The CIA World Factbook Edition 1998 Economy
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Exports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1998 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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1 entryWorld
- total value:
- $5 trillion (f.o.b., 1997 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 entriesAlgeria
- total value:
- $13.1 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- petroleum and natural gas 97%
- partners:
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:
- $192 million (f.o.b., 1995)
- commodities:
- cotton,
- crude oil,
- palm products,
- cocoa
- partners:
- Brazil 18%,
- Portugal 14%,
- Morocco,
- Libya,
- France
Burkina Faso
- total value:
- $298 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
- commodities:
- cotton,
- animal products,
- gold
- partners:
- Cote d'Ivoire,
- France,
- Italy,
- Mali
Cape Verde now Cabo Verde
- total value:
- $12.8 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- shoes,
- garments,
- fish,
- bananas,
- hides,
- partners:
- Portugal,
- Spain,
- France,
- UK
Cameroon
- total value:
- $1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- crude oil and petroleum products,
- lumber,
- cocoa beans,
- aluminum,
- coffee,
- cotton
- partners:
- EU (particularly France, Italy, and Spain) about 60%, African countries, Korea, Taiwan, and China
Central African Republic
- total value:
- $171 million (f.o.b., 1995)
- 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
Comoros
- total value:
- $11.4 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- vanilla,
- ylang-ylang,
- cloves,
- perfume oil,
- copra
- partners:
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total value:
- $1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1996 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:
- $1.2 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
- commodities:
- crude oil 90%,
- lumber,
- plywood,
- sugar,
- cocoa,
- coffee,
- diamonds
- partners:
Cote d'Ivoire
- total value:
- $4.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- cocoa 36%,
- coffee 22%;
- tropical woods 4%,
- petroleum,
- cotton,
- bananas,
- pineapples,
- palm oil,
- cotton,
- fish
- partners:
- France 18%,
- Germany 8%,
- Italy 8%,
- Netherlands 8%,
- Burkina Faso,
- Mali,
- US,
- UK
Djibouti
- total value:
- $39.6 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- hides and skins, coffee (in transit) (1995)
- partners:
- Ethiopia 45%,
- Somalia,
- Yemen,
- Saudi Arabia (1996)
Egypt
- total value:
- $5.1 billion (f.o.b., FY96/97 est.)
- commodities:
- crude oil and petroleum products,
- cotton yarn,
- raw cotton,
- textiles,
- metal products,
- chemicals
- partners:
- EU,
- US,
- Japan
Equatorial Guinea
- total value:
- $197 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- petroleum,
- timber,
- cocoa
- partners:
- US 34%,
- Japan 17%,
- Spain 13%,
- China 13%,
- Nigeria
Eritrea
- total value:
- $71 million (1996 est.)
- commodities:
- livestock,
- sorghum,
- textiles,
- food,
- small manufactures
- partners:
- Ethiopia 67%,
- Sudan 10%,
- Saudi Arabia 4%,
- US 3%,
- Italy,
- Yemen (1996)
Swaziland now Eswatini
- total value:
- $893 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- soft drink concentrates,
- sugar,
- wood pulp,
- cotton yarn (1995)
- partners:
Ethiopia
- total value:
- $418 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- coffee,
- leather products,
- gold (1995)
- partners:
Gabon
- total value:
- $3.1 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- crude oil 81%,
- timber 12%,
- manganese 5%,
- uranium (1996)
- partners:
- US 50%,
- France 16%,
- Japan 8%,
- China,
- Spain,
- Germany (1996)
Gambia, The now The Gambia
- total value:
- $160 million (f.o.b., 1995)
- commodities:
- peanuts and peanut products 70%,
- fish,
- cotton lint,
- palm kernels
- partners:
- Japan,
- Senegal,
- Hong Kong,
- France,
- Switzerland,
- UK,
- Indonesia
Ghana
- total value:
- $1.57 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- gold 39%, cocoa 35%, timber 9.4%, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, and diamonds (1996 est.)
- partners:
- UK,
- Germany,
- US,
- Netherlands,
- Japan,
- Nigeria
Guinea
- total value:
- $748 million (1995 est.)
- commodities:
- bauxite,
- alumina,
- diamonds,
- gold,
- coffee,
- fish,
- agricultural products
- partners:
Guinea-Bissau
- total value:
- $25.8 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- cashews 95%,
- fish,
- peanuts,
- palm kernels,
- sawn lumber (1994)
- partners:
Kenya
- total value:
- $2.1 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- tea 18%,
- coffee 15%,
- petroleum products (1995)
- partners:
Lesotho
- total value:
- $218 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- clothing,
- wool,
- footwear,
- road vehicles,
- mohair (1995)
- partners:
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:
- $9 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
- commodities:
- crude oil,
- refined petroleum products,
- natural gas
- partners:
- Italy,
- Germany,
- Spain,
- France,
- 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:
- $405 million (f.o.b., 1995)
- commodities:
- tobacco,
- tea,
- sugar,
- coffee,
- peanuts,
- wood products
- partners:
- US,
- South Africa,
- Germany,
- Japan
Mali
- total value:
- $473 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- cotton,
- livestock,
- gold
- partners:
- mostly franc zone and Western Europe
Mauritania
- total value:
- $494 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- fish and fish products,
- iron ore,
- gold
- partners:
Mauritius
- total value:
- $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- clothing and textiles 55%, sugar 24% (1995)
- partners:
Mayotte
- total value:
- $3.64 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- ylang-ylang (perfume essence),
- vanilla,
- copra
- partners:
- France 80%,
- Comoros 15%,
- Reunion
Mozambique
- total value:
- $226 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- shrimp 40%,
- cashews,
- cotton,
- sugar,
- copra,
- citrus
- partners:
- Spain,
- South Africa,
- Japan,
- Portugal,
- US
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:
- $188 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- uranium ore 67%,
- livestock products 20%,
- cowpeas,
- onions
- partners:
- France 41%,
- Nigeria 22%,
- Burkina Faso,
- Cote d'Ivoire,
- Japan 18%
Nigeria
- total value:
- $15 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- petroleum and petroleum products 95%,
- cocoa,
- rubber
- partners:
- US 40%, EU 21% (1995)
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:
- $62.3 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- coffee 74%,
- tea,
- cassiterite,
- wolframite,
- pyrethrum (1995)
- partners:
- Brazil, EU
Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
- total value:
- $704,000 (f.o.b., 1995)
- commodities:
- fish (frozen, canned, and salt-dried skipjack, tuna), handicrafts
- partners:
- South Africa, UK
Sao Tome and Principe
- total value:
- $4.9 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- cocoa 95%,
- copra,
- coffee,
- palm oil
- partners:
Senegal
- total value:
- $986 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- 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:
- $47 million (f.o.b., 1996); note-much reduced in 1997 by civil warfare
- commodities:
- diamonds,
- rutile,
- cocoa,
- coffee,
- 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 (1997)
- partners:
- Saudi Arabia 57%,
- Yemen 14%,
- Italy 13%,
- UAE 10%,
- US (bananas) (1995 est.)
South Africa
- total value:
- $31.3 billion (f.o.b., 1997)
- commodities:
- gold 20%,
- other minerals and metals 20%-25%,
- food 5%,
- chemicals 3% (1997)
- partners:
- Italy,
- Japan,
- US,
- Germany,
- UK,
- other EU countries,
- Hong Kong
Tanzania
- total value:
- $760 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- coffee,
- manufactured goods,
- cotton,
- cashew nuts,
- minerals,
- tobacco,
- sisal (1995)
- partners:
- EU,
- Japan,
- India,
- US (1995)
Togo
- total value:
- $196 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- cotton,
- phosphates,
- coffee,
- cocoa
- partners:
Tunisia
- total value:
- $5.6 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- hydrocarbons,
- textiles,
- agricultural products,
- phosphates and chemicals
- partners:
Uganda
- total value:
- $604 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- coffee,
- gold,
- cotton,
- tea,
- corn,
- fish
- partners:
Western Sahara
$NA
- 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
Arctic Region
2 entriesAsia
22 entriesAfghanistan
- 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:
- $290 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- gold and jewelry,
- aluminum,
- transport equipment,
- electrical equipment,
- scrap metal
- partners:
- Iran,
- Russia,
- Turkmenistan,
- Georgia
Azerbaijan
- total value:
- $789 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 (1996)
- commodities:
- garments,
- jute and jute goods,
- leather,
- frozen fish and seafood
- partners:
Bhutan
- total value:
- $77.4 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- cardamom,
- gypsum,
- timber,
- handicrafts,
- cement,
- fruit,
- electricity (to India),
- precious stones,
- spices
- partners:
- India 94%, Bangladesh
China
- total value:
- $182.7 billion (f.o.b., 1997)
- commodities:
- electrical machinery,
- clothing,
- footwear,
- toys,
- mineral fuels,
- leather,
- plastics,
- fabrics (1997)
- partners:
- Hong Kong,
- US,
- Japan,
- South Korea,
- Germany,
- Netherlands (1997)
Georgia
- total value:
- $400 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- 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:
- $33.9 billion (f.o.b., 1997)
- commodities:
- gems and jewelry, clothing, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures, cotton yarn, and fabric
- partners:
- US,
- Hong Kong,
- UK,
- Germany
Japan
- total value:
- $421 billion (f.o.b., 1997)
- commodities:
- manufactures 96% (including machinery 50%, motor vehicles 19%, consumer electronics 3%)
- partners:
Kazakhstan
- total value:
- $5.6 billion (1996)
- commodities:
- oil,
- ferrous and nonferrous metals,
- chemicals,
- grain,
- wool,
- meat,
- coal
- partners:
- Russia,
- Ukraine,
- Uzbekistan,
- Netherlands,
- China
Korea, North now North Korea
- total value:
- $912 million (f.o.b., 1996 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:
- $129.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- electronic and electrical equipment, machinery, steel, automobiles, ships;
- textiles, clothing, footwear;
- fish
- partners:
Kyrgyzstan
- total value:
- $506 million (1996)
- commodities:
- cotton, wool, meat, tobacco;
- gold, mercury, uranium, hydropower;
- machinery;
- shoes
- partners:
- China,
- UK,
- FSU
Maldives
- total value:
- $59 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- fish, clothing
- partners:
- Sri Lanka,
- US,
- Germany,
- Singapore,
- UK
Mongolia
- total value:
- $418 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- copper,
- livestock,
- animal products,
- cashmere,
- wool,
- hides,
- fluorspar,
- other nonferrous metals
- partners:
- Russia 21%, China 18% (1996)
Nepal
- total value:
- $419 million (f.o.b., 1997 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:
- $8.2 billion (FY96/97)
- commodities:
- cotton,
- textiles,
- clothing,
- rice,
- leather,
- carpets
- partners:
- EU,
- US,
- Hong Kong,
- Japan
Russia
- total value:
- $86.7 billion (1997)
- 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:
- $4.1 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- textiles and apparel,
- tea,
- diamonds and other gems,
- rubber products,
- petroleum products (1995)
- partners:
Tajikistan
- total value:
- $768 million (1996 est.)
- commodities:
- cotton,
- aluminum,
- fruits,
- vegetable oil,
- textiles
- partners:
- FSU 78%, Netherlands (1994)
Turkmenistan
- total value:
- $1.7 billion to states outside the FSU (1996)
- commodities:
- natural gas,
- cotton,
- petroleum products,
- textiles,
- electricity,
- carpets
- partners:
- FSU,
- Hong Kong,
- Switzerland,
- US,
- Germany,
- Turkey (1996)
Uzbekistan
- total value:
- $3.8 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 entriesAnguilla
- total value:
- $1.8 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- lobster,
- fish,
- livestock,
- salt
- partners:
- NA
Aruba
- total value:
- $1.7 billion (including oil re-exports) (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- mostly refined petroleum products
- partners:
- US 64%, EU
Bahamas, The now The Bahamas
- total value:
- $201.7 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- pharmaceuticals,
- cement,
- rum,
- crawfish,
- refined petroleum products
- partners:
Barbados
- total value:
- $235 million (f.o.b., 1995)
- commodities:
- sugar and molasses,
- rum,
- other foods and beverages,
- chemicals,
- electrical components,
- clothing
- partners:
Belize
- total value:
- $166 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- sugar,
- citrus fruits,
- bananas,
- clothing,
- fish products,
- molasses,
- wood
- partners:
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:
- $3.4 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
- commodities:
- turtle products, manufactured consumer goods
- partners:
- mostly US
Costa Rica
- total value:
- $2.9 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- coffee,
- bananas,
- textiles,
- sugar
- partners:
- US,
- Germany,
- Italy,
- Guatemala,
- El Salvador,
- Netherlands,
- UK,
- France
Cuba
- total value:
- $1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- sugar,
- nickel,
- tobacco,
- shellfish,
- medical products,
- citrus,
- coffee
- partners:
- Russia 18%, Netherlands 14% Canada 13% (1997 est.)
Dominica
- total value:
- $51.8 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- bananas 50%,
- soap,
- bay oil,
- vegetables,
- grapefruit,
- oranges
- partners:
Dominican Republic
- total value:
- $815 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- ferronickel,
- sugar,
- gold,
- coffee,
- cocoa
- partners:
- US 45%,
- EU 34%,
- Canada,
- Japan,
- Puerto Rico (1995)
El Salvador
- total value:
- $1.96 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- coffee, sugar;
- shrimp;
- textiles
- 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:
Guadeloupe
- total value:
- $145 million (f.o.b., 1994)
- commodities:
- bananas,
- sugar,
- rum
- partners:
- France 75%, Martinique 13% (1994)
Guatemala
- total value:
- $2.9 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- coffee,
- sugar,
- bananas,
- cardamom,
- petroleum
- partners:
Honduras
- total value:
- $1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- bananas,
- coffee,
- shrimp,
- lobster,
- minerals,
- meat,
- lumber
- partners:
Jamaica
- total value:
- $1.4 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- alumina,
- bauxite,
- sugar,
- bananas,
- rum
- partners:
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
Nicaragua
- total value:
- $635 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- coffee,
- seafood,
- meat,
- sugar,
- gold,
- bananas
- partners:
- US,
- Central America,
- Germany,
- Canada
Panama
- total value:
- $592 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- partners:
- US 37%,
- 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:
- $39.1 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- machinery,
- food,
- electronics,
- beverages and tobacco
- partners:
Saint Lucia
- total value:
- $79.5 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- bananas 41%,
- clothing,
- cocoa,
- vegetables,
- fruits,
- coconut oil
- partners:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- total value:
- $46 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- bananas 39%,
- eddoes and dasheen (taro),
- arrowroot starch,
- tennis racquets
- partners:
Trinidad and Tobago
- total value:
- $2.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- petroleum and petroleum products,
- chemicals,
- steel products,
- fertilizer,
- sugar,
- cocoa,
- coffee,
- citrus,
- flowers
- partners:
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 entriesAlbania
- total value:
- $228 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- asphalt,
- metals and metallic ores,
- electricity,
- crude oil,
- vegetables,
- fruits,
- tobacco
- partners:
- Italy,
- Greece,
- Germany,
- Belgium,
- US
Andorra
- total value:
- $47 million (f.o.b., 1995)
- commodities:
- electricity,
- tobacco products,
- furniture
- partners:
- France 49%, Spain 47%
Austria
- total value:
- $57.8 billion (1996)
- commodities:
- machinery and equipment,
- iron and steel,
- lumber,
- textiles,
- paper products,
- chemicals
- partners:
Belarus
- total value:
- $5.4 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- machinery and transport equipment,
- chemicals,
- foodstuffs
- partners:
- Russia,
- Ukraine,
- Poland,
- Germany
Belgium
- total value:
- $172 billion (f.o.b., 1997) Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU)
- commodities:
- iron and steel,
- transportation equipment,
- tractors,
- diamonds,
- petroleum products
- partners:
Denmark
- total value:
- $48.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- machinery and instruments 25%,
- meat and meat products,
- fuels,
- dairy products,
- ships,
- fish,
- chemicals
- partners:
Estonia
- total value:
- $2 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- 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:
Finland
- total value:
- $38.4 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- paper and pulp,
- machinery,
- chemicals,
- metals,
- timber
- partners:
France
- total value:
- $275 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- machinery and transportation equipment,
- chemicals,
- foodstuffs,
- agricultural products,
- iron and steel products,
- textiles and clothing
- partners:
Gibraltar
- total value:
- $83.7 million (f.o.b., 1995)
- commodities:
- partners:
- UK,
- Morocco,
- Portugal,
- Netherlands,
- Spain,
- US,
- FRG
Greece
- total value:
- $9.8 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- 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:
- $16 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- partners:
- EU 62.8% (Germany 29%, Austria 10.6%, Italy 8.0%), FSU 8.6% (1996)
Ireland
- total value:
- $54.8 billion (f.o.b., 1997)
- commodities:
- chemicals,
- data processing equipment,
- industrial machinery,
- live animals,
- animal products
- partners:
- EU 66% (UK 22%, Germany 13%, France 8%), US 6%
Man, Isle of now Isle of Man
$NA
- commodities:
- tweeds,
- herring,
- processed shellfish,
- beef,
- lamb
- partners:
- UK
Italy
- total value:
- $250.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- metals,
- textiles and clothing,
- production machinery,
- motor vehicles,
- transportation equipment,
- chemicals
- partners:
Latvia
- total value:
- $1.4 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- wood and wood products,
- textiles,
- foodstuffs
- partners:
- Russia,
- other CIS,
- Germany,
- Sweden,
- UK
Liechtenstein
- total value:
- $2.47 billion (1996)
- 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)
- commodities:
- partners:
- Russia,
- Germany,
- Belarus,
- Latvia,
- Ukraine (1996)
Luxembourg
- total value:
- $7.1 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- finished steel products,
- chemicals,
- rubber products,
- glass,
- aluminum,
- other industrial products
- partners:
Malta
- total value:
- $1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- machinery and transport equipment,
- clothing and footware,
- printed matter
- partners:
Moldova
- total value:
- $816 million (1997)
- commodities:
- foodstuffs,
- wine,
- tobacco,
- textiles and footwear,
- machinery
- partners:
- Russia,
- Kazakhstan,
- 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:
- $203.1 billion (f.o.b., 1997)
- commodities:
- manufactures and machinery,
- chemicals;
- processed food and tobacco,
- agricultural products
- partners:
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia
- total value:
- $1.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- 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:
- $49.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- partners:
- EU 77.2% (UK 19.8%, Germany 12.7%, Netherlands 9.1%, France 7.8%, Sweden 9.8%), US 6.0% (1995)
Portugal
- total value:
- $23.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- clothing and footwear,
- machinery,
- cork and paper products,
- hides
- partners:
- EU 76%, other developed countries 9% (US 5%)
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:
- $2.8 billion (1996 est.)
- commodities:
- manufactured goods,
- food and live animals,
- raw materials
- partners:
- Russia,
- Italy,
- Germany
Spain
- total value:
- $94.5 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
- commodities:
- cars and trucks,
- semifinished manufactured goods,
- foodstuffs,
- machinery (1994)
- partners:
Sweden
- total value:
- $84.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- machinery,
- motor vehicles,
- paper products,
- pulp and wood,
- iron and steel products,
- chemicals,
- petroleum and petroleum products
- partners:
Ukraine
- total value:
- $15.2 billion (1997 est.)
- commodities:
- ferrous and nonferrous metals,
- chemicals,
- machinery and transport equipment,
- food products
- partners:
- Russia,
- China,
- Belarus,
- Turkey,
- Germany (1997)
United Kingdom
- total value:
- $268 billion (f.o.b., 1997)
- commodities:
- manufactured goods,
- machinery,
- fuels,
- chemicals,
- semifinished goods,
- transport equipment
- partners:
- EU countries 53.2% (Germany 12.4%, France 9.9%, Netherlands 7.8%), US 11.4% (1996)
Middle East
17 entriesBahrain
- total value:
- $4.6 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- petroleum and petroleum products 61%, aluminum 7%
- partners:
Cyprus
- total value:
- Greek Cypriot area: $1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- citrus,
- potatoes,
- grapes,
- wine,
- cement,
- clothing and shoes
- partners:
- total value:
- Turkish Cypriot area: $70.5 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- citrus,
- potatoes,
- textiles
- partners:
Gaza Strip
- total value:
- $630 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.) (includes West Bank)
- commodities:
- citrus
- partners:
- Israel,
- Egypt,
- West Bank
Iran
- total value:
- $19 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- petroleum 80%,
- carpets,
- fruits,
- nuts,
- hides,
- iron,
- steel
- partners:
- Japan,
- US,
- UK,
- Germany,
- South Korea,
- UAE
Israel
- total value:
- $20.7 billion (f.o.b., 1997)
- commodities:
- machinery and equipment,
- cut diamonds,
- chemicals,
- textiles and apparel,
- agricultural products,
- metals
- partners:
Jordan
- total value:
- $1.53 billion (f.o.b., 1997)
- commodities:
- phosphates,
- fertilizers,
- potash,
- agricultural products,
- manufactures
- partners:
- Iraq,
- India,
- Saudi Arabia,
- EU,
- Indonesia,
- UAE
Kuwait
- total value:
- $14.7 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- oil and refined products, fertilizers
- partners:
Oman
- total value:
- $7.6 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- petroleum 75%,
- reexports,
- fish,
- processed copper,
- textiles
- partners:
Qatar
- total value:
- $5.8 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- petroleum products 80%,
- fertilizers,
- steel
- partners:
Saudi Arabia
- total value:
- $56.7 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- petroleum and petroleum products 90%
- partners:
Turkey now Turkiye
- total value:
- $26 billion (f.o.b., 1997); note-substantial unrecorded exports estimated at $5.8 billion
- commodities:
- partners:
United Arab Emirates
- total value:
- $33.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- crude oil 66%,
- natural gas,
- reexports,
- dried fish,
- dates
- partners:
West Bank
- total value:
- $630 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.) (includes Gaza Strip)
- commodities:
- olives,
- fruit,
- vegetables,
- limestone
- partners:
- Jordan, Israel
Yemen
- total value:
- $2.3 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- crude oil,
- cotton,
- coffee,
- dried and salted fish
- partners:
North America
5 entriesBermuda
- total value:
- $67.7 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- reexports of pharmaceuticals
- partners:
Canada
- total value:
- $208.6 billion (f.o.b., 1997)
- 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:
- $110.4 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.), includes in-bond industries
- commodities:
- crude oil,
- oil products,
- coffee,
- silver,
- engines,
- motor vehicles,
- cotton,
- consumer electronics
- partners:
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:
- $625.1 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- capital goods,
- automobiles,
- industrial supplies and raw materials,
- consumer goods,
- agricultural products
- partners:
Oceania
25 entriesAmerican Samoa
- total value:
- $318 million (f.o.b., 1992)
- commodities:
- canned tuna 93%
- partners:
- US 99.6%
Australia
- total value:
- $68 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- coal,
- gold,
- meat,
- wool,
- alumina,
- iron ore,
- wheat,
- machinery and transport equipment
- partners:
- Japan 20%,
- ASEAN 16%,
- South Korea 9%,
- US 9%,
- NZ 8%,
- UK,
- Taiwan,
- Hong Kong,
- China (1997)
Cook Islands
- total value:
- $4.2 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
- commodities:
- copra, fresh and canned citrus fruit, coffee;
- fish;
- pearls and pearl shells;
- clothing
- partners:
- NZ 80%,
- Japan,
- Hong Kong (1993)
Fiji
- total value:
- $639 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- sugar 32%,
- clothing,
- gold,
- processed fish,
- lumber
- partners:
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:
- $86.1 million (f.o.b., 1992)
- commodities:
- mostly transshipments of refined petroleum products,
- construction materials,
- fish,
- food and beverage products
- partners:
Kiribati
- total value:
- $6.7 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- copra 62%,
- seaweed,
- fish
- partners:
- US,
- Australia,
- NZ (1996)
Marshall Islands
- total value:
- $17.5 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- fish,
- coconut oil,
- fish,
- trochus shells
- partners:
- US,
- Japan,
- Australia
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- total value:
- $73 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- fish,
- garments,
- bananas,
- black pepper
- partners:
- Japan,
- US,
- Guam
New Caledonia
- total value:
- $500 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- ferronickels, nickel ore
- partners:
New Zealand
- total value:
- $18.5 billion (1997 est.)
- commodities:
- wool,
- lamb,
- mutton,
- beef,
- fish,
- cheese,
- chemicals,
- forestry products,
- fruits and vegetables,
- manufactures,
- dairy products,
- wood
- partners:
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
Palau
- total value:
- $14.3 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- trochus (type of shellfish),
- tuna,
- copra,
- handicrafts
- partners:
- US, Japan
Papua New Guinea
- total value:
- $2.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- gold,
- copper ore,
- oil,
- logs,
- coffee,
- palm oil,
- cocoa,
- lobster
- partners:
- Australia,
- Japan,
- Germany,
- UK,
- South Korea
Samoa
- total value:
- $10 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- coconut oil and cream,
- copra,
- fish,
- beer (1996)
- partners:
Solomon Islands
- total value:
- $168 million (f.o.b., 1995)
- commodities:
- timber,
- fish,
- palm oil,
- cocoa,
- copra
- partners:
Tonga
- total value:
- $15.3 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- squash,
- fish,
- vanilla,
- root crops,
- coconut oil
- partners:
Vanuatu
- total value:
- $30 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- copra,
- beef,
- cocoa,
- timber,
- coffee
- partners:
- Japan 28%,
- Spain 21%,
- Germany 14%,
- UK 7%,
- Cote d'Ivoire 7%,
- Australia,
- New Caledonia (1996 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
- total value:
- $370,000 (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
- commodities:
- copra, handicrafts
- partners:
- NA
South America
14 entriesArgentina
- total value:
- $25.4 billion (f.o.b., 1997)
- commodities:
- meat,
- wheat,
- corn,
- oilseed,
- manufactures,
- fuels
- partners:
Brazil
- total value:
- $53 billion (f.o.b., 1997)
- commodities:
- iron ore,
- soybean bran,
- orange juice,
- footwear,
- coffee,
- motor vehicle parts
- partners:
Colombia
- total value:
- $11.4 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- petroleum,
- coffee,
- coal,
- bananas,
- fresh cut flowers
- partners:
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
- total value:
- $7.6 million (1995)
- commodities:
- wool,
- hides,
- meat
- partners:
- UK,
- Netherlands,
- Japan (1992)
French Guiana
- total value:
- $81 million (f.o.b., 1994)
- commodities:
- shrimp,
- timber,
- gold,
- rum,
- rosewood essence,
- clothing
- partners:
- France 60%, EU 7%
Guyana
- total value:
- $546 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- sugar,
- gold,
- bauxite/alumina,
- rice,
- shrimp,
- molasses
- partners:
Paraguay
- total value:
- $1.1 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
- commodities:
- cotton,
- soybeans,
- timber,
- vegetable oils,
- meat products,
- coffee,
- tung oil
- partners:
Peru
- total value:
- $5.9 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- copper,
- zinc,
- fishmeal,
- crude petroleum and byproducts,
- lead,
- refined silver,
- coffee,
- cotton
- partners:
Suriname
- total value:
- $434.3 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- alumina,
- aluminum,
- shrimp and fish,
- rice,
- bananas
- partners:
Uruguay
- total value:
- $2.7 billion (f.o.b., 1997)
- commodities:
- wool and textile manufactures,
- beef and other animal products,
- rice,
- fish and shellfish,
- chemicals
- partners:
- Brazil,
- Argentina,
- US,
- Germany,
- Italy
Venezuela
- total value:
- $20.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- petroleum 78%,
- bauxite and aluminum,
- steel,
- chemicals,
- agricultural products,
- basic manufactures
- partners:
- US and Puerto Rico 55%,
- Japan,
- Netherlands,
- Italy
Southeast Asia
15 entriesBrunei
- total value:
- $2.62 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- crude oil,
- liquefied natural gas,
- petroleum products
- partners:
- ASEAN 31%,
- Japan 27%,
- South Korea 26%,
- UK,
- Taiwan (1996 est.)
Burma now Burma (Myanmar)
- total value:
- $693 million (1996)
- commodities:
- pulses and beans,
- teak,
- rice,
- rubber,
- hardwood
- partners:
- Singapore,
- China,
- Indonesia,
- India,
- Thailand
Cambodia
- total value:
- $615 million (1996 est.)
- commodities:
- timber,
- garments,
- rubber,
- soybeans,
- sesame
- partners:
- Singapore,
- Japan,
- Thailand,
- Hong Kong,
- Indonesia,
- Malaysia,
- US
Hong Kong
- total value:
- $180.7 billion (including reexports; f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- clothing,
- textiles,
- yarn and fabric,
- footwear,
- electrical appliances,
- watches and clocks,
- toys
- partners:
Laos
- total value:
- $313.1 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- wood products,
- garments,
- electricity,
- coffee,
- tin
- partners:
- Vietnam,
- Thailand,
- Germany,
- France
Macau
- total value:
- $1.99 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- textiles,
- clothing,
- toys,
- electronics,
- cement
- partners:
Malaysia
- total value:
- $78.2 billion (1996)
- commodities:
- electronic equipment,
- petroleum and petroleum products,
- palm oil,
- wood and wood products,
- rubber,
- textiles
- partners:
Singapore
- total value:
- $125.6 billion (1997 est.)
- commodities:
- computer equipment,
- rubber and rubber products,
- petroleum products,
- telecommunications equipment
- partners:
Thailand
- total value:
- $51.6 billion (f.o.b., 1997)
- commodities:
- manufactures 82%, agricultural products and fisheries 14% (1997)
- partners:
Vietnam
- total value:
- $7.1 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- crude oil,
- marine products,
- rice,
- coffee,
- rubber,
- tea,
- garments,
- shoes
- partners:
- Japan,
- Germany,
- Singapore,
- Taiwan,
- Hong Kong,
- France,
- South Korea
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1998, “Exports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/exports/1998.