The CIA World Factbook Edition 1997 Economy

Exports In 36 editions of 36.

Exports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1997 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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World

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World

total value:
$4.6 trillion (f.o.b., 1996 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

total value:
$11 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
petroleum and natural gas 97%
partners:
  • Italy 18.8%,
  • US 14.8%,
  • France 11.8%,
  • Spain 8%,
  • Germany 7.9% (1995 est.)

Angola

total value:
$4 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • crude oil 90%,
  • diamonds,
  • refined petroleum products,
  • gas,
  • coffee,
  • sisal,
  • fish and fish products,
  • timber,
  • cotton
partners:
US 70%, EU

Benin

total value :
$300 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • cotton,
  • crude oil,
  • palm products,
  • cocoa
partners:
  • Brazil 18%,
  • Portugal 14%,
  • Morocco,
  • Libya,
  • France

Botswana

total value:
$2.1 billion (f.o.b. 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • diamonds 71%,
  • copper and nickel 5%,
  • meat 3%
partners:
  • Europe 81%,
  • Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 14%,
  • Zimbabwe 3%

Burkina Faso

total value :
$298 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • cotton,
  • gold,
  • animal products
partners:
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • France,
  • Italy,
  • Thailand

Burundi

total value:
$117 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • coffee 81%,
  • tea,
  • cotton,
  • hides
partners :
  • EU 60%,
  • US 7%,
  • Asia 1%

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

total value:
$10 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • fish,
  • bananas,
  • fuels,
  • basic manufactures
partners:
  • Netherlands,
  • Portugal 50%,
  • Angola,
  • Spain,
  • Singapore,
  • UK

Cameroon

total value:
$1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • crude oil and petroleum products,
  • lumber,
  • aluminum,
  • cocoa beans,
  • coffee,
  • cotton
partners:
EU (particularly France) about 50%, African countries

Central African Republic

total value:
$181 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities :
  • diamonds,
  • timber,
  • cotton,
  • coffee,
  • tobacco
partners:
  • France 16%,
  • Belgium-Luxembourg 40.1%,
  • Italy,
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • Spain,
  • Iran,
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo,
  • Republic of the Congo

Chad

total value:
$226 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • cotton,
  • cattle,
  • textiles,
  • fish
partners :
  • Portugal 30%,
  • Germany 18%,
  • South Africa 16%,
  • France 7%

Comoros

total value:
$11.2 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • vanilla,
  • ylang-ylang,
  • cloves,
  • perfume oil,
  • copra
partners:
  • France 54%,
  • Germany 18%,
  • US 18%

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

total value :
$1.47 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • diamonds,
  • copper,
  • coffee,
  • cobalt,
  • crude oil
partners:
  • Belgium,
  • US,
  • France,
  • Germany,
  • Italy,
  • UK,
  • Japan,
  • South Africa

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total value:
$952 million (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities:
  • crude oil 90%,
  • lumber,
  • plywood,
  • sugar,
  • cocoa,
  • coffee,
  • diamonds
partners:
  • Belgium-Luxembourg 24.3%,
  • Taiwan 20.2%,
  • US 14.9%,
  • Italy 14.8% (1995 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total value:
$3.7 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • cocoa 36%,
  • coffee 22%;
  • tropical woods 4%,
  • petroleum,
  • cotton,
  • bananas,
  • pineapples,
  • palm oil,
  • cotton,
  • fish
partners :
  • France 18%,
  • Germany 11%,
  • Italy 8%,
  • Burkina Faso,
  • Mali,
  • US,
  • UK,
  • Netherlands

Djibouti

total value:
$184 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
commodities:
hides and skins, coffee (in transit) (1995)
partners:
  • Somalia 42%,
  • Ethiopia 35%,
  • Yemen 7% (1995 est.)

Egypt

total value :
$4.6 billion (f.o.b., FY95/96 est.)
commodities:
  • crude oil and petroleum products,
  • cotton yarn,
  • raw cotton,
  • textiles,
  • metal products,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • EU,
  • US,
  • Japan

Equatorial Guinea

total value :
$83.5 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • timber,
  • petroleum,
  • cocoa
partners:
  • US 34%,
  • Japan 16%,
  • Spain 15%,
  • China 12%,
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • Nigeria

Eritrea

total value:
$81 million (1995 est.)
commodities:
  • livestock,
  • sorghum,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Ethiopia,
  • Italy,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • UK,
  • US,
  • Yemen

Swaziland now Eswatini

total value :
$700 million (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • soft drink concentrates,
  • sugar,
  • wood pulp,
  • cotton yarn
partners :
  • South Africa 58%,
  • EU 20%,
  • Mozambique 6% (1994)

Ethiopia

total value :
$423 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • coffee,
  • leather products,
  • gold (1995)
partners:
  • Germany 18%,
  • Japan 13%,
  • Djibouti 10%,
  • Saudi Arabia 8% (1993)

Gabon

total value:
$2.7 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • crude oil 78%,
  • timber 14%,
  • manganese 4%,
  • uranium
partners:
  • US 59%,
  • France 12%,
  • Japan 4%,
  • China 5%,
  • Spain,
  • Germany

The Gambia

total value :
$127 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • peanuts and peanut products 70%,
  • fish,
  • cotton lint,
  • palm kernels
partners:
  • Japan,
  • Senegal,
  • Hong Kong,
  • France,
  • Switzerland,
  • UK,
  • Indonesia

Ghana

total value:
$1.43 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
gold 39%, cocoa 31%, timber 6%, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, and diamonds (1994 est.)
partners:
  • UK,
  • Germany,
  • US,
  • Togo,
  • Netherlands,
  • Japan

Guinea

total value:
$725 million (1995 est.)
commodities:
  • bauxite,
  • alumina,
  • diamonds,
  • gold,
  • coffee,
  • fish,
  • agricultural products
partners :
  • Belgium-Luxembourg 27%,
  • US 15%,
  • Ireland 10%,
  • Spain 10% (1994)

Guinea-Bissau

total value:
$33 million (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities:
  • cashews 95%,
  • fish,
  • peanuts,
  • palm kernels,
  • sawn lumber (1994)
partners:
  • Spain 35%,
  • India 30%,
  • Thailand 10%,
  • Italy 10% (1995)

Kenya

total value:
$1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • tea 35.7%,
  • coffee 28.7%,
  • petroleum products 8.6%
partners :
  • Uganda 22.8%,
  • UK 20.1%,
  • Tanzania 19.1%,
  • Germany 14.0%,
  • Netherlands 7.6%,
  • US 6.1%

Lesotho

total value:
$218 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • clothing,
  • furniture,
  • footwear,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • wool (1993)
partners:
  • South African Customs Union 46%,
  • North America 34%,
  • EU 18% (1993)

Liberia

total value:
$667 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • diamonds,
  • iron ore,
  • rubber,
  • timber,
  • coffee
partners:
  • US,
  • EU,
  • Netherlands,
  • Singapore

Libya

total value:
$8.4 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • refined petroleum products,
  • natural gas
partners:
  • Italy,
  • Germany,
  • Spain,
  • France,
  • UK,
  • Turkey,
  • Greece,
  • Egypt

Madagascar

total value:
$493 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • coffee 45%,
  • vanilla 20%,
  • cloves,
  • shellfish,
  • sugar,
  • petroleum products (1995 est.)
partners :
  • France 41%,
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • Italy (1995)

Malawi

total value :
$431 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • tobacco,
  • tea,
  • sugar,
  • coffee,
  • peanuts,
  • wood products
partners:
  • US,
  • South Africa,
  • Germany,
  • Japan

Mali

total value:
$320 million (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities:
  • cotton,
  • livestock,
  • gold
partners:
mostly franc zone and Western Europe

Mauritania

total value:
$483 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • fish and fish products,
  • iron ore,
  • gold
partners :
  • Japan 27%,
  • Italy,
  • Belgium,
  • Luxembourg

Mauritius

total value:
$1.57 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
clothing and textiles 67%, sugar 25%
partners:
  • UK 34%,
  • France 21%,
  • US 15%,
  • Germany 6%,
  • Italy 4%

Mayotte

total value:
$3.64 million (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • ylang-ylang (perfume essence),
  • vanilla,
  • copra
partners :
  • France 80%,
  • Comoros 15%,
  • Reunion

Morocco

total value:
$7.7 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities :
  • food and beverages 30%,
  • semiprocessed goods 23%,
  • consumer goods 21%,
  • phosphates 17% (1995 est.)
partners :
  • EU 63%,
  • Japan 7.7%,
  • India 6.6%,
  • US 3.4%,
  • Libya 3.4% (1996 est.)

Mozambique

total value :
$169 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • shrimp 40%,
  • cashews,
  • cotton,
  • sugar,
  • copra,
  • citrus
partners:
  • Spain,
  • South Africa,
  • US,
  • Portugal,
  • Japan

Namibia

total value:
$1.45 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • diamonds,
  • copper,
  • gold,
  • zinc,
  • lead,
  • uranium,
  • cattle,
  • processed fish,
  • karakul skins
partners :
  • UK,
  • South Africa,
  • Spain,
  • Japan (1994)

Niger

total value:
$247 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • uranium ore 67%,
  • livestock products 20%,
  • cowpeas,
  • onions
partners:
  • France 77%,
  • Nigeria 8%,
  • Burkina Faso,
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • Canada

Nigeria

total value :
$11.6 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • petroleum and petroleum products 95%,
  • cocoa,
  • rubber
partners :
US 52%, EU 34%

Reunion

total value:
$171.776 million (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities:
sugar 63%, rum and molasses 4%, perfume essences 2%, lobster 3%, (1993)
partners:
  • France,
  • Mauritius,
  • Bahrain,
  • South Africa,
  • Italy,
  • Madagascar

Rwanda

total value:
$51.2 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • coffee 63%,
  • tea,
  • cassiterite,
  • wolframite,
  • pyrethrum
partners :
Brazil, EU

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

total value :
$704,000 (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
fish (frozen and salt-dried skipjack, tuna), handicrafts
partners :
South Africa, UK

Sao Tome and Principe

total value:
$7.8 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • cocoa 85%-90%,
  • copra,
  • coffee,
  • palm oil
partners:
  • Netherlands 75.7%,
  • Germany 1.2%,
  • Portugal 1.1%

Senegal

total value:
$968 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • fish,
  • ground nuts (peanuts),
  • petroleum products,
  • phosphates,
  • cotton
partners :
  • France,
  • other EU countries,
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • Mali

Seychelles

total value:
$56.1 million ( f.o.b. 1995)
commodities:
  • fish,
  • cinnamon bark,
  • copra,
  • petroleum products (re-exports)
partners :
  • France,
  • UK,
  • China,
  • Germany,
  • Japan (1993)

Sierra Leone

total value:
$39.3 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • rutile,
  • diamonds,
  • bauxite,
  • coffee,
  • cocoa,
  • fish
partners:
  • US 20%,
  • Belgium 20%,
  • Spain 13%,
  • UK 6%,
  • other Western Europe

Somalia

total value:
$130 million (1994 est.)
commodities:
  • bananas,
  • live animals,
  • fish,
  • hides (1995)
partners:
  • Saudi Arabia 57%,
  • Yemen 14%,
  • Italy 13%,
  • US (bananas) (1995 est.)

South Africa

total value:
$29.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
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

total value:
$500 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • cotton 44%,
  • livestock/meat 13%,
  • gum arabic 11%,
  • sesame 10%
partners :
  • Egypt 33.3%,
  • Saudi Arabia 16.6%,
  • Japan 13.4%,
  • Italy 12% (1995)

Tanzania

total value:
$679 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • coffee,
  • cotton,
  • cashew nuts,
  • cloves,
  • tobacco,
  • sisal
partners:
  • India,
  • Germany,
  • Belgium,
  • UK,
  • Japan,
  • Netherlands,
  • Kenya,
  • Hong Kong,
  • US

Togo

total value:
$265 (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • phosphates,
  • cotton,
  • coffee,
  • cocoa
partners :
  • Canada 9.2%,
  • US 8.1%,
  • Taiwan 7.5%,
  • Nigeria 6.7% (1995 est.)

Tunisia

total value:
$5.7 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • hydrocarbons,
  • textiles,
  • agricultural products,
  • phosphates and chemicals
partners:
  • EU 75%,
  • North African countries 7%,
  • India 2%,
  • US 1%

Uganda

total value:
$555 million (f.o.b., FY94/95)
commodities :
  • gold,
  • cotton,
  • coffee,
  • tea,
  • corn,
  • fish
partners:
  • Spain 23%,
  • France 14%,
  • Germany 14%,
  • Italy 10%,
  • Netherlands 8%

Western Sahara

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

Zambia

total value :
$975 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • copper,
  • zinc,
  • cobalt,
  • lead,
  • tobacco
partners:
  • EU countries,
  • Japan,
  • South Africa,
  • US,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • India,
  • Thailand,
  • Malaysia

Zimbabwe

total value:
$2.4 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • agricultural 47% (tobacco 31%),
  • manufactures 27%,
  • gold 12%,
  • textiles 8%,
  • ferrochrome 6% (1994 est.)
partners:
South Africa 14%, UK 10%, Germany 8%, Japan 8%, (1995 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total value:
$363.4 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities :
fish and fish products 95%
partners:
  • Denmark 89%,
  • Japan 5%,
  • UK 5%

Iceland

total value:
$1.67 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • fish and fish products 75%,
  • animal products,
  • aluminum,
  • ferrosilicon,
  • diatomite
partners:
  • UK 19%,
  • Germany 14%,
  • US 12%,
  • Japan 11%,
  • Denmark 8%,
  • France 7% (1995)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total value:
$80 million (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • fruits and nuts,
  • handwoven carpets,
  • wool,
  • cotton,
  • hides and pelts,
  • precious and semi-precious gems
partners :
  • FSU,
  • Pakistan,
  • Iran,
  • Germany,
  • India,
  • UK,
  • Belgium,
  • Luxembourg,
  • Czechoslovakia

Armenia

total value :
$273 million (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • gold and jewelry,
  • aluminum,
  • transport equipment,
  • electrical equipment,
  • scrap metal
partners:
  • Iran,
  • Russia,
  • Turkmenistan,
  • Georgia

Azerbaijan

total value :
$700 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • oil and gas,
  • chemicals,
  • oilfield equipment,
  • textiles,
  • cotton
partners:
  • CIS,
  • European countries,
  • Turkey

Bangladesh

total value:
$3.9 billion (FY95/96 est.)
commodities :
  • garments,
  • jute and jute goods,
  • leather,
  • frozen fish and seafood
partners:
  • Western Europe 42%,
  • US 30%,
  • Hong Kong 4%,
  • Japan 3% (FY95/96 est.)

Bhutan

total value:
$70.9 million (f.o.b., FY94/95 est.)
commodities:
  • cardamom,
  • gypsum,
  • timber,
  • handicrafts,
  • cement,
  • fruit,
  • electricity (to India),
  • precious stones,
  • spices
partners:
India 94%, Bangladesh

China

total value :
$151.07 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • clothing,
  • miscellaneous consumer goods,
  • fabrics,
  • footwear,
  • toys,
  • electrical machinery and switchgear (1995)
partners:
  • Hong Kong,
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • South Korea,
  • Germany,
  • Singapore (1995)

Georgia

total value:
$356 million (f.o.b., 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,
  • Bulgaria (1996)

India

total value :
$30.5 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

total value:
$385 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities :
manufactures 96% (including machinery 50%, motor vehicles 19%, consumer electronics 3%)
partners :
  • Southeast Asia 37%,
  • US 27%,
  • Western Europe 15%,
  • China 5%

Kazakstan now Kazakhstan

total value:
$5.7 billion (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • oil,
  • ferrous and nonferrous metals,
  • chemicals,
  • grain,
  • wool,
  • meat,
  • coal
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Ukraine,
  • Uzbekistan,
  • Netherlands,
  • China

Korea, North now North Korea

total value:
$805 million (f.o.b., 1995 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

total value :
$130.9 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • electronic and electrical equipment, machinery, steel, automobiles, ships;
  • textiles, clothing, footwear;
  • fish
partners:
  • US 17%,
  • EU 13%,
  • Japan 12%

Kyrgyzstan

total value :
$506 million (1996)
commodities:
  • cotton, wool, meat, tobacco;
  • gold, mercury, uranium, hydropower;
  • machinery;
  • shoes
partners:
  • China,
  • UK,
  • FSU

Maldives

total value:
$50 million (f.o.b., 199)
commodities:
fish, clothing
partners:
  • Sri Lanka,
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • Singapore,
  • UK

Mongolia

total value:
$400 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities :
  • copper,
  • livestock,
  • animal products,
  • cashmere,
  • wool,
  • hides,
  • fluorspar,
  • other nonferrous metals
partners:
  • former CMEA countries 30%,
  • China 15%,
  • EU 9% (1995)

Nepal

total value:
$343 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.) but does not include unrecorded border trade with India
commodities:
  • carpets,
  • clothing,
  • leather goods,
  • jute goods,
  • grain
partners :
  • India,
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • UK

Pakistan

total value:
$8.3 billion (FY95/96)
commodities:
  • cotton,
  • textiles,
  • clothing,
  • rice,
  • leather,
  • carpets
partners:
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Germany,
  • UK,
  • UAE,
  • France

Russia

total value:
$88.3 billion (1996)
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

Sri Lanka

total value:
$4 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • textiles and apparel,
  • tea,
  • petroleum products,
  • diamonds,
  • other gems,
  • rubber products (1994)
partners :
  • US 34.8%,
  • UK 8.9%,
  • Germany 6.9%,
  • Belgium-Luxembourg 5.9% (1994)

Tajikistan

total value:
$768 million (1996 est.)
commodities :
  • cotton,
  • aluminum,
  • fruits,
  • vegetable oil,
  • textiles
partners:
FSU 78%, Netherlands (1994)

Turkmenistan

total value:
$1.8 billion to states outside the FSU (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • natural gas,
  • cotton,
  • petroleum products,
  • electricity,
  • textiles,
  • carpets
partners:
  • FSU,
  • Eastern Europe,
  • Turkey,
  • Argentina

Uzbekistan

total value:
$3.2 billion (1996)
commodities:
  • cotton,
  • gold,
  • natural gas,
  • mineral fertilizers,
  • ferrous metals,
  • textiles,
  • food products,
  • autos
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Ukraine,
  • Eastern Europe,
  • Western Europe

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

total value :
$1.3 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
lobster and salt
partners :
NA

Antigua and Barbuda

total value:
$45 million (f.o.b., 1996 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

total value:
$1.3 billion (including oil re-exports) (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
mostly refined petroleum products
partners:
US 64%, EU

The Bahamas

total value:
$267.5 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • pharmaceuticals,
  • cement,
  • rum,
  • crawfish,
  • refined petroleum products
partners:
  • US 24%,
  • Spain 14%,
  • UK 7%,
  • Norway 7%,
  • France 6%,
  • Italy 5% (1995 est.)

Barbados

total value:
$235 million (f.o.b., 1995)
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

total value:
$204 million (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • sugar,
  • citrus fruits,
  • bananas,
  • clothing,
  • fish products,
  • molasses,
  • wood
partners :
  • US 38%,
  • UK,
  • other EU (1994)

British Virgin Islands

total value:
$3.4 million (f.o.b., 1990)
commodities :
  • rum,
  • fresh fish,
  • fruits,
  • animals;
  • gravel,
  • sand
partners:
  • Virgin Islands (US),
  • Puerto Rico,
  • US

Cayman Islands

total value :
$10 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)
commodities:
turtle products, manufactured consumer goods
partners :
mostly US

Costa Rica

total value:
$3.82 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • coffee,
  • bananas,
  • textiles,
  • sugar
partners:
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • Italy,
  • Guatemala,
  • El Salvador,
  • Netherlands,
  • UK,
  • France

Cuba

total value:
$2.1 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • sugar,
  • nickel,
  • tobacco,
  • shellfish,
  • medical products,
  • citrus,
  • coffee
partners :
Canada 23%, Russia 21% China 7% (1996 est.)

Dominica

total value :
$40 million (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • bananas 70%,
  • soap,
  • bay oil,
  • vegetables,
  • grapefruit,
  • oranges
partners:
  • UK 55%,
  • Caricom countries,
  • Italy,
  • US

Dominican Republic

total value:
$3.1 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • ferronickel,
  • sugar,
  • gold,
  • coffee,
  • cocoa
partners :
  • US 45%,
  • EU 34%,
  • Canada,
  • Japan,
  • Puerto Rico (1995)

El Salvador

total value:
$1.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • coffee, sugarcane;
  • shrimp;
  • textiles, chemicals
partners:
  • US,
  • Guatemala,
  • Germany,
  • Costa Rica,
  • Honduras

Grenada

total value:
$24 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • bananas,
  • cocoa,
  • nutmeg,
  • fruit and vegetables,
  • clothing,
  • mace
partners :
  • Caricom 32.3%,
  • UK 20%,
  • US 13%,
  • Netherlands 8.8% (1991)

Guadeloupe

total value:
$145 million (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities :
  • bananas,
  • sugar,
  • rum
partners:
France 70%, Martinique 17% (1991)

Guatemala

total value:
$1.81 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • coffee,
  • sugar,
  • bananas,
  • cardamom,
  • beef
partners:
  • US 30%,
  • El Salvador,
  • Costa Rica,
  • Germany,
  • Honduras

Haiti

total value:
$123 million (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • light manufactures 65%,
  • coffee 19%,
  • other agriculture 8%,
  • other 8%
partners:
US 73.5%, EU 19.4% (1995)

Honduras

total value:
$2.401 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • bananas,
  • coffee,
  • shrimp,
  • lobster,
  • minerals,
  • meat,
  • lumber
partners :
  • US 65%,
  • Germany 7%,
  • Japan 7%,
  • Spain 3%,
  • Belgium 2%

Jamaica

total value:
$1.4 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • alumina,
  • bauxite,
  • sugar,
  • bananas,
  • rum
partners:
  • US 47%,
  • UK 11%,
  • Canada 9%,
  • Norway 7%,
  • France 4% (1993)

Martinique

total value:
$220 million (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities:
  • refined petroleum products,
  • bananas,
  • rum,
  • pineapples
partners:
  • France 57%,
  • Guadeloupe 31%,
  • French Guiana (1991)

Montserrat

total value:
$12.1 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities :
  • electronic components,
  • plastic bags,
  • apparel,
  • hot peppers,
  • live plants,
  • cattle
partners:
US, Ireland

Netherlands Antilles

total value:
$1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1993)
commodities:
petroleum products 98%
partners:
  • US 39%,
  • Brazil 9%,
  • Colombia 6%

Nicaragua

total value:
$607 million (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • meat,
  • coffee,
  • cotton,
  • sugar,
  • seafood,
  • gold,
  • bananas
partners:
  • US,
  • Central America,
  • Canada,
  • Germany

Panama

total value:
$570 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • bananas 43%,
  • shrimp 11%,
  • sugar 4%,
  • clothing 5%,
  • coffee 2%
partners:
  • US 39%,
  • EU,
  • Central America and Caribbean

Puerto Rico

total value :
$22.9 billion (f.o.b. 1996)
commodities:
  • pharmaceuticals,
  • electronics,
  • apparel,
  • canned tuna,
  • rum,
  • beverage concentrates,
  • medical equipment
partners:
US 88% (1995 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total value:
$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

total value:
$104.1 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • bananas 60%,
  • clothing,
  • cocoa,
  • vegetables,
  • fruits,
  • coconut oil
partners:
  • UK 56%,
  • US 22%,
  • Caricom countries 19% (1991)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total value:
$55 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities :
  • bananas,
  • eddoes and dasheen (taro),
  • arrowroot starch,
  • tennis racquets
partners:
  • Caricom countries 57%,
  • UK 29%,
  • US 9% (1994)

Trinidad and Tobago

total value :
$2.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • chemicals,
  • steel products,
  • fertilizer,
  • sugar,
  • cocoa,
  • coffee,
  • citrus,
  • flowers
partners:
  • US 48%,
  • Caricom countries 15%,
  • Latin America 9%,
  • EU 5% (1994)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total value:
$6.8 million (f.o.b., 1993)
commodities:
  • lobster,
  • dried and fresh conch,
  • conch shells
partners:
US, UK

Virgin Islands

total value:
$1.8 billion (f.o.b., 1992)
commodities :
refined petroleum products
partners:
US, Puerto Rico

Europe

45 entries

Albania

total value:
$205 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities :
  • asphalt,
  • metals and metallic ores,
  • electricity,
  • crude oil,
  • vegetables,
  • fruits,
  • tobacco
partners:
  • Italy,
  • US,
  • Greece,
  • The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Andorra

total value :
$47 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • electricity,
  • tobacco products,
  • furniture
partners :
France 49%, Spain 47%

Austria

total value:
$55.5 billion (1996 est.)
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

total value:
$5.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Ukraine,
  • Poland,
  • Germany

Belgium

total value:
$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

total value:
$152 million (1995 est.)
commodities:
NA
partners:
NA

Bulgaria

total value:
$4.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
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% (1995)
partners:
  • OECD 50.0% (EU 37.2%);
  • CIS and Central and Eastern Europe 32.4%;
  • Arab countries 5.8%;
  • other 11.8% (1995)

Croatia

total value :
$4.6 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
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%,
  • Italy 21%,
  • Slovenia 18% (1994)

Czech Republic now Czechia

total value:
$21.9 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • manufactured goods 32.4%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 26.3%,
  • chemicals 10.4%,
  • raw materials and fuel 11.3% (1995)
partners :
EU 55.1%, Eastern Europe, excluding Slovakia, and CIS countries 16.9%, Slovakia 16.2%, developing countries 6.6%, EFTA 1.8% (1995)

Denmark

total value:
$47.6 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery and instruments 25%,
  • meat and meat products,
  • fuels,
  • dairy products,
  • ships,
  • fish,
  • chemicals
partners :
  • Germany 22.5%,
  • Sweden 9.7%,
  • UK 7.9%,
  • Norway 5.9%,
  • France 5.4%,
  • Netherlands 4.4%,
  • US 4.0% (1995)

Estonia

total value:
$2 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • textiles 16%,
  • food products 16%,
  • machinery and equipment 16%,
  • metals 9% (1995)
partners:
  • Finland,
  • Russia,
  • Sweden,
  • Germany,
  • Latvia (1995)

Faroe Islands

total value:
$362 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities :
  • fish and fish products 92%,
  • animal feedstuffs,
  • transport equipment (ships)
partners:
  • Denmark 22.2%,
  • UK 25.8%,
  • Germany 9.7%,
  • France 8.3%,
  • Norway 6.2%,
  • US 2.0%

Finland

total value:
$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

total value:
$275 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs,
  • agricultural products,
  • iron and steel products,
  • textiles and clothing
partners:
  • Germany 17%,
  • Italy 9%,
  • UK 9%,
  • Spain 8%,
  • Belgium-Luxembourg 8%,
  • US 6%,
  • Netherlands 4.5%,
  • Japan 2%,
  • Russia 0.7% (1996)

Germany

total value:
$501.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • manufactures 88.2% (including machines and machine tools, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel products),
  • agricultural products 5.0%,
  • raw materials 2.3%,
  • fuels 1.0%,
  • other 3.5% (1995)
partners:
  • EU 57.7% (France 11.7%, UK 8.1%, Italy 7.6%, Netherlands 7.5%, Belgium-Luxembourg 6.5%, Austria 5.5%),
  • Eastern Europe 8.0%,
  • other West European countries 7.5%,
  • US 7.3%,
  • NICs 5.6%,
  • Japan 2.5%,
  • OPEC 2.2%,
  • China 1.4% (1996 est. for first 10 months)

Gibraltar

total value:
$57 million (f.o.b., 1993)
commodities:
  • (principally reexports) petroleum 51%,
  • manufactured goods 41%,
  • other 8%
partners :
  • UK,
  • Morocco,
  • Portugal,
  • Netherlands,
  • Spain,
  • US,
  • FRG

Greece

total value:
$5.9 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities :
  • manufactured goods 53%,
  • foodstuffs 34%,
  • fuels 5% (1994)
partners:
EU 60% (Germany 22%, Italy 14%, France 6%, UK 6%), US 3% (1995)

Guernsey

$NA

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

Hungary

total value:
$14.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • raw materials 39.5%,
  • consumer goods 25.0%,
  • agriculture and food products 21.8%,
  • machinery and equipment 11.3%,
  • fuels and electricity 2.4% (1995)
partners :
  • EU 63.3% (Germany 28.8%, Austria 10.0%),
  • Eastern Europe 19.7%,
  • Russia 10.7% (1995)

Ireland

total value:
$43.4 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • chemicals,
  • data processing equipment,
  • industrial machinery,
  • live animals,
  • animal products
partners:
EU 70% (UK 26%, Germany 14%, France 9%), US 6%

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

$NA

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

Italy

total value:
$250 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • metals,
  • textiles and clothing,
  • production machinery,
  • motor vehicles,
  • transportation equipment,
  • chemicals
partners :
  • EU 53.4%,
  • US 7.8%,
  • OPEC 3.8%

Jersey

$NA

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

Latvia

total value:
$1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • timber,
  • textiles,
  • foodstuffs
partners :
  • Russia,
  • other CIS,
  • Germany,
  • Sweden,
  • UK

Liechtenstein

total value:
$2.14 billion (1994)
commodities:
  • small specialty machinery,
  • dental products,
  • stamps,
  • hardware,
  • pottery
partners:
EU and EFTA countries 60.57% (Switzerland 15.7%) (1995)

Lithuania

total value:
$3.3 billion (1996 est.)
commodities :
  • textiles 15%,
  • agriculture and food 14%,
  • chemicals 12%,
  • fuels 12%,
  • machinery 11% (1995)
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Germany,
  • Belarus,
  • Latvia,
  • Ukraine (1995)

Luxembourg

total value:
$7.3 million (f.o.b., 1995 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

total value:
$1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • clothing and footware,
  • printed matter
partners:
  • Italy 32%,
  • Germany 16%,
  • UK 8%

Moldova

total value:
$775 million (1996)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • wine,
  • tobacco,
  • textiles and footwear,
  • machinery
partners :
  • Russia,
  • Kazakstan,
  • Ukraine,
  • Romania,
  • Germany

Monaco

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

Netherlands

total value:
$176.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • manufactures and machinery,
  • chemicals;
  • processed food and tobacco,
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • EU 75% (Germany 29%, Belgium-Luxembourg 13%, UK 9%),
  • Central and Eastern Europe 3%,
  • US 4% (1994)

Macedonia, now North Macedonia

total value:
$900 million (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • food,
  • beverage,
  • tobacco 17.0%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 13.3%,
  • other manufactured goods 58%
partners :
  • Bulgaria,
  • other former Yugoslav republics,
  • Germany,
  • Italy

Norway

total value:
$41.7 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
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 77.2% (UK 19.8%, Germany 12.7%, Netherlands 9.1%, France 7.8%, Sweden 9.8%), US 6.0% (1995)

Poland

total value:
$30.9 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • intermediate goods 38%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 23%,
  • consumer goods 21%,
  • foodstuffs 10%,
  • fuels 7% (1996 est.)
partners :
  • Germany 35.7%,
  • Netherlands 5.9%,
  • Russia 5.4%,
  • Italy 4.9% (1994)

Portugal

total value:
$25.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • clothing and footwear,
  • machinery,
  • cork and paper products,
  • hides
partners :
EU 80%, other developed countries 9% (US 4.5%)

Romania

total value:
$7.7 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • textiles and footwear 25.2%,
  • metals and metal products 19.4%,
  • fuels and mineral products 10.0%,
  • chemicals 9.4%,
  • other 36.0% (1995)
partners :
  • Germany 17.8%,
  • Italy 15.6%,
  • France 5.7%,
  • Turkey 4.5%,
  • Netherlands 3.0%,
  • China 3.0% (1995)

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

total value :
$1.4 billion (1995 est.)
commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • food and live animals,
  • raw materials
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Italy,
  • Germany

Slovakia

total value:
$8.1 billion (January-November 1996)
commodities :
  • machinery and transport equipment 18.7%;
  • chemicals 13.4%;
  • miscellaneous manufactured goods 13.1%;
  • raw materials 5.0% (1995)
partners:
  • EU 37.4%,
  • Central Europe Free Trade Agreement 44.3% (Czech Republic 35.2%),
  • FSU 7.1% (1995)

Slovenia

total value:
$8.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities :
  • machinery and transport equipment 31.4%,
  • manufactured goods 50.7%,
  • chemicals 10.5%,
  • food 3.8% (1995)
partners:
  • Germany 28.9%,
  • former Yugoslavia 16.5%,
  • Italy 13.6%,
  • France 8.6%,
  • Austria 6.4%,
  • US 3.3% (January-July 1996 est.)

Spain

total value:
$94.5 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • cars and trucks,
  • semifinished manufactured goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery (1994)
partners :
  • EU 72.1%,
  • US 4.2%,
  • other developed countries 7.9% (1996)

Sweden

total value:
$79.9 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
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

total value:
$81.35 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • manufactures 94.74%,
  • agricultural products 2.99%,
  • raw materials 2.05%,
  • fuels 0.15% (1995)
partners:
  • EU countries 62.1%,
  • US 8.7%,
  • Japan 4.0% (1996 est.)

Ukraine

total value :
$18.6 billion (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • coal,
  • electric power,
  • ferrous and nonferrous metals,
  • chemicals,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • grain,
  • meat
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Belarus,
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • China (1995)

United Kingdom

total value:
$240.4 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
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% (1994)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total value:
$4.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities :
petroleum and petroleum products 61%, aluminum 7%
partners:
  • India 22%,
  • Japan 12%,
  • Saudi Arabia 6%,
  • US 6%,
  • UAE 5% (1995)

Cyprus

total value:
Greek area: $1.4 billion (f.o.b., 1996);
commodities:
  • citrus,
  • potatoes,
  • grapes,
  • wine,
  • cement,
  • clothing and shoes
partners:
  • Russia 17%,
  • UK 11%,
  • Greece 6%,
  • Germany 5%
total value:
Turkish area: $71 million (f.o.b., 1996);
commodities:
  • citrus,
  • potatoes,
  • textiles
partners :
UK 35%, Turkey 30%

Gaza Strip

total value:
$235 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.) (includes West Bank)
commodities:
citrus
partners:
  • Israel,
  • Egypt,
  • West Bank

Iran

total value :
$21.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996 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
partners:
Jordan, Turkey (1996)

Israel

total value:
$20.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities :
  • machinery and equipment,
  • cut diamonds,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles and apparel,
  • agricultural products,
  • metals
partners:
  • US,
  • EU,
  • Japan

Jordan

total value :
$1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • phosphates,
  • fertilizers,
  • potash,
  • agricultural products,
  • manufactures
partners:
  • India,
  • Iraq,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • EU,
  • Indonesia,
  • UAE

Kuwait

total value:
$13.6 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities :
oil
partners:
  • Japan 23%,
  • India 16%,
  • US 12%,
  • Singapore 10%,
  • Netherlands 10% (1995 est.)

Lebanon

total value :
$1 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • paper and paper products 26%,
  • food stuffs 16%,
  • textiles and textile products 10%,
  • jewelry 8%,
  • metals and metal products 8%,
  • electrical equipment and products 8%,
  • chemical products 6%,
  • transport vehicles 4% (1995)
partners:
  • Saudi Arabia 13%,
  • Switzerland 12%,
  • UAE 11%,
  • Syria 9%,
  • US 5%,
  • Jordan 5% (1995)

Oman

total value:
$7.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • petroleum 75%,
  • reexports,
  • fish,
  • processed copper,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Japan 32%,
  • South Korea 16%,
  • Thailand 12%,
  • China 8%,
  • US 6%,
  • Taiwan 6% (1995)

Qatar

total value:
$4 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • petroleum products 80%,
  • steel,
  • fertilizers
partners:
  • Japan 54%,
  • Singapore 7%,
  • South Korea 6%,
  • Australia 3%,
  • UAE 3% (1995 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total value:
$53.1 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products 90%
partners:
  • Japan 18%,
  • US 15%,
  • South Korea 10%,
  • Singapore 7%,
  • France 4% (1995 est.)

Syria

total value:
$4.4 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • petroleum 56%,
  • food and live animals 16%,
  • textiles 16% (1994 est.)
partners:
  • EU 57% (Germany 17%, Italy 16%, France 11%),
  • Lebanon 14%,
  • Saudi Arabia 7% (1995 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total value :
$22 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • textiles and apparel 40%,
  • steel products 9%,
  • foodstuffs 20% (1995)
partners:
  • Germany 23%,
  • Russia 6%,
  • US 7%,
  • Italy 7% (1995)

United Arab Emirates

total value:
$31.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • crude oil 66%,
  • natural gas,
  • reexports,
  • dried fish,
  • dates
partners:
  • Japan 38%,
  • India 6%,
  • South Korea 6%,
  • Singapore 5%,
  • Iran 4%,
  • Oman 4% (1995)

West Bank

total value:
$235 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.) (includes Gaza Strip)
commodities :
  • olives,
  • fruit,
  • vegetables
partners:
Jordan, Israel

Yemen

total value:
$2.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities :
  • crude oil,
  • cotton,
  • coffee,
  • hides,
  • vegetables,
  • dried and salted fish
partners:
  • China 23%,
  • South Korea 19%,
  • Japan 12%,
  • Singapore 10%,
  • Brazil 9%,
  • Thailand 7% (1995)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total value:
$54 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • semitropical produce,
  • light manufactures,
  • reexports of pharmaceuticals
partners :
  • Netherlands 50%,
  • Brazil 13%,
  • Canada 6% (1996)

Canada

total value:
$195.4 billion (f.o.b., 1996 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

total value:
$95 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.), includes in-bond industries
commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • oil products,
  • coffee,
  • silver,
  • engines,
  • motor vehicles,
  • cotton,
  • consumer electronics
partners:
  • US 80%,
  • Canada 5.2%,
  • Japan 1.8% (1996 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total value:
$5 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities :
fish and fish products, fox and mink pelts
partners:
  • US 58%,
  • France 17%,
  • UK 11%,
  • Canada,
  • Portugal (1990)

United States

total value:
$584.7 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities :
  • capital goods,
  • automobiles,
  • industrial supplies and raw materials,
  • consumer goods,
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • Canada 22%,
  • Western Europe 21%,
  • Japan 11%,
  • Mexico 8% (1995)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

total value:
$306 million (f.o.b., 1989)
commodities:
canned tuna 93%
partners :
US 99.6%

Australia

total value:
$59.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities :
  • coal,
  • gold,
  • meat,
  • wool,
  • alumina,
  • iron ore,
  • wheat,
  • machinery and transport equipment
partners:
  • Japan 24%,
  • South Korea 8%,
  • NZ 7%,
  • US 7%,
  • UK,
  • Taiwan,
  • Singapore,
  • Hong Kong (1994/95)

Cook Islands

total value:
$3.9 million (f.o.b., 1993)
commodities:
  • copra,
  • fresh and canned citrus fruit,
  • clothing,
  • coffee,
  • fish
partners:
  • NZ 80%,
  • Japan,
  • Hong Kong

Fiji

total value :
$607 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • sugar 32%,
  • clothing,
  • gold,
  • processed fish,
  • lumber
partners:
  • EU 26%,
  • Australia 15%,
  • other Pacific island countries 11%,
  • Japan 6%

French Polynesia

total value:
$245 million (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities :
  • cultured pearls 53.8%,
  • coconut products,
  • mother-of-pearl,
  • vanilla,
  • shark meat (1992)
partners:
France 33%, US 8.5% (1994)

Guam

total value :
$34 million (f.o.b., 1984)
commodities:
  • mostly transshipments of refined petroleum products,
  • construction materials,
  • fish,
  • food and beverage products
partners:
  • US 25%,
  • former Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 63%,
  • other 12%

Kiribati

total value:
$6.3 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • copra 50%,
  • seaweed 16%,
  • fish 15%
partners:
  • Denmark,
  • Fiji,
  • US

Marshall Islands

total value:
$21.3 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • fish,
  • coconut oil,
  • live animals,
  • trochus shells
partners:
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • Australia

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total value:
$29.1 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
commodities :
  • fish,
  • garments,
  • bananas,
  • black pepper
partners:
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • Guam

Nauru

total value:
$25.3 million (f.o.b., 1991)
commodities:
phosphates
partners :
Australia, NZ

New Caledonia

total value:
$528 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
nickel metal 24.5%, nickel ore
partners:
  • France 32.2%,
  • Japan 23.5%,
  • Germany 6.7%,
  • US 3.6%,
  • India 1.2%

New Zealand

total value:
$13.7 billion (1995)
commodities:
  • wool,
  • lamb,
  • mutton,
  • beef,
  • fish,
  • cheese,
  • chemicals,
  • forestry products,
  • fruits and vegetables,
  • manufactures,
  • dairy products,
  • wood
partners:
  • Australia 19%,
  • Japan 15%,
  • UK 15%,
  • US 12%

Niue

total value:
$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

total value :
$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,
  • other Pacific island countries,
  • NZ,
  • Asia,
  • Europe

Northern Mariana Islands

NA

commodities:
garments
partners :
NA

Palau

total value:
$600,000 (f.o.b., 1989)
commodities:
  • trochus (type of shellfish),
  • tuna,
  • copra,
  • handicrafts
partners:
US, Japan

Papua New Guinea

total value:
$2.7 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

total value:
$8.7 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities :
  • coconut oil and cream,
  • taro,
  • copra,
  • cocoa
partners:
  • New Zealand 44%,
  • Australia 22%,
  • American Samoa,
  • Germany

Solomon Islands

total value:
$170 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • timber,
  • fish,
  • palm oil,
  • cocoa,
  • copra
partners :
  • Japan 39%,
  • UK 23%,
  • Thailand 9%,
  • Australia 5%,
  • US 2% (1991)

Tokelau

total value:
$98,000 (f.o.b., 1983)
commodities:
  • stamps,
  • copra,
  • handicrafts
partners:
NZ

Tonga

total value :
$15.25 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • squash,
  • vanilla,
  • fish,
  • root crops,
  • coconut oil
partners:
  • Japan 59%,
  • US 14%,
  • Australia 6%,
  • NZ 6% (FY93/94)

Tuvalu

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

Vanuatu

total value:
$28 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • copra,
  • beef,
  • cocoa,
  • timber,
  • coffee
partners :
  • EU 32%,
  • Japan 29%,
  • Australia 11%,
  • New Caledonia 7% (1993)

Wallis and Futuna

total value:
$370,000 (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
copra, handicrafts
partners:
NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

total value:
$23.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities :
  • meat,
  • wheat,
  • corn,
  • oilseed,
  • manufactures,
  • fuels
partners:
  • Brazil 26.1%,
  • US 8.5%,
  • Chile 7.0%,
  • Netherlands 5.7%,
  • Italy 3.5% (1995)

Bolivia

total value:
$1.1 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • metals 39%,
  • natural gas 9%,
  • soybeans 11%,
  • jewelry 11%,
  • wood 8%
partners:
  • US 26%,
  • Argentina 17%,
  • UK 15%,
  • Peru 14% (1995)

Brazil

total value:
$47.7 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • iron ore,
  • soybean bran,
  • orange juice,
  • footwear,
  • coffee,
  • motor vehicle parts
partners:
  • EU 26%,
  • Latin America 22%,
  • US 23%,
  • Argentina 11% (1995)

Chile

total value:
$15.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • copper 37%,
  • other metals and minerals 8.2%,
  • wood products 7.1%,
  • fish and fishmeal 9.8%,
  • fruits 8.4% (1994)
partners:
  • EU 25%,
  • US 15%,
  • Asia 34%,
  • Latin America 20% (1995 est.)

Colombia

total value:
$10.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • coffee,
  • coal,
  • bananas,
  • fresh cut flowers
partners :
  • US 39%,
  • EC 25.7%,
  • Japan 2.9%,
  • Venezuela 8.5% (1992)

Ecuador

total value:
$4.9 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • petroleum 37%,
  • bananas 20%,
  • shrimp 13%,
  • cocoa 2%,
  • coffee 3%
partners :
  • US 39%,
  • Latin America 25%,
  • EU countries 22%,
  • Asia 12%

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total value:
$7.6 million (1995)
commodities:
  • wool,
  • hides,
  • meat
partners:
  • UK,
  • Netherlands,
  • Japan (1992)

French Guiana

total value:
$80 million (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities:
  • shrimp,
  • timber,
  • rum,
  • rosewood essence
partners:
  • France 52%,
  • Spain 15%,
  • US 5% (1992)

Guyana

total value:
$565 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities :
  • sugar,
  • gold,
  • bauxite/alumina,
  • rice,
  • shrimp,
  • molasses
partners:
  • Canada 33%,
  • US 24%,
  • UK 22% (1994 est.)

Paraguay

total value:
$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

total value :
$6 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • copper,
  • zinc,
  • fishmeal,
  • crude petroleum and byproducts,
  • lead,
  • refined silver,
  • coffee,
  • cotton
partners:
  • US 19%,
  • Japan 9%,
  • Italy,
  • Germany (1995)

Suriname

total value:
$432 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • alumina,
  • aluminum,
  • shrimp and fish,
  • rice,
  • bananas
partners:
  • Norway 33%,
  • Netherlands 26%,
  • US 13%,
  • Japan 6%,
  • Brazil 6%,
  • UK 3% (1994)

Uruguay

total value :
$2.4 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • wool and textile manufactures,
  • beef and other animal products,
  • leather,
  • rice
partners:
  • Brazil,
  • Argentina,
  • US,
  • China,
  • Italy

Venezuela

total value :
$22.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
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

total value :
$2.7 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • liquefied natural gas,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • Japan 50%,
  • UK 19%,
  • Thailand 10%,
  • Singapore 9% (1994 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total value:
$1.1 billion (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • rice,
  • pulses and beans,
  • teak,
  • rubber,
  • hardwood
partners:
  • Singapore,
  • China,
  • Thailand,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Indonesia,
  • Malaysia,
  • Japan

Cambodia

total value:
$464 million (1996 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

total value :
$197.2 billion (including reexports; f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • clothing,
  • textiles,
  • yarn and fabric,
  • footwear,
  • electrical appliances,
  • watches and clocks,
  • toys
partners:
  • China 33%,
  • US 22%,
  • Japan 6%,
  • Germany 4%,
  • UK 3%,
  • Singapore 3% (1995)

Indonesia

total value:
$49.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • manufactures 51.9%,
  • fuels 26.4%,
  • foodstuffs 12.7%,
  • raw materials 9.0%
partners:
  • Japan 27.1%,
  • US 13.9%,
  • Singapore 8.3%,
  • South Korea 6.4%,
  • Taiwan 3.9%,
  • China 3.8%,
  • Hong Kong 3.6% (1995)

Laos

total value:
$240 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • electricity,
  • wood products,
  • coffee,
  • tin,
  • garments
partners :
  • Thailand,
  • Japan,
  • France,
  • Germany,
  • Netherlands

Macau

total value:
$1.99 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • textiles,
  • clothing,
  • toys
partners:
  • US 42%,
  • Hong Kong 10%,
  • Germany 9.9%,
  • China 9.6%,
  • France 8%,
  • UK 7.2% (1995)

Malaysia

total value:
$84.6 billion (1996)
commodities:
  • electronic equipment,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • palm oil,
  • wood and wood products,
  • rubber,
  • textiles
partners :
  • US 21%,
  • Singapore 20%,
  • Japan 12%,
  • Hong Kong 5%,
  • UK 4%,
  • Thailand 4%,
  • Germany 3% (1995)

Philippines

total value :
$20.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • electronics,
  • textiles,
  • coconut products,
  • telecommunications equipment,
  • fruit,
  • fish
partners:
  • US 36%,
  • Japan 16%,
  • Singapore 5%,
  • Hong Kong 5%,
  • UK 5% (1995)

Singapore

total value:
$144.8 billion (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • computer equipment,
  • rubber and rubber products,
  • petroleum products,
  • telecommunications equipment
partners:
  • Malaysia 19%,
  • US 18%,
  • Hong Kong 9%,
  • Japan 8%,
  • Thailand 6% (1995)

Taiwan

total value:
$116 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery and electrical equipment 46.3%,
  • textile products 13.5%,
  • basic metals and articles 8.8%,
  • chemicals 6.7% (1996 est.)
partners :
  • US 27.6%,
  • Hong Kong 21.7%,
  • EU countries 15.2%,
  • Japan 10.5% (1994 est.)

Thailand

total value:
$57.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
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

total value :
$7.1 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • rice,
  • marine products,
  • coffee,
  • rubber,
  • tea,
  • garments,
  • shoes
partners:
  • Japan,
  • Singapore,
  • Taiwan,
  • Hong Kong,
  • France,
  • South Korea

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1997, “Exports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/exports/1997.

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