Belgium,
  • Spain (1985)

Djibouti

$186 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
hides and skins, coffee (in transit)
partners:
  • Africa 50%,
  • Middle East 40%,
  • Western Europe 9%

Egypt

$3.6 billion (f.o.b., FY92 est.)

commodities:
  • crude oil and petroleum products,
  • cotton yarn,
  • raw cotton,
  • textiles,
  • metal products,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • EC,
  • Eastern Europe,
  • US,
  • Japan

Equatorial Guinea

$37 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • coffee,
  • timber,
  • cocoa beans
partners:
  • Spain 38.2%,
  • Italy 12.2%,
  • Netherlands 11.4%,
  • FRG 6.9%,
  • Nigeria 12.4% (1988)

Eritrea

$NA

commodities:
NA
partners:
NA

Swaziland now Eswatini

$575 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • soft drink concentrates,
  • sugar,
  • wood pulp,
  • citrus,
  • canned fruit
partners:
  • South Africa 50% (est.),
  • EC countries,
  • Canada

Ethiopia

$276 million (f.o.b., FY90)

commodities:
  • coffee,
  • leather products,
  • gold,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • EC,
  • Djibouti,
  • Japan,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • US

Gabon

$2.2 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • crude oil 80%,
  • manganese 7%,
  • wood 7%,
  • uranium 2%
partners:
  • France 48%,
  • US 15%,
  • Germany 2%,
  • Japan 2%

The Gambia

$133 million (f.o.b., FY91 est.)

commodities:
  • peanuts and peanut products,
  • fish,
  • cotton lint,
  • palm kernels
partners:
  • Japan 60%,
  • Europe 29%,
  • Africa 5%,
  • US 1%,
  • other 5% (1989)

Ghana

$1.1 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
cocoa 45%, gold, timber, tuna, bauxite, and aluminum
partners:
  • Germany 29%,
  • UK 12%,
  • US 12%,
  • Japan 5%

Guinea

$788 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • alumina,
  • bauxite,
  • diamonds,
  • coffee,
  • pineapples,
  • bananas,
  • palm kernels
partners:
  • US 33%,
  • EC 33%,
  • USSR and Eastern Europe 20%,
  • Canada

Guinea-Bissau

$20.4 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • cashews,
  • fish,
  • peanuts,
  • palm kernels
partners:
  • Portugal,
  • Senegal,
  • France,
  • The Gambia,
  • Netherlands,
  • Spain

Kenya

$1.0 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • tea 25%,
  • coffee 18%,
  • petroleum products 11% (1990)
partners:
  • EC 44%,
  • Africa 25%,
  • Asia 5%,
  • US 5%,
  • Middle East 4% (1990)

Lesotho

$57 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • wool,
  • mohair,
  • wheat,
  • cattle,
  • peas,
  • beans,
  • corn,
  • hides,
  • skins,
  • baskets
partners:
  • South Africa 53%,
  • EC 30%,
  • North and South America 13% (1989)

Liberia

$505 million (f.o.b., 1989 est.)

commodities:
  • iron ore 61%,
  • rubber 20%,
  • timber 11%,
  • coffee
partners:
  • US,
  • EC,
  • Netherlands

Libya

$9.71 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • refined petroleum products,
  • natural gas
partners:
  • Italy,
  • former USSR,
  • Germany,
  • Spain,
  • France,
  • Belgium/Luxembourg,
  • Turkey

Madagascar

$312 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • coffee 45%,
  • vanilla 20%,
  • cloves 11%,
  • sugar,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • France,
  • Japan,
  • Italy,
  • Germany,
  • US

Malawi

$400 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • tobacco,
  • tea,
  • sugar,
  • coffee,
  • peanuts,
  • wood products
partners:
  • US,
  • UK,
  • Zambia,
  • South Africa,
  • Germany

Mali

$320 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • livestock,
  • peanuts,
  • dried fish,
  • cotton,
  • skins
partners:
mostly franc zone and Western Europe

Mauritania

$447 million (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • iron ore,
  • processed fish,
  • small amounts of gum arabic and gypsum;
  • unrecorded but numerically significant cattle exports to Senegal
partners:
  • EC 43%,
  • Japan 27%,
  • USSR 11%,
  • Cote d'Ivoire 3%

Mauritius

$1.2 billion (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • textiles 44%,
  • sugar 40%,
  • light manufactures 10%
partners:
  • EC and US have preferential treatment,
  • EC 77%,
  • US 15%

Mayotte

$4.0 million (f.o.b., 1984)

commodities:
ylang-ylang, vanilla
partners:
  • France 79%,
  • Comoros 10%,
  • Reunion 9%

Morocco

$4.7 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • food and beverages 30%,
  • semiprocessed goods 23%,
  • consumer goods 21%,
  • phosphates 17%
partners:
  • EC 58%,
  • India 7%,
  • Japan 5%,
  • former USSR 3%,
  • US 2%

Mozambique

$162 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • shrimp 48%,
  • cashews 21%,
  • sugar 10%,
  • copra 3%,
  • citrus 3%
partners:
  • US,
  • Western Europe,
  • Germany,
  • Japan

Namibia

$1.184 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • diamonds,
  • copper,
  • gold,
  • zinc,
  • lead,
  • uranium,
  • cattle,
  • processed fish,
  • karakul skins
partners:
  • Switzerland,
  • South Africa,
  • Germany,
  • Japan

Niger

$294 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • uranium ore 60%,
  • livestock products 20%,
  • cowpeas,
  • onions
partners:
  • France 77%,
  • Nigeria 8%,
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • Italy

Nigeria

$12.7 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • oil 95%,
  • cocoa,
  • rubber
partners:
EC countries 43%, US 41%

Reunion

$166 million (f.o.b., 1988)

commodities:
  • sugar 75%,
  • rum and molasses 4%,
  • perfume essences 4%,
  • lobster 3%,
  • vanilla and tea 1%
partners:
  • France,
  • Mauritius,
  • Bahrain,
  • South Africa,
  • Italy

Rwanda

$66.6 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • coffee 85%,
  • tea,
  • tin,
  • cassiterite,
  • wolframite,
  • pyrethrum
partners:
  • Germany,
  • Belgium,
  • Italy,
  • Uganda,
  • UK,
  • France,
  • US

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

$23,900 (f.o.b., 1984)

commodities:
fish (frozen and salt-dried skipjack, tuna), handicrafts
partners:
South Africa, UK

Sao Tome and Principe

$5.5 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • cocoa 85%,
  • copra,
  • coffee,
  • palm oil
partners:
  • Germany,
  • Netherlands,
  • China

Senegal

$904 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • manufactures 30%,
  • fish products 23%,
  • peanuts 12%,
  • petroleum products 16%,
  • phosphates 9%
partners:
  • France,
  • other EC members,
  • Mali,
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • India

Seychelles

$40 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • fish,
  • copra,
  • cinnamon bark,
  • petroleum products (reexports)
partners:
  • France 63%,
  • Pakistan 12%,
  • Reunion 10%,
  • UK 7% (1987)

Sierra Leone

$75 million (f.o.b., FY92 est.)

commodities:
  • rutile 50%,
  • bauxite 17%,
  • cocoa 11%,
  • diamonds 3%,
  • coffee 3%
partners:
  • US,
  • UK,
  • Belgium,
  • Germany,
  • other Western Europe

Somalia

$NA

commodities:
  • bananas,
  • livestock,
  • fish,
  • hides,
  • skins
partners:
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • Italy,
  • FRG (1986)

South Africa

$23.5 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • gold 27%,
  • other minerals and metals 20-25%,
  • food 5%,
  • chemicals 3%
partners:
  • Italy,
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • UK,
  • other EC countries,
  • Hong Kong

Sudan

$315 million (f.o.b., FY92 est.)

commodities:
  • cotton 52%,
  • sesame,
  • gum arabic,
  • peanuts
partners:
  • Western Europe 46%,
  • Saudi Arabia 14%,
  • Eastern Europe 9%,
  • Japan 9%,
  • US 3% (FY88)

Tanzania

$422 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • coffee,
  • cotton,
  • tobacco,
  • tea,
  • cashew nuts,
  • sisal
partners:
  • FRG,
  • UK,
  • Japan,
  • Netherlands,
  • Kenya,
  • Hong Kong,
  • US

Togo

$512 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • phosphates,
  • cotton,
  • cocoa,
  • coffee
partners:
  • EC 40%,
  • Africa 16%,
  • US 1% (1990)

Tunisia

$3.7 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • hydrocarbons,
  • agricultural products,
  • phosphates and chemicals
partners:
  • EC countries 74%,
  • Middle East 11%,
  • US 2%,
  • Turkey,
  • former USSR republics

Uganda

$170 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • coffee 97%,
  • cotton,
  • tea
partners:
  • US 25%,
  • UK 18%,
  • France 11%,
  • Spain 10%

Western Sahara

$8 million (f.o.b., 1982 est.)

commodities:
phosphates 62%
partners:
Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts

Zambia

$1.0 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • copper,
  • zinc,
  • cobalt,
  • lead,
  • tobacco
partners:
  • EC countries,
  • Japan,
  • South Africa,
  • US,
  • India

Zimbabwe

$1.5 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • agricultural 35% (tobacco 20%, other 15%),
  • manufactures 20%,
  • gold 10%,
  • ferrochrome 10%,
  • cotton 5%
partners:
  • UK 14%,
  • Germany 11%,
  • South Africa 10%,
  • Japan 7%,
  • US 5% (1991)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

$340.6 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
fish and fish products 95%
partners:
  • Denmark 79%,
  • Benelux 9%,
  • Germany 5%

Iceland

$1.5 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • fish and fish products,
  • animal products,
  • aluminum,
  • ferrosilicon,
  • diatomite
partners:
  • EC 68% (UK 25%, Germany 12%),
  • US 11%,
  • Japan 8% (1992)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

$236 million (f.o.b., FY91 est.)

commodities:
natural gas 55%, fruits and nuts 24%, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides, and pelts
partners:
former USSR, Pakistan

Armenia

$30 million to outside the successor states of the former USSR (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • light industrial products,
  • processed food items (1991)
partners:
NA

Azerbaijan

$821 million to outside the successor states of the former USSR (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • oil and gas,
  • chemicals,
  • oilfield equipment,
  • textiles,
  • cotton (1991)
partners:
mostly CIS and European countries

Bangladesh

$2.0 billion (FY92)

commodities:
  • garments,
  • jute and jute goods,
  • leather,
  • shrimp
partners:
US 28%, Western Europe 39% (FY91)

Bhutan

$74 million (f.o.b., FY91 est.)

commodities:
  • cardamon,
  • gypsum,
  • timber,
  • handicrafts,
  • cement,
  • fruit,
  • electricity (to India)
partners:
India 90%

China

$85.0 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • textiles,
  • garments,
  • telecommunications and recording equipment,
  • petroleum,
  • minerals
partners:
  • Hong Kong and Macau,
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • South Korea,
  • Russia (1992)

Georgia

$NA

commodities:
  • citrus fruits, tea, other agricultural products;
  • diverse types of machinery;
  • ferrous and nonferrous metals;
  • textiles
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Turkey,
  • Armenia,
  • Azerbaijan (1992)

India

$19.8 billion (f.o.b., FY93 est.)

commodities:
gems and jewelry, clothing, engineering goods, leather manufactures, cotton yarn, and fabric
partners:
  • USSR 16.1%,
  • US 14.7%,
  • West Germany 7.8% (FY91)

Japan

$339.7 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
manufactures 97% (including machinery 40%, motor vehicles 18%, consumer electronics 10%)
partners:
  • Southeast Asia 31%,
  • US 29%,
  • Western Europe 23%,
  • Communist countries 4%,
  • Middle East 3%

Kazakhstan

  • $1.5 billion to outside the successor states of the former USSR (1992)
commodities:
  • oil,
  • ferrous and nonferrous metals,
  • chemicals,
  • grain,
  • wool,
  • meat (1991)
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Ukraine,
  • Uzbekistan

Korea, North now North Korea

$1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • minerals,
  • metallurgical products,
  • agricultural and fishery products,
  • manufactures (including armaments)
partners:
  • China,
  • Japan,
  • Russia,
  • South Korea,
  • Germany,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Mexico

Korea, South now South Korea

$76.8 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • textiles,
  • clothing,
  • electronic and electrical equipment,
  • footwear,
  • machinery,
  • steel,
  • automobiles,
  • ships,
  • fish
partners:
US 24%, Japan 15% (1992)

Kyrgyzstan

$NA

commodities:
  • wool,
  • chemicals,
  • cotton,
  • ferrous and nonferrous metals,
  • shoes,
  • machinery,
  • tobacco
partners:
Russia 70%, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and others

Maldives

$53.7 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
fish, clothing
partners:
  • US,
  • UK,
  • Sri Lanka

Mongolia

$347 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • copper,
  • livestock,
  • animal products,
  • cashmere,
  • wool,
  • hides,
  • fluorspar,
  • other nonferrous metals
partners:
  • USSR 75%,
  • China 10%,
  • Japan 4%

Nepal

$313 million (f.o.b., FY92 est.) but does not include unrecorded border trade with India

commodities:
  • carpets,
  • clothing,
  • leather goods,
  • jute goods,
  • grain
partners:
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • India,
  • UK

Pakistan

$6.8 billion (f.o.b., FY92)

commodities:
  • cotton,
  • textiles,
  • clothing,
  • rice
partners:
  • EC 35%,
  • US 11%,
  • Japan 8% (FY91)

Russia

$39.2 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

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

Sri Lanka

$2.0 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • textiles and garments,
  • teas,
  • petroleum products,
  • coconuts,
  • rubber,
  • other agricultural products,
  • gems and jewelry,
  • marine products,
  • graphite
partners:
  • US 27.4%,
  • Germany,
  • Japan,
  • UK,
  • Belgium,
  • Taiwan,
  • Hong Kong,
  • China

Tajikistan

  • $100 million to outside successor states of the former USSR (1992)
commodities:
  • aluminum,
  • cotton,
  • fruits,
  • vegetable oil,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Kazakhstan,
  • Ukraine,
  • Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan

  • $100 million to outside the successor states of the former USSR (1992)
commodities:
  • natural gas,
  • oil,
  • chemicals,
  • cotton,
  • textiles,
  • carpets
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Ukraine,
  • Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

  • $900 million to outside the successor states of the former USSR (1992)
commodities:
  • cotton,
  • gold,
  • textiles,
  • chemical and mineral fertilizers,
  • vegetable oil
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Ukraine,
  • Eastern Europe

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$1.4 million (f.o.b., 1987)

commodities:
lobster and salt
partners:
NA

Antigua and Barbuda

$32 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • petroleum products 48%,
  • manufactures 23%,
  • food and live animals 4%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 17%
partners:
  • OECS 26%,
  • Barbados 15%,
  • Guyana 4%,
  • Trinidad and Tobago 2%,
  • US 0.3%

Aruba

$902.4 million, including oil re-exports (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
mostly petroleum products
partners:
US 64%, EC

The Bahamas

$306 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • pharmaceuticals,
  • cement,
  • rum,
  • crawfish
partners:
  • US 41%,
  • Norway 30%,
  • Denmark 4%

Barbados

$205.8 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • sugar and molasses,
  • chemicals,
  • electrical components,
  • clothing,
  • rum,
  • machinery and transport equipment
partners:
  • CARICOM 31%,
  • US 16%,
  • UK 13%

Belize

$95.6 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • sugar,
  • citrus,
  • clothing,
  • bananas,
  • fish products,
  • molasses
partners:
  • US 49%,
  • UK,
  • EC,
  • Mexico (1991)

British Virgin Islands

$2.7 million (f.o.b., 1988)

commodities:
  • rum,
  • fresh fish,
  • gravel,
  • sand,
  • fruits,
  • animals
partners:
  • Virgin Islands (US),
  • Puerto Rico,
  • US

Cayman Islands

$1.5 million (f.o.b., 1987 est.)

commodities:
turtle products, manufactured consumer goods
partners:
mostly US

Costa Rica

$1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • coffee,
  • bananas,
  • textiles,
  • sugar
partners:
  • US 75%,
  • Germany,
  • Guatemala,
  • Netherlands,
  • UK,
  • Japan

Cuba

$2.1 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • sugar,
  • nickel,
  • shellfish,
  • tobacco,
  • medical products,
  • citrus,
  • coffee
partners:
  • Russia 30%,
  • Canada 10%,
  • China 9%,
  • Japan 6%,
  • Spain 4% (1992 est.)

Dominica

$66.0 million (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • bananas,
  • soap,
  • bay oil,
  • vegetables,
  • grapefruit,
  • oranges
partners:
  • UK 50%,
  • CARICOM countries,
  • US,
  • Italy

Dominican Republic

$600 million (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • ferronickel,
  • sugar,
  • gold,
  • coffee,
  • cocoa
partners:
  • US 60%,
  • EC 19%,
  • Puerto Rico 8% (1990)

El Salvador

$693 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • coffee 45%,
  • sugar,
  • shrimp,
  • cotton
partners:
  • US 33%,
  • Guatemala,
  • Germany,
  • Costa Rica

Grenada

$30 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • nutmeg 36%,
  • cocoa beans 9%,
  • bananas 14%,
  • mace 8%,
  • textiles 5%
partners:
  • US 12%,
  • UK,
  • FRG,
  • Netherlands,
  • Trinidad and Tobago (1989)

Guadeloupe

$168 million (f.o.b., 1988)

commodities:
  • bananas,
  • sugar,
  • rum
partners:
France 68%, Martinique 22% (1987)

Guatemala

$1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • coffee 26%,
  • sugar 13%,
  • bananas 7%,
  • beef 3%
partners:
  • US 36%,
  • El Salvador,
  • Costa Rica,
  • Germany,
  • Honduras

Haiti

$146 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • light manufactures 65%,
  • coffee 19%,
  • other agriculture 8%,
  • other 8%
partners:
  • US 84%,
  • Italy 4%,
  • France 3%,
  • other industrial countries 6%,
  • less developed countries 3% (1987)

Honduras

$1.0 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • bananas,
  • coffee,
  • shrimp,
  • lobster,
  • minerals,
  • meat,
  • lumber
partners:
  • US 65%,
  • Germany 9%,
  • Japan 8%,
  • Belgium 7%

Jamaica

$1.2 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • alumina,
  • bauxite,
  • sugar,
  • bananas,
  • rum
partners:
  • US 39%,
  • UK 14%,
  • Canada 12%,
  • Netherlands 8%,
  • Norway 7%

Martinique

$196 million (f.o.b., 1988)

commodities:
  • refined petroleum products,
  • bananas,
  • rum,
  • pineapples
partners:
  • France 65%,
  • Guadeloupe 24%,
  • Germany (1987)

Montserrat

$1.6 million (f.o.b., 1989)

commodities:
  • electronic parts,
  • plastic bags,
  • apparel,
  • hot peppers,
  • live plants,
  • cattle
partners:
NA

Netherlands Antilles

$200 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
petroleum products 98%
partners:
  • US 40%,
  • UK 7%,
  • Guadeloupe 5%

Nicaragua

$280 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • coffee,
  • cotton,
  • sugar,
  • bananas,
  • seafood,
  • meat,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • OECD 75%,
  • USSR and Eastern Europe 15%,
  • other 10%

Panama

$486 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • bananas 43%,
  • shrimp 11%,
  • sugar 4%,
  • clothing 5%,
  • coffee 2%
partners:
  • US 38%,
  • Central America and Caribbean,
  • EC (1992 est.)

Puerto Rico

20.4 billion (1990)

commodities:
  • pharmaceuticals,
  • electronics,
  • apparel,
  • canned tuna,
  • rum,
  • beverage concentrates,
  • medical equipment,
  • instruments
partners:
US 87.8% (1990)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

$24.6 million (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • sugar,
  • clothing,
  • electronics,
  • postage stamps
partners:
  • US 53%,
  • UK 22%,
  • Trinidad and Tobago 5%,
  • OECS 5% (1988)

Saint Lucia

$105 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • bananas 58%,
  • clothing,
  • cocoa,
  • vegetables,
  • fruits,
  • coconut oil
partners:
UK 56%, US 22%,CARICOM 19%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$65.7 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • bananas,
  • eddoes and dasheen (taro),
  • arrowroot starch,
  • tennis racquets
partners:
  • UK 43%,
  • CARICOM 37%,
  • US 15%

Trinidad and Tobago

$2.2 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • includes reexports - petroleum and petroleum products 82%,
  • steel products 9%,
  • fertilizer,
  • sugar,
  • cocoa,
  • coffee,
  • citrus (1988)
partners:
US 49%, CARICOM 12%

Turks and Caicos Islands

$4.1 million (f.o.b., 1987)

commodities:
  • lobster,
  • dried and fresh conch,
  • conch shells
partners:
US, UK

Virgin Islands

$2.8 billion (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
refined petroleum products
partners:
US, Puerto Rico

Europe

45 entries

Albania

$45 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • asphalt,
  • metals and metallic ores,
  • electricity,
  • crude oil,
  • vegetables,
  • fruits,
  • tobacco
partners:
  • Italy,
  • Macedonia,
  • Germany,
  • Greece,
  • Czechoslovakia,
  • Poland,
  • Romania,
  • Bulgaria,
  • Hungary

Andorra

$23 million (f.o.b., 1989)

commodities:
  • electricity,
  • tobacco products,
  • furniture
partners:
France, Spain

Austria

$43.5 billion (1992 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • iron and steel,
  • lumber,
  • textiles,
  • paper products,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • EC 65.8% (Germany 39%),
  • EFTA 9.1%,
  • Eastern Europe/former USSR 9.0%,
  • Japan 1.7%,
  • US 2.8% (1991)

Belarus

$1.1 billion to outside of the successor states of the former USSR (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
NA

Belgium

$118 billion (f.o.b., 1991) Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union

commodities:
  • iron and steel,
  • transportation equipment,
  • tractors,
  • diamonds,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • EC 75.5%,
  • US 3.7%,
  • former Communist countries 1.4% (1991)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$2,054 million (1990)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods 31%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 20.8%,
  • raw materials 18%,
  • miscellaneous manufactured articles 17.3%,
  • chemicals 9.4%,
  • fuel and lubricants 1.4%,
  • food and live animals 1.2%
partners:
principally the other former Yugoslav republics

Bulgaria

$3.5 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment 30.6%;
  • agricultural products 24%;
  • manufactured consumer goods 22.2%;
  • fuels, minerals, raw materials, and metals 10.5%;
  • other 12.7% (1991)
partners:
  • former CEMA countries 57.7% (USSR 48.6%, Poland 2.1%, Czechoslovakia 0.9%);
  • developed countries 26.3% (Germany 4.8%, Greece 2.2%);
  • less developed countries 15.9% (Libya 2.1%, Iran 0.7%) (1991)

Croatia

$2.9 billion (1990)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment 30%,
  • other manufacturers 37%,
  • chemicals 11%,
  • food and live animals 9%,
  • raw materials 6.5%,
  • fuels and lubricants 5%
partners:
principally the other former Yugoslav republics

Czech Republic now Czechia

$8.2 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels, minerals, and metals
partners:
  • Slovakia,
  • Germany,
  • Poland,
  • Austria,
  • Hungary,
  • Italy,
  • France,
  • US,
  • UK,
  • CIS republics

Denmark

$37.3 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • meat and meat products,
  • dairy products,
  • transport equipment (shipbuilding),
  • fish,
  • chemicals,
  • industrial machinery
partners:
  • EC 54.3% (Germany 23.6%, UK 10.1%, France 5.7%),
  • Sweden 10.5%,
  • Norway 5.8%,
  • US 4.9%,
  • Japan 3.6% (1992)

Estonia

$NA

commodities:
  • textile 11%,
  • wood products and timber 9%,
  • dairy products 9%
partners:
Russia and the other former Soviet republics 50%, West 50% (1992)

Faroe Islands

$386 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • fish and fish products 88%,
  • animal feedstuffs,
  • transport equipment (ships) (1989)
partners:
  • Denmark 20%,
  • Germany 18.3%,
  • UK 14.2%,
  • France 11.2%,
  • Spain 7.9%,
  • US 4.5%

Finland

$24.0 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • timber,
  • paper and pulp,
  • ships,
  • machinery,
  • clothing and footwear
partners:
  • EC 53.2% (Germany 15.6%, UK 10.7%),
  • EFTA 19.5% (Sweden 12.8%),
  • US 5.9%,
  • Japan 1.3%,
  • Russia 2.8% (1992)

France

$212.7 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs,
  • agricultural products,
  • iron and steel products,
  • textiles and clothing
partners:
  • Germany 18.6%,
  • Italy 11.0%,
  • Spain 11.0%,
  • Belgium-Luxembourg 9.1%,
  • UK 8.8%,
  • Netherlands 7.9%,
  • US 6.4%,
  • Japan 2.0%,
  • former USSR 0.7% (1991 est.)

Germany

$378.0 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • manufactures 86.6% (including machines and machine tools, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel products),
  • agricultural products 4.9%,
  • raw materials 2.3%,
  • fuels 1.3%
partners:
  • EC 54.3% (France 12.9%, Netherlands 8.3%, Italy 9.3%, UK 7.7%, Belgium-Luxembourg 7.4%),
  • other Western Europe 17.0%,
  • US 6.4%,
  • Eastern Europe 5.6%,
  • OPEC 3.4% (1992)

Gibraltar

$82 million (f.o.b., 1988)

commodities:
  • (principally reexports) petroleum 51%,
  • manufactured goods 41%,
  • other 8%
partners:
  • UK,
  • Morocco,
  • Portugal,
  • Netherlands,
  • Spain,
  • US,
  • FRG

Greece

$6.8 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods 53%,
  • foodstuffs 31%,
  • fuels 9%
partners:
  • Germany 24%,
  • France 18%,
  • Italy 17%,
  • UK 7%,
  • US 6%

Guernsey

$NA

commodities:
  • tomatoes,
  • flowers and ferns,
  • sweet peppers,
  • eggplant,
  • other vegetables
partners:
UK (regarded as internal trade)

Hungary

$10.9 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • raw materials,
  • semi-finished goods,
  • chemicals 35.5%,
  • machinery 13.5%,
  • light industry 23.3%,
  • food and agricultural 24.8%,
  • fuels and energy 2.8%
partners:
OECD 70.7%, (EC 50.1%, EFTA 15.0%), LDCs 5.1%, former CEMA members 23.2%, others 1.0% (1991)

Ireland

$28.3 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • chemicals,
  • data processing equipment,
  • industrial machinery,
  • live animals,
  • animal products
partners:
EC 75% (UK 32%, Germany 13%, France 10%), US 9%

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

$NA

commodities:
  • tweeds,
  • herring,
  • processed shellfish,
  • meat
partners:
UK

Italy

$168.8 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • textiles,
  • wearing apparel,
  • metals,
  • production machinery,
  • motor vehicles,
  • transportation equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • other
partners:
  • EC 58.3%,
  • US 6.8%,
  • OPEC 5.1% (1992)

Jersey

$NA

commodities:
  • light industrial and electrical goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles
partners:
UK

Latvia

$NA

commodities:
NA
partners:
NA

Liechtenstein

$1.6 billion

commodities:
  • small specialty machinery,
  • dental products,
  • stamps,
  • hardware,
  • pottery
partners:
  • EFTA countries 20.9% (Switzerland 15.4%),
  • EC countries 42.7%,
  • other 36.4% (1990)

Lithuania

$NA

commodities:
  • electronics 18%,
  • petroleum products 5%,
  • food 10%,
  • chemicals 6% (1989)
partners:
  • Russia 40%,
  • Ukraine 16%,
  • other former Soviet republics 32%,
  • West 12%

Luxembourg

$6.4 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • finished steel products,
  • chemicals,
  • rubber products,
  • glass,
  • aluminum,
  • other industrial products
partners:
EC 76%, US 5%

Malta

$l.2 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • clothing,
  • textiles,
  • footwear,
  • ships
partners:
  • Italy 30%,
  • Germany 22%,
  • UK 11%

Moldova

  • 100 million to outside the successor states of the former USSR (1992)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • wine,
  • tobacco,
  • textiles and footwear,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals (1991)
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Kazakhstan,
  • Ukraine,
  • Romania

Monaco

  • $NA;
  • full customs integration with France, which collects and rebates Monacan trade duties;
  • also participates in EC market system through customs union with France

Netherlands

$128.5 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • agricultural products,
  • processed foods and tobacco,
  • natural gas,
  • chemicals,
  • metal products,
  • textiles,
  • clothing
partners:
EC 77% (Germany 27%, Belgium-Luxembourg 15%, UK 10%), US 4% (1991)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

$578 million (1990)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods 40%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 14%,
  • miscellaneous manufactured articles 23%,
  • raw materials 7.6%,
  • food (rice) and live animals 5.7%,
  • beverages and tobacco 4.5%,
  • chemicals 4.7%
partners:
  • principally Serbia and Montenegro and the other former Yugoslav republics,
  • Germany,
  • Greece,
  • Albania

Norway

$35.3 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • petroleum and petroleum products 37.8%,
  • metals and products 10.7%,
  • natural gas 7.3%,
  • fish 6.6%,
  • chemicals 6.3%,
  • ships 5.4%
partners:
  • EC 67%,
  • Nordic countries 18.2%,
  • developing countries 7.9%,
  • US 5.1%,
  • Japan 1.6% (1992)

Poland

$12.8 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery 22%,
  • metals 16%,
  • chemicals 12%,
  • fuels and power 11%,
  • food 10% (1991)
partners:
  • Germany 28.0%,
  • former USSR 11.7%,
  • UK 8.8%,
  • Switzerland 5.5% (1991)

Portugal

$16.3 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • cotton textiles,
  • cork and paper products,
  • canned fish,
  • wine,
  • timber and timber products,
  • resin,
  • machinery,
  • appliances
partners:
  • EC 75.4%,
  • other developed countries 12.4%,
  • US 3.8% (1991)

Romania

$3.5 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment 29.3%,
  • fuels,
  • minerals and metals 32.1%,
  • manufactured consumer goods 18.1%,
  • agricultural materials and forestry products 9.0%,
  • other 11.5% (1989)
partners:
  • USSR 27%,
  • Eastern Europe 23%,
  • EC 15%,
  • US 5%,
  • China 4% (1987)

San Marino

  • trade data are included with the statistics for Italy;
  • commodity trade consists primarily of exchanging building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat, wine, baked goods, hides, and ceramics for a wide variety of consumer manufactures

Serbia and Montenegro

$4.4 billion (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment 29%,
  • manufactured goods 28.5%,
  • miscellaneous manufactured articles 13.5%,
  • chemicals 11%,
  • food and live animals 9%,
  • raw materials 6%,
  • fuels and lubricants 2%,
  • beverages and tobacco 1%
partners:
  • prior to the imposition of sanctions by the UN Security Council trade partners were principally the other former Yugoslav republics;
  • Italy, Germany, other EC, the successor states of the former USSR, East European countries, US

Slovakia

$3.6 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment;
  • chemicals;
  • fuels, minerals, and metals;
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • Czech Republic,
  • CIS republics,
  • Germany,
  • Poland,
  • Austria,
  • Hungary,
  • Italy,
  • France,
  • US,
  • UK

Slovenia

$4.12 billion (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment 38%,
  • other manufactured goods 44%,
  • chemicals 9%,
  • food and live animals 4.6%,
  • raw materials 3%,
  • beverages and tobacco less than 1%
partners:
principally the other former Yugoslav republics, Austria, and Italy

Spain

$62 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • cars and trucks,
  • semifinished manufactured goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery
partners:
  • EC 71.0%,
  • US 4.9%,
  • other developed countries 7.9% (1991)

Sweden

$56 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • motor vehicles,
  • paper products,
  • pulp and wood,
  • iron and steel products,
  • chemicals,
  • petroleum and petroleum products
partners:
  • EC 55.8% (Germany 15%, UK 9.7%, Denmark 7.2%, France 5.8%),
  • EFTA 17.4% (Norway 8.4%, Finland 5.1%),
  • US 8.2%,
  • Central and Eastern Europe 2.5% (1992)

Switzerland

$62.2 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • precision instruments,
  • metal products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles and clothing
partners:
  • Western Europe 64% (EC countries 56%, other 8%),
  • US 9%,
  • Japan 4%

Ukraine

  • $13.5 billion to outside of the successor states of the former USSR (1990)
commodities:
  • coal,
  • electric power,
  • ferrous and nonferrous metals,
  • chemicals,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • grain,
  • meat
partners:
NA

United Kingdom

$187.4 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals,
  • semifinished goods,
  • transport equipment
partners:
EC countries 56.7% (Germany 14.0%, France 11.1%, Netherlands 7.9%), US 10.9%

Middle East

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Bahrain

$3.5 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products 80%, aluminum 7%
partners:
  • Japan 13%,
  • UAE 12%,
  • India 10%,
  • Pakistan 8%

Cyprus

$875 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • citrus,
  • potatoes,
  • grapes,
  • wine,
  • cement,
  • clothing and shoes
partners:
  • UK 23%,
  • Greece 10%,
  • Lebanon 10%,
  • Germany 5%

Gaza Strip

$30 million (f.o.b., 1989)

commodities:
citrus
partners:
Israel, Egypt

Iran

$17.2 billion (f.o.b., FY91 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum 90%,
  • carpets,
  • fruits,
  • nuts,
  • hides
partners:
Japan, Italy, France, Netherlands, Belgium/Luxembourg, Spain, and Germany

Iraq

$10.4 billion (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • crude oil and refined products,
  • fertilizer,
  • sulfur
partners:
  • US,
  • Brazil,
  • Turkey,
  • Japan,
  • Netherlands,
  • Spain (1990)

Israel

$11.8 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • polished diamonds,
  • citrus and other fruits,
  • textiles and clothing,
  • processed foods,
  • fertilizer and chemical products,
  • military hardware,
  • electronics
partners:
  • US,
  • EC,
  • Japan,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Switzerland

Jordan

$1.0 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • phosphates,
  • fertilizers,
  • potash,
  • agricultural products,
  • manufactures
partners:
  • India,
  • Iraq,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • Indonesia,
  • Ethiopia,
  • UAE,
  • China

Kuwait

$750 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
oil
partners:
  • France 16%,
  • Italy 15%,
  • Japan 12%,
  • UK 11%

Lebanon

$490 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • agricultural products,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles,
  • precious and semiprecious metals and jewelry,
  • metals and metal products
partners:
  • Saudi Arabia 21%,
  • Switzerland 9.5%,
  • Jordan 6%,
  • Kuwait 12%,
  • US 5%

Oman

$4.9 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • petroleum 87%,
  • reexports,
  • fish,
  • processed copper,
  • textiles
partners:
  • UAE 30%,
  • Japan 27%,
  • South Korea 10%,
  • Singapore 5%

Qatar

$3.2 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • petroleum products 85%,
  • steel,
  • fertilizers
partners:
  • Japan 61%,
  • Brazil 6%,
  • South Korea 5%,
  • UAE 4%

Saudi Arabia

$48.2 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products 92%
partners:
  • US 21%,
  • Japan 18%,
  • Singapore 6%,
  • France 6%,
  • Korea 5%

Syria

$3.5 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum 45%,
  • farm products 11%,
  • textiles,
  • phosphates 5% (1990)
partners:
  • USSR and Eastern Europe 44%,
  • EC 34%,
  • Arab countries 17%,
  • US/Canada 1% (1990)

Turkey now Turkiye

$13.7 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods 69%,
  • foodstuffs 22%,
  • fuels 2%
partners:
  • EC countries 51%,
  • US 7%,
  • Iran 5%,
  • former USSR 5%

United Arab Emirates

$21.2 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • crude oil 66%,
  • natural gas,
  • reexports,
  • dried fish,
  • dates
partners:
  • Japan 39%,
  • Singapore 5%,
  • Korea 4%,
  • Iran 4%,
  • India

West Bank

$150 million (f.o.b., 1988 est.)

commodities:
NA
partners:
Jordan, Israel

Yemen

$908 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • cotton,
  • coffee,
  • hides,
  • vegetables,
  • dried and salted fish
partners:
  • US,
  • EC countries,
  • South Korea,
  • Saudi Arabia

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$50 million (f.o.b., FY89)

commodities:
  • semitropical produce,
  • light manufactures,
  • re-exports of pharmaceuticals
partners:
  • US 55%,
  • UK 32%,
  • Canada 11%,
  • other 2%

Canada

$124.0 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • newsprint,
  • wood pulp,
  • timber,
  • crude petroleum,
  • machinery,
  • natural gas,
  • aluminum,
  • motor vehicles and parts;
  • telecommunications equipment
partners:
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • UK,
  • Germany,
  • South Korea,
  • Netherlands,
  • China

Mexico

$27.5 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • oil products,
  • coffee,
  • shrimp,
  • engines,
  • motor vehicles,
  • cotton,
  • consumer electronics
partners:
  • US 74%,
  • Japan 8%,
  • EC 4% (1992 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$25.5 million (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
fish and fish products, fox and mink pelts
partners:
  • US 58%,
  • France 17%,
  • UK 11%,
  • Canada,
  • Portugal

United States

$442.3 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • capital goods,
  • automobiles,
  • industrial supplies and raw materials,
  • consumer goods,
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • Western Europe 27.3%,
  • Canada 22.1%,
  • Japan 12.1% (1989)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

$306 million (f.o.b., 1989)

commodities:
canned tuna 93%
partners:
US 99.6%

Australia

$41.7 billion (f.o.b., FY91)

commodities:
  • coal,
  • gold,
  • meat,
  • wool,
  • alumina,
  • wheat,
  • machinery and transport equipment
partners:
  • Japan 26%,
  • US 11%,
  • NZ 6%,
  • South Korea 4%,
  • Singapore 4%,
  • UK,
  • Taiwan,
  • Hong Kong

Cook Islands

$4.0 million (f.o.b., 1988)

commodities:
  • copra,
  • fresh and canned fruit,
  • clothing
partners:
NZ 80%, Japan

Fiji

$435 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • sugar 40%,
  • gold,
  • clothing,
  • copra,
  • processed fish,
  • lumber
partners:
  • EC 31%,
  • Australia 21%,
  • Japan 8%,
  • US 6%

French Polynesia

$88.9 million (f.o.b., 1989)

commodities:
  • coconut products 79%,
  • mother-of-pearl 14%,
  • vanilla,
  • shark meat
partners:
  • France 54%,
  • US 17%,
  • Japan 17%

Guam

$34 million (f.o.b., 1984)

commodities:
  • mostly transshipments of refined petroleum products,
  • construction materials,
  • fish,
  • food and beverage products
partners:
  • US 25%,
  • Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 63%,
  • other 12%

Kiribati

$5.8 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • copra 18%,
  • fish 17%,
  • seaweed 13%
partners:
  • EC 50%,
  • Fiji 22%,
  • US 18% (1990)

Marshall Islands

$2.5 million (f.o.b., 1985)

commodities:
  • copra,
  • copra oil,
  • agricultural products,
  • handicrafts
partners:
NA

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

$2.3 million (f.o.b., 1988)

commodities:
copra
partners:
NA

Nauru

$93 million (f.o.b., 1984)

commodities:
phosphates
partners:
Australia, NZ

New Caledonia

$671 million (f.o.b., 1989)

commodities:
nickel metal 87%, nickel ore
partners:
  • France 52.3%,
  • Japan 15.8%,
  • US 6.4%

New Zealand

$3.65 billion (f.o.b., FY92)

commodities:
  • wool,
  • lamb,
  • mutton,
  • beef,
  • fruit,
  • fish,
  • cheese,
  • manufactures,
  • chemicals,
  • forestry products
partners:
  • EC 18.3%,
  • Japan 17.9%,
  • Australia 17.5%,
  • US 13.5%,
  • China 3.6%,
  • South Korea 3.1%

Niue

$175,274 (f.o.b., 1985)

commodities:
  • canned coconut cream,
  • copra,
  • honey,
  • passion fruit products,
  • pawpaw,
  • root crops,
  • limes,
  • footballs,
  • stamps,
  • handicrafts
partners:
  • NZ 89%,
  • Fiji,
  • Cook Islands,
  • Australia

Norfolk Island

$1.7 million (f.o.b., FY86)

commodities:
  • postage stamps,
  • seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and Kentia Palm,
  • small quantities of avocados
partners:
  • Australia,
  • Pacific Islands,
  • NZ,
  • Asia,
  • Europe

Northern Mariana Islands

$263.4 million (f.o.b. 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • garments,
  • bread,
  • pastries,
  • concrete blocks,
  • light iron work
partners:
NA

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau) now Palau

$0.5 million (f.o.b., 1986)

commodities:
NA
partners:
US, Japan

Papua New Guinea

$1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • gold,
  • copper ore,
  • coffee,
  • logs,
  • palm oil,
  • cocoa,
  • lobster
partners:
  • FRG,
  • Japan,
  • Australia,
  • UK,
  • Spain,
  • US

Pitcairn Islands

$NA

commodities:
  • fruits,
  • vegetables,
  • curios
partners:
NA

Western Samoa now Samoa

$9 million (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • coconut oil and cream 54%,
  • taro 12%,
  • copra 9%,
  • cocoa 3%
partners:
  • NZ 28%,
  • American Samoa 23%,
  • Germany 22%,
  • US 6% (1990)

Solomon Islands

$74.2 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • fish 46%,
  • timber 31%,
  • copra 5%,
  • palm oil 5%
partners:
  • Japan 51%,
  • UK 12%,
  • Thailand 9%,
  • Netherlands 8%,
  • Australia 2%,
  • US 2% (1985)

Tokelau

$98,000 (f.o.b., 1983)

commodities:
  • stamps,
  • copra,
  • handicrafts
partners:
NZ

Tonga

$18.8 million (f.o.b., FY92 est.)

commodities:
  • coconut oil,
  • desiccated coconut,
  • copra,
  • bananas,
  • taro,
  • vanilla beans,
  • fruits,
  • vegetables,
  • fish
partners:
  • Japan 34%,
  • US 17%,
  • Australia 13%,
  • NZ 13% (FY91)

Tuvalu

$1.0 million (f.o.b., 1983 est.)

commodities:
copra
partners:
  • Fiji,
  • Australia,
  • NZ

Vanuatu

$15.6 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • copra 59%,
  • cocoa 11%,
  • meat 9%,
  • fish 8%,
  • timber 4%
partners:
  • Netherlands,
  • Japan,
  • France,
  • New Caledonia,
  • Belgium

Wallis and Futuna

negligible

commodities:
copra, handicrafts
partners:
NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$12.3 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • meat,
  • wheat,
  • corn,
  • oilseed,
  • hides,
  • wool
partners:
  • US 12%,
  • Brazil,
  • Italy,
  • Japan,
  • Netherlands

Bolivia

$609 million (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • metals 46%,
  • hydrocarbons 21%,
  • other 33% (coffee, soybeans, sugar, cotton, timber)
partners:
US 15%, Argentina

Brazil

$35.0 billion (1992)

commodities:
  • iron ore,
  • soybean bran,
  • orange juice,
  • footwear,
  • coffee,
  • motor vehicle parts
partners:
  • EC 32.3%,
  • US 20.3%,
  • Latin America 11.6%,
  • Japan 9% (1991)

Chile

$10 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • copper 41%,
  • other metals and minerals 8.7%,
  • wood products 7.1%,
  • fish and fishmeal 9.8%,
  • fruits 8.4% (1991)
partners:
  • EC 32%,
  • US 18%,
  • Japan 18%,
  • Brazil 5% (1991)

Colombia

$7.4 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • coffee,
  • coal,
  • bananas,
  • fresh cut flowers
partners:
  • US 44%,
  • EC 21%,
  • Japan 5%,
  • Netherlands 4%,
  • Sweden 3% (1991)

Ecuador

$3.0 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • petroleum 42%,
  • bananas,
  • shrimp,
  • cocoa,
  • coffee
partners:
  • US 53.4%,
  • Latin America,
  • Caribbean,
  • EC countries

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

at least $14.7 million

commodities:
wool, hides and skins, and meat
partners:
  • UK,
  • Netherlands,
  • Japan (1987 est.)

French Guiana

$64.8 million (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • shrimp,
  • timber,
  • rum,
  • rosewood essence
partners:
  • France 36%,
  • US 14%,
  • Japan 6% (1990)

Guyana

$268 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • sugar,
  • bauxite/alumina,
  • rice,
  • gold,
  • shrimp,
  • molasses,
  • timber,
  • rum
partners:
  • UK 28%,
  • US 25%,
  • FRG 8%,
  • Canada 7%,
  • Japan 6% (1989)

Paraguay

$719 million (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • cotton,
  • soybean,
  • timber,
  • vegetable oils,
  • coffee,
  • tung oil,
  • meat products
partners:
  • EC 37%,
  • Brazil 25%,
  • Argentina 10%,
  • Chile 6%,
  • US 6%

Peru

$3.5 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • copper,
  • fishmeal,
  • zinc,
  • crude petroleum and byproducts,
  • lead,
  • refined silver,
  • coffee,
  • cotton
partners:
  • EC 28%,
  • US 22%,
  • Japan 13%,
  • Latin America 12%,
  • former USSR 2% (1991)

Suriname

$417 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • alumina,
  • aluminum,
  • shrimp and fish,
  • rice,
  • bananas
partners:
  • Norway 36%,
  • Netherlands 28%,
  • US 11%,
  • Japan 7%,
  • Brazil 5%,
  • UK 5% (1989)

Uruguay

$1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • hides and leather goods 17%,
  • beef 10%,
  • wool 9%,
  • fish 7%,
  • rice 4%
partners:
  • Argentina,
  • Brazil,
  • US,
  • Germany

Venezuela

$14.0 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum 82%,
  • bauxite and aluminum,
  • iron ore,
  • agricultural products,
  • basic manufactures
partners:
  • US 50.7%,
  • Europe 13.7%,
  • Japan 4.0% (1989)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

$2.2 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • liquefied natural gas,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • Japan 53%,
  • UK 12%,
  • South Korea 9%,
  • Thailand 7%,
  • Singapore 5% (1990)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$535.1 million (FY92)

commodities:
  • teak,
  • rice,
  • oilseed,
  • metals,
  • rubber,
  • gems
partners:
  • China,
  • India,
  • Thailand,
  • Singapore

Cambodia

$59 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • natural rubber,
  • rice,
  • pepper,
  • wood
partners:
  • Vietnam,
  • USSR,
  • Eastern Europe,
  • Japan,
  • India

Christmas Island

$NA

commodities:
phosphate
partners:
Australia, NZ

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

commodities:
copra
partners:
Australia

Hong Kong

$118 billion, including reexports of $85.1 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • clothing,
  • textiles,
  • yarn and fabric,
  • footwear,
  • electrical appliances,
  • watches and clocks,
  • toys
partners:
  • US 29%,
  • China 21%,
  • Germany 8%,
  • UK 6%,
  • Japan 5% (1990)

Indonesia

$29.4 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • petroleum and liquefied natural gas 40%,
  • timber 15%,
  • textiles 7%,
  • rubber 5%,
  • coffee 3%
partners:
  • Japan 37%,
  • Europe 13%,
  • US 12%,
  • Singapore 8% (1991)

Laos

$72 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • electricity,
  • wood products,
  • coffee,
  • tin
partners:
  • Thailand,
  • Malaysia,
  • Vietnam,
  • USSR,
  • US,
  • China

Macau

$1.8 billion (1992 est.)

commodities:
  • textiles,
  • clothing,
  • toys
partners:
  • US 36%,
  • Hong Kong 13%,
  • Germany 12%,
  • France 8% (1991)

Malaysia

$39.8 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • electronic equipment,
  • palm oil,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • wood and wood products,
  • rubber,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Singapore 23%,
  • US 18.6%,
  • Japan 13.2%,
  • UK 4%,
  • Germany 4%

Philippines

$9.8 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • electronics,
  • textiles,
  • coconut oil,
  • copper
partners:
  • US 39%,
  • EC,
  • Japan,
  • ASEAN

Singapore

$61.5 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • computer equipment,
  • rubber and rubber products,
  • petroleum products,
  • telecommunications equipment
partners:
  • US 21%,
  • Malaysia 13%,
  • Hong Kong 8%,
  • Japan 7%,
  • Thailand 6%

Taiwan

$82.4 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • electrical machinery 18.5%,
  • textiles 14.7%,
  • general machinery and equipment 17.7%,
  • footwear 4.5%,
  • foodstuffs 1.1%,
  • plywood and wood products 1.1% (1992 est.)
partners:
  • US 29.1%,
  • Hong Kong 18.7%,
  • EC countries 17.1% (1992 est.)

Thailand

$32.9 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • machinery and manufactures 76.9%,
  • agricultural products 14.9%,
  • fisheries products 5.9% (1992)
partners:
  • US 21.6%,
  • Japan 18.0%,
  • Singapore 8.7%,
  • Hong Kong 4.8%,
  • Germany 4.4%,
  • Netherlands 4.2%,
  • UK 3.4%,
  • Malaysia,
  • France,
  • China (1992 est.)

Vietnam

$2.3 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • agricultural and handicraft products,
  • coal,
  • minerals,
  • crude oil,
  • ores,
  • seafood
partners:
  • Japan,
  • Singapore,
  • Thailand,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Taiwan

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1993, “Exports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/exports/1993.

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