The CIA World Factbook Edition 1996 Economy

Exports In 36 editions of 36.

Exports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1996 edition carries it in 233 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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World

$4.3 trillion (f.o.b., 1995 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

$9.5 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
petroleum and natural gas 97%
partners:
  • Italy 21%,
  • France 16%,
  • US 14%,
  • Germany 13%,
  • Spain 9%

Angola

$3 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

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

Benin

$310 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • cotton,
  • crude oil,
  • palm products,
  • cocoa
partners:
  • France,
  • Morocco 37%,
  • Portugal 14%,
  • Spain,
  • Italy,
  • UK,
  • US,
  • Libya

Botswana

$1.8 billion (f.o.b. 1994)

commodities:
  • diamonds 78%,
  • copper and nickel 6%,
  • meat 5%
partners:
  • Switzerland,
  • UK,
  • Southern African Customs Union (SACU),

Burkina Faso

$273 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • cotton,
  • gold,
  • animal products
partners:
  • EC,
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • Taiwan,
  • Thailand

Burundi

$68 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • coffee 81%,
  • tea,
  • cotton,
  • hides
partners:
  • EC 57%,
  • US 19%,
  • Asia 1%

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$4.4 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
fish, bananas
partners:
  • Netherlands,
  • Portugal,
  • Angola,
  • Spain

Cameroon

$1.2 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • crude oil and petroleum products,
  • lumber,
  • aluminum,
  • cocoa beans,
  • coffee,
  • cotton
partners:
  • EU (particularly France) about 50%,
  • African countries,
  • US

Central African Republic

$154 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

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

Chad

$132 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • cotton,
  • cattle,
  • textiles,
  • fish
partners:
  • France,
  • Nigeria,
  • Cameroon,
  • Zaire,
  • Sudan,
  • Central African Republic

Comoros

$13.7 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • vanilla,
  • ylang-ylang,
  • cloves,
  • perfume oil,
  • copra
partners:
  • US 44%,
  • France 40%,
  • Germany 6%,
  • Africa 5% (1992)

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

$419 million (f.o.b., 1994)

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

Congo now Republic of the Congo

$1 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • crude oil 90%,
  • lumber,
  • plywood,
  • sugar,
  • cocoa,
  • coffee,
  • diamonds
partners:
  • Italy,
  • France,
  • Spain,
  • other EU countries,
  • US,
  • Taiwan

Cote d'Ivoire

$2.9 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • cocoa 55%,
  • coffee 12%,
  • tropical woods 11%,
  • petroleum,
  • cotton,
  • bananas,
  • pineapples,
  • palm oil,
  • cotton,
  • fish
partners:
  • France,
  • Netherlands,
  • Germany,
  • Italy,
  • Burkina Faso,
  • US,
  • UK

Djibouti

$184 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
hides and skins, coffee (in transit)
partners:
Somalia 48%, Yemen 42%

Egypt

$5.4 billion (f.o.b., FY94/95 est.)

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

Equatorial Guinea

$62 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • coffee,
  • cocoa beans,
  • timber,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • Spain,
  • Nigeria,
  • Cameroon,
  • Japan,
  • Portugal

Eritrea

$33 million (1995 est.)

commodities:
  • livestock,
  • sorghum,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Ethiopia,
  • Italy,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • UK,
  • US,
  • Yemen

Swaziland now Eswatini

$798 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • sugar,
  • edible concentrates,
  • wood pulp,
  • cotton yarn,
  • asbestos
partners:
  • South Africa 50%,
  • EU countries,
  • Canada

Ethiopia

$296 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • coffee,
  • leather products,
  • gold
partners:
  • Germany,
  • Japan,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • France,
  • Italy

Gabon

$2.1 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • crude oil 80%,
  • timber 14%,
  • manganese 6%,
  • uranium
partners:
  • US 50%,
  • France 16%,
  • Japan 8%,
  • Spain 6%,
  • Germany NA (1994 est.)

The Gambia

$35 million (f.o.b., 1994 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 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
cocoa 40%, gold, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, and diamonds
partners:
  • Germany ,
  • US ,
  • UK ,
  • Netherlands ,
  • Japan (1995)

Guinea

$562 million (1994 est.)

commodities:
  • bauxite,
  • alumina,
  • diamonds,
  • gold,
  • coffee,
  • pineapples,
  • bananas,
  • palm kernels
partners:
  • US 23%,
  • Belgium 12%,
  • Ireland 12%,
  • Spain 12%

Guinea-Bissau

$32 million (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • cashews,
  • fish,
  • peanuts,
  • palm kernels
partners:
  • Portugal,
  • Spain,
  • Senegal,
  • India,
  • Nigeria,
  • Cote d'Ivoire

Kenya

$1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • tea 25%,
  • coffee 18%,
  • petroleum products 11% (1990)
partners:
  • EC 47%,
  • Africa 23%,
  • Asia 11%,
  • US 4%,
  • Middle East 3% (1991)

Lesotho

$142 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • clothing,
  • furniture,
  • footwear,
  • wool
partners:
  • South Africa 39%,
  • EC 22%,
  • North and South America 33% (1993)

Liberia

$530 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

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

Libya

$7.2 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • refined petroleum products,
  • natural gas
partners:
  • Italy,
  • Germany,
  • Spain,
  • France,
  • UK,
  • Turkey,
  • Greece,
  • Egypt

Madagascar

$240 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

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

Malawi

$365 million (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • tobacco,
  • tea,
  • sugar,
  • coffee,
  • peanuts,
  • wood products
partners:
  • US,
  • South Africa,
  • Germany,
  • Japan (1994)

Mali

$415 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • cotton,
  • livestock,
  • gold
partners:
mostly franc zone and Western Europe

Mauritania

$390 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
iron ore, fish and fish products
partners:
  • Japan 27%,
  • Italy,
  • Belgium,
  • Luxembourg

Mauritius

$1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

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

Mayotte

$2.9 million (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • ylang-ylang (perfume essence),
  • vanilla,
  • copra
partners:
  • France 80%,
  • Comoros 15%,
  • Reunion

Morocco

$4 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • food and beverages 30%,
  • semiprocessed goods 23%,
  • consumer goods 21%,
  • phosphates 17%
partners:
  • EC 70%,
  • Japan 5%,
  • US 4%,
  • Libya 3%,
  • India 2% (1993)

Mozambique

$170 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • shrimp 40%,
  • cashews,
  • cotton,
  • sugar,
  • copra,
  • citrus
partners:
  • Spain,
  • South Africa,
  • US,
  • Portugal,
  • Japan

Namibia

$1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1993)

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

Niger

$232 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • uranium ore 67%,
  • livestock products 20%,
  • cowpeas,
  • onions
partners:
  • France 77%,
  • Nigeria 8%,
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • Italy

Nigeria

$9.9 billion (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • oil 98%,
  • cocoa,
  • rubber
partners:
US 52%, EC 34%

Reunion

$174 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
sugar 63%, rum and molasses 4%, perfume essences 2%, lobster 3%, (1993)
partners:
  • France,
  • Mauritius,
  • Bahrain,
  • South Africa,
  • Italy,
  • Madagascar

Rwanda

$52 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • coffee 63%,
  • tea,
  • cassiterite,
  • wolframite,
  • pyrethrum
partners:
  • Germany,
  • Belgium,
  • Italy,
  • Uganda,
  • UK,
  • France,
  • US

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

$27,400 (f.o.b., FY92/93)

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

Sao Tome and Principe

$7.1 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • cocoa 85%-90%,
  • copra,
  • coffee,
  • palm oil
partners:
  • Netherlands,
  • Germany,
  • China,
  • Portugal

Senegal

$940 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • fish,
  • ground nuts (peanuts),
  • petroleum products,
  • phosphates,
  • cotton
partners:
  • France,
  • other EU countries,
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • Mali

Seychelles

$50 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • fish,
  • cinnamon bark,
  • copra,
  • petroleum products (re-exports)
partners:
France 43%, UK 22%, Reunion 11%, (1992)

Sierra Leone

$115 million (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • rutile 51%,
  • bauxite 20%,
  • diamonds 16%,
  • coffee 6%,
  • cocoa 7%,
  • fish (1989)
partners:
  • US,
  • UK,
  • Belgium,
  • Germany,
  • other Western Europe

Somalia

$100 million (1995 est.)

commodities:
  • bananas,
  • live animals,
  • fish,
  • hides
partners:
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • other Gulf states,
  • Italy,
  • US (bananas)

South Africa

$27.9 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • gold 27%,
  • other minerals and metals 20%-25%,
  • food 5%,
  • chemicals 3% (1994)
partners:
  • Italy,
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • UK,
  • other EU countries,
  • Hong Kong

Sudan

$535 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • cotton 24%,
  • livestock/meat 13%,
  • gum arabic 11%
partners:
  • EU 39%,
  • Saudi Arabia 19%,
  • Japan 9%,
  • US 3% (1993)

Tanzania

$462 million (f.o.b., 1994)

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

Togo

$162.2 (f.o.b., 1994)

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

Tunisia

$4.7 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • hydrocarbons,
  • agricultural products,
  • phosphates and chemicals
partners:
  • EU countries 75%,
  • Middle East 10%,
  • Algeria 2%,
  • India 2%,
  • US 1%

Uganda

$424 million (f.o.b., 1994)

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

Western Sahara

$NA

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

Zambia

$1.075 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

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

Zimbabwe

$2.2 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • agricultural 35% (tobacco 30%, other 5%),
  • manufactures 25%,
  • gold 12%,
  • ferrochrome 10%,
  • textiles 8% (1992)
partners:
  • UK 14%,
  • Germany 11%,
  • South Africa 10%,
  • Japan 7%,
  • US 5% (1991)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

$330.5 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

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

Iceland

$1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

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

$188.2 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • fruits and nuts,
  • handwoven carpets,
  • wool,
  • cotton,
  • hides and pelts,
  • precious and semi-precious gems
partners:
  • FSU countries,
  • Pakistan,
  • Iran,
  • Germany,
  • India,
  • UK,
  • Belgium,
  • Luxembourg,
  • Czechoslovakia

Armenia

$248 million (f.o.b., 1995) commodities: gold and jewelry, aluminum, transport equipment, electrical equipment, scrap metal partners: Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Georgia

Azerbaijan

$549.9 million (f.o.b., 1995)

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

Bangladesh

$2.7 billion (1995 est.)

commodities:
  • garments,
  • jute and jute goods,
  • leather,
  • shrimp
partners:
US 33%, Western Europe 39% (Germany 8.4%, Italy 6%) (FY91/92 est.)

Bhutan

$70.9 million (f.o.b., FY94/95 est.)

commodities:
  • cardamon,
  • gypsum,
  • timber,
  • handicrafts,
  • cement,
  • fruit,
  • electricity (to India),
  • precious stones,
  • spices
partners:
India 94%, Bangladesh

China

$148.8 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • garments,
  • textiles,
  • footwear,
  • toys,
  • machinery and equipment (1994)
partners:
  • Hong Kong,
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • South Korea,
  • Singapore (1994)

Georgia

$140 million (c.i.f., 1995)

commodities:
  • citrus fruits, tea, wine, other agricultural products;
  • diverse types of machinery;
  • ferrous and nonferrous metals;
  • textiles;
  • chemicals;
  • fuel re-exports
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Turkey,
  • Armenia,
  • Azerbaijan

India

$29.96 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
clothing, gems and jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures, cotton yarn, and fabric
partners:
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • Germany,
  • UK,
  • Hong Kong

Japan

$442.84 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
manufactures 97% (including machinery 46%, motor vehicles 20%, consumer electronics 10%)
partners:
  • Southeast Asia 38%,
  • US 27%,
  • Western Europe 17%,
  • China 5%

Kazakstan now Kazakhstan

$5.1 billion (1995)

commodities:
  • oil,
  • ferrous and nonferrous metals,
  • chemicals,
  • grain,
  • wool,
  • meat,
  • coal
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Ukraine,
  • Uzbekistan

Korea, North now North Korea

$840 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

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

Korea, South now South Korea

$125.4 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • electronic and electrical equipment, machinery, steel, automobiles, ships;
  • textiles, clothing, footwear;
  • fish
partners:
  • US 19%,
  • Japan 14%,
  • EU 13%

Kyrgyzstan

$380 million (1995)

commodities:
  • cotton, wool, meat, tobacco;
  • gold, mercury, uranium, hydropower;
  • machinery;
  • shoes
partners:
Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakstan, Turkey, Cuba, and Germany

Maldives

$75.3 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

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

Mongolia

$400 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • copper,
  • livestock,
  • animal products,
  • cashmere,
  • wool,
  • hides,
  • fluorspar,
  • other nonferrous metals
partners:
  • former CMEA countries 62%,
  • China 17%,
  • EC 8% (1992)

Nepal

$430 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.) but does not include unrecorded border trade with India

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

Pakistan

$8.7 billion (1995 est.)

commodities:
  • cotton,
  • textiles,
  • clothing,
  • rice,
  • leather,
  • carpets
partners:
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Germany,
  • UK,
  • UAE,
  • France

Russia

$77.8 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and wood products, metals, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures
partners:
  • Europe,
  • North America,
  • Japan,
  • Third World countries,
  • Cuba

Sri Lanka

$3.2 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • garments and textiles,
  • teas,
  • diamonds,
  • other gems,
  • petroleum products,
  • rubber products,
  • other agricultural products,
  • marine products,
  • graphite
partners:
  • US 34.7%,
  • UK,
  • Germany,
  • Japan,
  • Netherlands,
  • France (1994)

Tajikistan

$707 million (1995)

commodities:
  • cotton,
  • aluminum,
  • fruits,
  • vegetable oil,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Kazakstan,
  • Ukraine,
  • Uzbekistan,
  • Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

  • $1.9 billion to states outside the FSU (1995)
commodities:
  • natural gas,
  • cotton,
  • petroleum products,
  • electricity,
  • textiles,
  • carpets
partners:
  • Ukraine,
  • Russia,
  • Kazakstan,
  • Uzbekistan,
  • Georgia,
  • Azerbaijan,
  • Armenia,
  • Eastern Europe,
  • Turkey,
  • Argentina

Uzbekistan

$3.1 billion (1995)

commodities:
  • cotton,
  • gold,
  • natural gas,
  • mineral fertilizers,
  • ferrous metals,
  • textiles,
  • food products
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Ukraine,
  • Eastern Europe,
  • US

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$556,000 (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
lobster and salt
partners:
NA

Antigua and Barbuda

$40.9 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

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

$1.3 billion (including oil re-exports) (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
mostly refined petroleum products
partners:
US 64%, EU

The Bahamas

$224.257 million (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • pharmaceuticals,
  • cement,
  • rum,
  • crawfish,
  • refined petroleum products
partners:
  • US 51%,
  • UK 7%,
  • Norway 7%,
  • France 6%,
  • Italy 5%

Barbados

$158.6 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • sugar and molasses,
  • rum,
  • other foods and beverages,
  • chemicals,
  • electrical components,
  • clothing
partners:
  • US 13%,
  • UK 10%,
  • Trinidad and Tobago 9%,
  • Windward Islands 8%

Belize

$115 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • sugar,
  • citrus fruits,
  • bananas,
  • clothing,
  • fish products,
  • molasses,
  • wood
partners:
  • US 38%,
  • UK,
  • other EC (1994)

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

$10 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

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

Costa Rica

$2.4 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • coffee,
  • bananas,
  • textiles,
  • sugar
partners:
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • Italy,
  • Guatemala,
  • El Salvador,
  • Netherlands,
  • UK,
  • France

Cuba

$1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • sugar,
  • nickel,
  • shellfish,
  • tobacco,
  • medical products,
  • citrus,
  • coffee
partners:
  • Canada 15%,
  • China 15%,
  • Russia 15% (1995 est.)

Dominica

$48.3 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • bananas,
  • soap,
  • bay oil,
  • vegetables,
  • grapefruit,
  • oranges
partners:
  • UK 55%,
  • Caricom countries,
  • Italy,
  • US

Dominican Republic

$837.7 million (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • ferronickel,
  • sugar,
  • gold,
  • coffee,
  • cocoa
partners:
  • US 47.5%,
  • EC 22%,
  • Puerto Rico 8.4%,
  • Asia 6.7% (1994)

El Salvador

$1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • coffee,
  • sugarcane,
  • shrimp
partners:
  • US,
  • Guatemala,
  • Costa Rica,
  • Germany

Grenada

$24.2 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • bananas,
  • cocoa,
  • nutmeg,
  • fruit and vegetables,
  • clothing,
  • mace
partners:
  • Caricom 32.3%,
  • UK 20%,
  • US 13%,
  • Netherlands 8.8% (1991)

Guadeloupe

$130 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • bananas,
  • sugar,
  • rum
partners:
France 70%, Martinique 17% (1991)

Guatemala

$2.3 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • coffee,
  • sugar,
  • bananas,
  • cardamom,
  • beef
partners:
  • US 30%,
  • El Salvador,
  • Costa Rica,
  • Germany,
  • Honduras

Haiti

$161 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • light manufactures 65%,
  • coffee 19%,
  • other agriculture 8%,
  • other 8%
partners:
US 81%, Europe 12% (1993)

Honduras

$843 million (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • bananas,
  • coffee,
  • shrimp,
  • lobster,
  • minerals,
  • meat,
  • lumber
partners:
  • US 53%,
  • Germany 11%,
  • Belgium 8%,
  • UK 5%

Jamaica

$2 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • alumina,
  • bauxite,
  • sugar,
  • bananas,
  • rum
partners:
  • US 47%,
  • UK 11%,
  • Canada 9%,
  • Norway 7%,
  • France 4% (1993)

Martinique

$218 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • refined petroleum products,
  • bananas,
  • rum,
  • pineapples
partners:
  • France 57%,
  • Guadeloupe 31%,
  • French Guiana (1991)

Montserrat

$2.3 million (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • electronic components,
  • plastic bags,
  • apparel,
  • hot peppers,
  • live plants,
  • cattle
partners:
US, Ireland

Netherlands Antilles

$1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
petroleum products 98%
partners:
  • US 39%,
  • Brazil 9%,
  • Colombia 6%

Nicaragua

$525.5 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • meat,
  • coffee,
  • cotton,
  • sugar,
  • seafood,
  • gold,
  • bananas
partners:
  • US,
  • Central America,
  • Canada,
  • Germany

Panama

$548 million (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • bananas 43%,
  • shrimp 11%,
  • sugar 4%,
  • clothing 5%,
  • coffee 2%
partners:
  • US 39%,
  • EU,
  • Central America and Caribbean

Puerto Rico

$21.8 billion (1994)

commodities:
  • pharmaceuticals,
  • electronics,
  • apparel,
  • canned tuna,
  • rum,
  • beverage concentrates,
  • medical equipment,
  • instruments
partners:
US 86.2% (1993)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

$35.4 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • food,
  • electronics,
  • beverages and tobacco
partners:
  • US 46.6%,
  • UK 26.4%,
  • Caricom nations 9.8% (1994)

Saint Lucia

$122.8 million (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • bananas 60%,
  • clothing,
  • cocoa,
  • vegetables,
  • fruits,
  • coconut oil
partners:
  • UK 56%,
  • US 22%,
  • Caricom countries19% (1991)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$57.1 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • bananas,
  • eddoes and dasheen (taro),
  • arrowroot starch,
  • tennis racquets
partners:
  • UK 54%,
  • Caricom countries 34%,
  • US 10%

Trinidad and Tobago

$2.2 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • chemicals,
  • steel products,
  • fertilizer,
  • sugar,
  • cocoa,
  • coffee,
  • citrus,
  • flowers
partners:
  • US 48%,
  • Caricom countries15%,
  • Latin America 9%,
  • EU 5% (1994)

Turks and Caicos Islands

$6.8 million (f.o.b., 1993)

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

$141 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • asphalt,
  • metals and metallic ores,
  • electricity,
  • crude oil,
  • vegetables,
  • fruits,
  • tobacco
partners:
  • Italy,
  • US,
  • Greece,
  • The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Andorra

$46.2 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • electricity,
  • tobacco products,
  • furniture
partners:
France 35%, Spain 59%

Austria

$45.2 billion (1994)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • iron and steel,
  • lumber,
  • textiles,
  • paper products,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • EU 64.8% (Germany 38.1%, Italy 8.1%),
  • Eastern Europe 11.8%,
  • Japan 1.6%,
  • US 3.5% (1994)

Belarus

$4.2 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Ukraine,
  • Poland,
  • Germany

Belgium

$108 billion (f.o.b., 1994) Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU)

commodities:
  • iron and steel,
  • transportation equipment,
  • tractors,
  • diamonds,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • EU 67.2% (Germany 19%),
  • US 5.8%,
  • former Communist countries 1.4% (1994)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$NA

commodities:
NA
partners:
NA

Bulgaria

$4.2 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment 12.8%;
  • agriculture and food 21.9%;
  • textiles and apparel 14%;
  • metals and ores 19.7%;
  • chemicals 16.9%;
  • minerals and fuels 9.3%
partners:
  • former CEMA countries 35.7%;
  • OECD 46.6% (EU 33.5%);
  • Arab countries 5.1%;
  • other 12.6%

Croatia

$4.3 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • 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)
partners:
  • Germany 22.9%,
  • Italy 21.2%,
  • Slovenia 18.3% (1993)

Czech Republic now Czechia

$17.4 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • fuels,
  • minerals,
  • metals,
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • Germany 32.4%,
  • Slovakia 16.1%,
  • Austria 6.7%,
  • Poland 5.3%,
  • Italy 4%,
  • Russia 3.3%,
  • Netherlands 2.8%,
  • France 2.6%,
  • UK 2.2%,
  • Hungary 2.1%,
  • US 1.8%,
  • Belgium 1.5% (January-September 1995)

Denmark

$39.6 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • meat and meat products,
  • dairy products,
  • transport equipment (shipbuilding),
  • fish,
  • chemicals,
  • industrial machinery
partners:
  • EU 49.4% (Germany 22.4%, UK 8.2%),
  • Sweden 10.4%,
  • Norway 6.5%,
  • US 5.5%,
  • Japan 4.1%,
  • FSU 1.7% (1994)

Estonia

$1.8 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • textile 14%,
  • food products 11%,
  • vehicles 11%,
  • metals 11% (1993)
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Finland,
  • Sweden,
  • Germany

Faroe Islands

$345.3 million (f.o.b., 1993 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

$29.7 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • paper and pulp,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals,
  • metals,
  • timber
partners:
  • EU 46.5% (Germany 13.4%, UK 10.3%),
  • Sweden 11%,
  • US 7.2%,
  • Japan 2.1%,
  • FSU 8.6% (1994)

France

$235.5 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs,
  • agricultural products,
  • iron and steel products,
  • textiles and clothing
partners:
  • Germany 17.1%,
  • Italy 9.3%,
  • Spain 7.1%,
  • Belgium-Luxembourg 8.7%,
  • UK 9.9%,
  • Netherlands 4.6%,
  • US 7.0%,
  • Japan 2.0%,
  • Russia 0.5%

Germany

$437 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • manufactures 89.3% (including machines and machine tools, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel products),
  • agricultural products 5.5%,
  • raw materials 2.7%,
  • fuels 1.3% (1993)
partners:
  • EC 47.9% (France 11.7%, Netherlands 7.4%, Italy 7.5%, UK 7.7%, Belgium-Luxembourg 6.6%),
  • EFTA 15.5%,
  • US 7.7%,
  • Eastern Europe 5.2%,
  • OPEC 3.0% (1993)

Gibraltar

$57 million (f.o.b., 1992)

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

Greece

  • $8.8 billion (f.o.b., 1994) commodities: manufactured goods 53%,
  • foodstuffs 34%,
  • fuels 5% partners: EU 55% (Germany 21%, Italy 14%, France 5.4%, UK 6%),
  • US 5% (1994)

Guernsey

$NA

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

Hungary

$13 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • raw materials and semi-finished goods 36.4%,
  • consumer goods 26.7%,
  • food and agriculture 20.5%,
  • capital goods 13.1%,
  • fuels and energy 3.3% (1994)
partners:
  • Germany 28.2%,
  • Austria 10.9%,
  • Italy 8.5%,
  • Russia 7.5%,
  • US 4.0% (1994)

Ireland

$29.9 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • chemicals,
  • data processing equipment,
  • industrial machinery,
  • live animals,
  • animal products
partners:
EU 73% (UK 27%, Germany 14%, France 9%), US 9%

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

$NA

commodities:
  • tweeds,
  • herring,
  • processed shellfish,
  • beef,
  • lamb
partners:
UK

Italy

$190.8 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • metals,
  • textiles and clothing,
  • production machinery,
  • motor vehicles,
  • transportation equipment,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • EU 53.4%,
  • US 7.8%,
  • OPEC 3.8% (1994)

Jersey

$NA

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

Latvia

$1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • timber,
  • textiles,
  • dairy products
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Germany,
  • Sweden,
  • UK,
  • Lithuania

Liechtenstein

$1.636 billion (1993)

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

Lithuania

$2.2 billion (1994)

commodities:
  • electronics 18%,
  • food 10%,
  • chemicals 6%,
  • petroleum products 5% (1989)
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Ukraine,
  • Germany

Luxembourg

$5.9 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.) commodities: finished steel products, chemicals, rubber products, glass, aluminum, other industrial products partners: Germany 28%, France 18%, Belgium 15%, UK 7%, Netherlands 5%

Malta

$1.5 billion (f.o.b., 1994) commodities: machinery and transport equipment, clothing and footware, printed matter partners: Italy 32%, Germany 16%, UK 8%

Moldova

$720 million (1995)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • wine,
  • tobacco,
  • textiles and footwear,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Kazakstan,
  • Ukraine,
  • Romania,
  • Germany

Monaco

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

Netherlands

$146 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • metal products,
  • chemicals,
  • processed food and tobacco,
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • EU 73% (Germany 28%, Belgium-Luxembourg 13%, UK 9%),
  • Central and Eastern Europe 2%,
  • US 5% (1994)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

$916.2 million (1995)

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% (1990)
partners:
  • principally Serbia and Montenegro and the other former Yugoslav republics,
  • Germany,
  • Greece,
  • Albania

Norway

$34.7 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • petroleum and petroleum products 43%,
  • metals and products 11%,
  • foodstuffs (mostly fish) 9%,
  • chemicals and raw materials 25%,
  • natural gas 6.0%,
  • ships 5.4%
partners:
  • EU 77.8% (UK 20.8%, Germany 12.4%, France 8.12%),
  • Sweden 9.4%,
  • US 6.7%,
  • Japan 1.9% (1994)

Poland

$22.2 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • intermediate goods 27.5%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 19.8%,
  • miscellaneous manufactures 20.5%,
  • foodstuffs 11.6%,
  • fuels 9.1% (1994)
partners:
  • Germany 35.7%,
  • Netherlands 5.9%,
  • Russia 5.4%,
  • Italy 4.9% (1994)

Portugal

$18.9 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • clothing and footwear,
  • machinery,
  • cork and paper products,
  • hides
partners:
EU 75.1%, other developed countries 12.4% (US 5.2%) (1995)

Romania

$6.2 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • textiles and footwear 23.8%,
  • metals and metal products 17.3%,
  • fuels and mineral products 11.6%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 14.8%,
  • chemicals 7.9%,
  • food and agricultural goods 6.5%,
  • other 18.1% (1994)
partners:
  • developing countries 30.3%,
  • East and Central Europe 8.4%,
  • Russia 3.4%,
  • OECD 57.9% (EU 50%, US 3.1%) (1994)

San Marino

trade data are included with the statistics for Italy;

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

Serbia and Montenegro

$NA

commodities:
  • prior to the breakup of the federation,
  • Yugoslavia exported machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • chemicals,
  • food and live animals,
  • raw materials
partners:
prior to the imposition of UN sanctions trade partners were the other former Yugoslav republics, Italy, Germany, other EC, the FSU countries, East European countries, US

Slovakia

$8.8 billion (f.o.b., January-November 1995)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment;
  • chemicals;
  • fuels, minerals, and metals;
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • Czech Republic 35.4%,
  • Germany 18.9%,
  • Austria 5.0%,
  • Italy 4.7%,
  • Hungary 4.6%,
  • Poland 4.4%,
  • Russia 3.6%,
  • Ukraine 2.1%,
  • France 2.0%,
  • Netherlands 1.7% (January-October 1995)

Slovenia

$8.3 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment 27%,
  • intermediate manufactured goods 26%,
  • chemicals 9%,
  • food 4.8%,
  • raw materials 3%,
  • consumer goods 26% (1993)
partners:
  • Germany 30.9%,
  • former Yugoslavia 14.0%,
  • Italy 14.1%,
  • France 8.9%,
  • Austria 6.4%,
  • CEFTA (Central European Free Trade Agreement) countries 5% (January-August 1995 est.)

Spain

$85 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • cars and trucks,
  • semifinished manufactured goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery
partners:
  • EU 68.7%,
  • US 4.9%,
  • other developed countries 7.9% (1994)

Sweden

$61.2 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • motor vehicles,
  • paper products,
  • pulp and wood,
  • iron and steel products,
  • chemicals,
  • petroleum and petroleum products
partners:
  • EU 59.1% (Germany 13.2%, UK 10.2%, Denmark 6.9%, France 5.1%),
  • Norway 8.1%,
  • Finland 4.8%,
  • US 8.0% (1994)

Switzerland

$69.6 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • precision instruments,
  • metal products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles and clothing
partners:
  • Western Europe 63.1% (EU countries 56%, other 7.1%),
  • US 8.8%,
  • Japan 3.4%

Ukraine

$11.3 billion (1995)

commodities:
  • coal,
  • electric power,
  • ferrous and nonferrous metals,
  • chemicals,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • grain,
  • meat
partners:
  • other FSU countries,
  • China,
  • Italy,
  • Switzerland

United Kingdom

$200.4 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals,
  • semifinished goods,
  • transport equipment
partners:
EU countries 56.4% (Germany 12.7%, France 9.9%, Netherlands 7.0%), US 13.1%

Middle East

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Bahrain

$3.2 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products 80%, aluminum 7%
partners:
  • India 20%,
  • Japan 14%,
  • Saudi Arabia 7%,
  • US 6%,
  • UAE 5% (1994)

Gaza Strip

$49 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
citrus
partners:
Israel, Egypt

Iran

$16 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum 85%,
  • carpets,
  • fruits,
  • nuts,
  • hides,
  • iron,
  • steel
partners:
Japan, Italy, France, Netherlands, Belgium/Luxembourg, Spain, and Germany

Iraq

$NA

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

Israel

$28.4 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • cut diamonds,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles and apparel,
  • agricultural products,
  • metals
partners:
  • US,
  • EU,
  • Japan

Jordan

$1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

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

Kuwait

$11.9 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
oil
partners:
  • US 23%,
  • Japan 13%,
  • Germany 10%,
  • UK 9%,
  • France 8%

Lebanon

$1 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • agricultural products,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles,
  • precious and semiprecious metals and jewelry,
  • metals and metal products
partners:
  • Saudi Arabia 13%,
  • Switzerland 12%,
  • UAE 11%,
  • Syria 9%,
  • US 5%

Oman

$4.8 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum 87%,
  • reexports,
  • fish,
  • processed copper,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Japan 35%,
  • South Korea 15.8%,
  • US 9%,
  • China 8%,
  • Thailand 5% (1994)

Qatar

$2.9 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum products 75%,
  • steel,
  • fertilizers
partners:
  • Japan 61%,
  • Australia 5%,
  • UAE 4%,
  • Singapore 4% (1994)

Saudi Arabia

$41.7 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products 90%
partners:
  • US 17%,
  • Japan 17%,
  • South Korea 8%,
  • Singapore 7%,
  • France 5% (1994)

Syria

$3.5 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • petroleum 66%,
  • cotton,
  • fruits and vegetables 14%,
  • textiles 9%,
  • animal products 4%,
  • industrial products 3%
partners:
  • EU 61%,
  • Arab countries 24%,
  • former CEMA countries,
  • China,
  • Yugoslavia 5%,
  • US and Canada 3% (1993 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

$20.7 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • textiles and apparel 37%,
  • steel products 12%,
  • fruits and vegetables 11% (1994)
partners:
  • Germany 22%,
  • Russia 8%,
  • US 8%,
  • Italy 6% (1994)

United Arab Emirates

$25.3 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • crude oil 66%,
  • natural gas,
  • reexports,
  • dried fish,
  • dates
partners:
  • Japan 45%,
  • India 6%,
  • Oman 6%,
  • South Korea 5%,
  • Iran 5% (1994)

West Bank

$116 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • olives,
  • fruit,
  • vegetables
partners:
Jordan, Israel

Yemen

$1.1 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • cotton,
  • coffee,
  • hides,
  • vegetables,
  • dried and salted fish
partners:
  • US 17%,
  • Japan 16%,
  • Singapore 15%,
  • China 13% (1994)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$60 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • semitropical produce,
  • light manufactures,
  • reexports of pharmaceuticals
partners:
US 62.4%, UK 20%

Canada

$185 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

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

$80 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.), includes in-bond industries

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • oil products,
  • coffee,
  • silver,
  • engines,
  • motor vehicles,
  • cotton,
  • consumer electronics
partners:
  • US 85%,
  • Japan 1.6%,
  • EU 4.6% (1994 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$13.74 million (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
fish and fish products, fox and mink pelts
partners:
  • US 58%,
  • France 17%,
  • UK 11%,
  • Canada,
  • Portugal (1990)

United States

$578 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • capital goods,
  • automobiles,
  • industrial supplies and raw materials,
  • consumer goods,
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • Western Europe 24.3%,
  • Canada 22.1%,
  • Japan 10.5% (1993)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

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

commodities:
canned tuna 93%
partners:
US 99.6%

Australia

$51.57 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • coal,
  • gold,
  • meat,
  • wool,
  • alumina,
  • wheat,
  • machinery and transport equipment
partners:
  • Japan 25%,
  • US 11%,
  • South Korea 6%,
  • NZ 5.7%,
  • UK,
  • Taiwan,
  • Singapore,
  • Hong Kong (1992)

Cook Islands

$3.4 million (f.o.b., 1990)

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

Fiji

$571.8 million (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • sugar 40%,
  • clothing,
  • gold,
  • processed fish,
  • lumber
partners:
  • EC 26%,
  • Australia 15%,
  • Pacific Islands 11%,
  • Japan 6%

French Polynesia

$230 million (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • cultured pearls 41.6%,
  • coconut products,
  • mother-of-pearl,
  • vanilla,
  • shark meat (1992)
partners:
France 34%, US 10% (1992)

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

$6.3 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • copra 50%,
  • seaweed 16%,
  • fish 15%
partners:
  • Denmark,
  • Fiji,
  • US

Marshall Islands

$21.3 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • coconut oil,
  • fish,
  • live animals,
  • trochus shells
partners:
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • Australia

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

$29.1 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • fish,
  • garments,
  • bananas,
  • black pepper
partners:
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • Guam

Nauru

$25.3 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
phosphates
partners:
Australia, NZ

New Caledonia

$477 million (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
nickel metal 22%, nickel ore
partners:
  • France 32.2%,
  • Japan 23.5%,
  • Germany 6.7%,
  • US 3.6%,
  • India 1.2%

New Zealand

$13.41 billion (1995)

commodities:
  • wool,
  • lamb,
  • mutton,
  • beef,
  • fish,
  • cheese,
  • chemicals,
  • forestry products,
  • fruits and vegetables,
  • manufactures
partners:
  • Australia 20%,
  • Japan 15%,
  • US 12%,
  • UK 6%

Niue

$117,500 (f.o.b., 1989)

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

$1.5 million (f.o.b., FY91/92)

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:
garments
partners:
NA

Palau

$600,000 (f.o.b., 1989)

commodities:
  • trochus (type of shellfish),
  • tuna,
  • copra,
  • handicrafts
partners:
US, Japan

Papua New Guinea

$2.4 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • gold,
  • copper ore,
  • oil,
  • logs,
  • palm oil,
  • coffee,
  • cocoa,
  • lobster
partners:
  • Australia,
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • Singapore,
  • New Zealand

Pitcairn Islands

$NA

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

Western Samoa now Samoa

$6.4 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • coconut oil and cream,
  • taro,
  • copra,
  • cocoa
partners:
  • New Zealand 34%,
  • American Samoa 21%,
  • Germany 18%,
  • Australia 11%

Solomon Islands

$94 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • fish 46%,
  • timber 31%,
  • palm oil 5%,
  • cocoa,
  • copra
partners:
  • Japan 39%,
  • UK 23%,
  • Thailand 9%,
  • Australia 5%,
  • US 2% (1991)

Tokelau

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

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

Tonga

$20.3 million (f.o.b., FY93/94)

commodities:
  • squash,
  • vanilla,
  • fish,
  • root crops,
  • coconut oil
partners:
  • Japan 59%,
  • US 14%,
  • Australia 6%,
  • NZ 6% (FY93/94)

Tuvalu

$165,000 (f.o.b., 1989) commodities: copra partners: Fiji, Australia, NZ

Vanuatu

$24.6 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • copra,
  • beef,
  • cocoa,
  • timber,
  • coffee
partners:
  • EU 32%,
  • Japan 29%,
  • Australia 11%,
  • New Caledonia 7% (1993)

Wallis and Futuna

$370,000 (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
copra, handicrafts
partners:
NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$20.7 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • meat,
  • wheat,
  • corn,
  • oilseed,
  • manufactures
partners:
  • US 9%,
  • Brazil,
  • Italy,
  • Japan,
  • Netherlands

Bolivia

$1.1 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • metals 39%,
  • natural gas 9%,
  • soybeans 11%,
  • jewelry 11%,
  • wood 8%
partners:
US 26%, Argentina 15% (1993 est.)

Brazil

$46.5 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • iron ore,
  • soybean bran,
  • orange juice,
  • footwear,
  • coffee,
  • motor vehicle parts
partners:
  • EU 27.6%,
  • Latin America 21.8%,
  • US 17.4%,
  • Japan 6.3% (1993)

Chile

$15.9 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • copper 41%,
  • other metals and minerals 8.7%,
  • wood products 7.1%,
  • fish and fishmeal 9.8%,
  • fruits 8.4% (1991)
partners:
  • EU 25%,
  • US 15%,
  • Asia 34%,
  • Latin America 20% (1995 est.)

Colombia

$10.5 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • coffee,
  • coal,
  • bananas,
  • fresh cut flowers
partners:
  • US 39%,
  • EC 25.7%,
  • Japan 2.9%,
  • Venezuela 8.5% (1992)

Ecuador

$4 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • petroleum 39%,
  • bananas 17%,
  • shrimp 16%,
  • cocoa 3%,
  • coffee 6%
partners:
  • US 42%,
  • Latin America 29%,
  • Caribbean,
  • EU countries 17%

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

$5.4 million

commodities:
  • wool,
  • hides,
  • meat
partners:
  • UK,
  • Netherlands,
  • Japan (1992)

French Guiana

$110 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • shrimp,
  • timber,
  • rum,
  • rosewood essence
partners:
  • France 52%,
  • Spain 15%,
  • US 5% (1992)

Guyana

$453 million (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • sugar,
  • bauxite/alumina,
  • rice,
  • shrimp,
  • molasses
partners:
  • UK 33%,
  • US 31%,
  • Canada 9%,
  • France 5%,
  • Japan 3% (1992)

Paraguay

$819.5 million (f.o.b., 1995)

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

Peru

$5.6 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • copper,
  • zinc,
  • fishmeal,
  • crude petroleum and byproducts,
  • lead,
  • refined silver,
  • coffee,
  • cotton
partners:
  • US 19%,
  • Japan 9%,
  • Italy,
  • Germany

Suriname

$293.6 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • alumina,
  • aluminum,
  • shrimp and fish,
  • rice,
  • bananas
partners:
  • Norway 33%,
  • Netherlands 26%,
  • US 13%,
  • Japan 6%,
  • Brazil 6%,
  • UK 3% (1992)

Uruguay

$2.3 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • wool and textile manufactures,
  • beef and other animal products,
  • leather,
  • rice
partners:
  • Brazil,
  • Argentina,
  • US,
  • China,
  • Italy

Venezuela

  • $18.3 billion (f.o.b., 1995) commodities: petroleum 72%,
  • bauxite and aluminum,
  • steel,
  • chemicals,
  • agricultural products,
  • basic manufactures partners: US and Puerto Rico 55%,
  • Japan,
  • Netherlands,
  • Italy

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

$2.4 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • liquefied natural gas,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • Japan 50%,
  • UK 19%,
  • Thailand 10%,
  • Singapore 9% (1994 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$879 million (FY94/95 est.)

commodities:
  • pulses and beans,
  • teak,
  • rice,
  • hardwood
partners:
  • Singapore,
  • China,
  • Thailand,
  • India,
  • Hong Kong

Cambodia

$240.7 million (1995 est.)

commodities:
  • timber,
  • rubber,
  • soybeans,
  • sesame
partners:
  • Singapore,
  • Japan,
  • Thailand,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Indonesia,
  • Malaysia

Christmas Island

$NA

commodities:
phosphate
partners:
Australia, NZ

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

commodities:
copra
partners:
Australia

Hong Kong

$177.1 billion (including re-exports)(f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
  • clothing,
  • textiles,
  • yarn and fabric,
  • footwear,
  • electrical appliances,
  • watches and clocks,
  • toys
partners:
  • China 33%,
  • US 22%,
  • Germany 5%,
  • Japan 5%,
  • UK 3% (1993)

Indonesia

$39.9 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • manufactures 51.9%,
  • fuels 26.4%,
  • foodstuffs 12.7%,
  • raw materials 9.0%
partners:
  • Japan 27.4%,
  • US 14.6%,
  • Singapore 10.1%,
  • South Korea 6.5%,
  • Taiwan 4.1%,
  • Netherlands 3.3%,
  • China 3.3%,
  • Hong Kong 3.3%,
  • Germany 3.2%

Laos

$278 million (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • electricity,
  • wood products,
  • coffee,
  • tin,
  • garments
partners:
  • Thailand,
  • Japan,
  • France,
  • Germany,
  • Netherlands

Macau

$1.9 billion (1995 est.)

commodities:
  • textiles,
  • clothing,
  • toys
partners:
  • US 35%,
  • Hong Kong 12.5%,
  • Germany 12%,
  • China 9.9%,
  • France 8% (1992 est.)

Malaysia

$72 billion (1995)

commodities:
  • electronic equipment,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • palm oil,
  • wood and wood products,
  • rubber,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Singapore 21%,
  • US 20%,
  • Japan 12%,
  • UK 4%,
  • Thailand 4%,
  • Germany 3% (1994)

Philippines

$17.4 billion (f.o.b., 1995)

commodities:
  • electronics,
  • textiles,
  • coconut products,
  • copper,
  • fish
partners:
  • US 39%,
  • Japan 15%,
  • Germany 5%,
  • Hong Kong 5%,
  • UK 5% (1994)

Singapore

$119.6 billion (1995)

commodities:
  • computer equipment,
  • rubber and rubber products,
  • petroleum products,
  • telecommunications equipment
partners:
  • Malaysia 20%,
  • US 19%,
  • Hong Kong 9%,
  • Japan 7%,
  • Thailand 6% (1994)

Taiwan

$93 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • electrical machinery 19.7%,
  • electronic products 19.6%,
  • textiles 10.9%,
  • footwear 3.3%,
  • foodstuffs 1.0%,
  • plywood and wood products 0.9% (1993 est.)
partners:
  • US 27.6%,
  • Hong Kong 21.7%,
  • EU countries 15.2%,
  • Japan 10.5% (1994 est.)

Thailand

$45.1 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • manufactures 73%,
  • agricultural products and fisheries 21%,
  • raw materials 5%,
  • fuels 1%
partners:
  • US 21.0%,
  • Japan 17.1%,
  • Singapore 13.6%,
  • Hong Kong 5.3%,
  • Germany 3.5%,
  • UK 3.0%,
  • Netherlands 2.8%,
  • Malaysia 2.4%

Vietnam

$5.3 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)

commodities:
crude oil, rice, marine products, coffee, rubber, tea, and garments
partners:
  • Japan,
  • Singapore,
  • Taiwan,
  • Hong Kong,
  • France,
  • South Korea

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1996, “Exports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/exports/1996.

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