The CIA World Factbook Edition 1990 Economy

Imports In 36 editions of 36.

Imports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1990 edition carries it in 216 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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World

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World

  • $2,750 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--NA;
  • partners--in value, about 75% of imports by the industrial countries

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

  • $7.8 billion (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--capital goods 35%, consumer goods 36%, food 20%;
  • partners--France 25%, Italy 8%, FRG 8%, US 6-7%

Angola

  • $2.5 billion (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--capital equipment (machinery and electrical equipment), food, vehicles and spare parts, textiles and clothing, medicines;
  • substantial military deliveries;
  • partners--US, USSR, Cuba, Portugal, Brazil

Benin

  • $413 million (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco, petroleum products, intermediate goods, capital goods, light consumer goods;
  • partners--France 34%, Netherlands 10%, Japan 7%, Italy 6%, US 5%

Botswana

  • $1.1 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, vehicles, textiles, petroleum products;
  • partners--Switzerland, US, UK, other EC-associated members of Southern African Customs Union

Burkina now Burkina Faso

  • $591 million (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--grain, dairy products, petroleum, machinery;
  • partners--EC 37% (France 23%, other 14%), Africa 31%, US 15% (1985)

Burundi

  • $204 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--capital goods 31%, petroleum products 15%, foodstuffs, consumer goods;
  • partners--EC 57%, Asia 23%, US 3%

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

  • $124 million (c.i.f., 1987);
  • commodities--petroleum, foodstuffs, consumer goods, industrial products;
  • partners--Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, France, US, FRG

Cameroon

  • $2.3 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--machines and electrical equipment, transport equipment, chemical products, consumer goods;
  • partners--France 42%, Japan 7%, US 4%

Central African Republic

  • $285 million (c.i.f., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--food, textiles, petroleum products, machinery, electrical equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, industrial products;
  • partners--France, other EC, Japan, Algeria, Yugoslavia

Chad

  • $214 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--machinery and transportation equipment 39%, industrial goods 20%, petroleum products 13%, foodstuffs 9%;
  • partners--US, France

Comoros

  • $52 million (c.i.f., 1987);
  • commodities--rice and other foodstuffs, cement, petroleum products, consumer goods;
  • partners--Europe 62% (France 22%, other 40%), Africa 5%, Pakistan, China

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • $1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--consumer goods, foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels;
  • partners--US, Belgium, France, FRG, Italy, Japan, UK

Congo now Republic of the Congo

  • $494.4 million (c.i.f., 1987);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, consumer goods, intermediate manufactures, capital equipment;
  • partners--France, Italy, other EC, US, FRG, Spain, Japan, Brazil

Ivory Coast now Cote d'Ivoire

  • $1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--manufactured goods and semifinished products 50%, consumer goods 40%, raw materials and fuels 10%;
  • partners--France, other EC, Nigeria, US, Japan (1985)

Djibouti

  • $198 million (f.o.b., 1986);
  • commodities--foods, beverages, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum products;
  • partners--EC 36%, Africa 21%, Bahrain 14%, Asia 12%, US 2%

Egypt

  • $10.1 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--foods, machinery and equipment, fertilizers, wood products, durable consumer goods, capital goods;
  • partners--US, EC, Japan, Eastern Europe

Equatorial Guinea

  • $50 million (c.i.f., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--petroleum, food, beverages, clothing, machinery;
  • partners--Spain 34%, Italy 16%, France 14%, Netherlands 8% (1987)

Swaziland now Eswatini

  • $386 million (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--motor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, foodstuffs;
  • partners--South Africa, US, UK

Ethiopia

$1.1 billion (c.i.f., FY88), commodities--food, fuels, capital goods; partners--USSR, Italy, FRG, Japan, UK, US, France

Gabon

  • $0.76 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, chemical products, petroleum products, construction materials, manufactures, machinery;
  • partners--France 48%, US 2.6%, FRG, Japan, UK

The Gambia

  • $105 million (c.i.f., FY89);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, manufactures, raw materials, fuel, machinery and transport equipment;
  • partners--Europe 55% (EC 39%, other 16%), Asia 20%, US 11%, Senegal 4% (1986)

Ghana

  • $988 million (c.i.f., 1987);
  • commodities--petroleum 16%, consumer goods, foods, intermediate goods, capital equipment;
  • partners--US 10%, UK, FRG, France, Japan, South Korea, GDR

Guinea

  • $509 million (c.i.f., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, textiles and other grain;
  • partners--US 16%, France, Brazil

Guinea-Bissau

  • $49 million (f.o.b., 1987);
  • commodities--capital equipment, consumer goods, semiprocessed goods, foods, petroleum;
  • partners--Portugal, USSR, EC countries, other Europe, Senegal, US

Kenya

  • $1.8 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--machinery and transportation equipment 36%, raw materials 33%, fuels and lubricants 20%, food and consumer goods 11% (1987);
  • partners--Western Europe 49%, Far East 20%, Middle East 19%, US 7% (1987)

Lesotho

  • $526 million (f.o.b., FY89 est.);
  • commodities--mainly corn, building materials, clothing, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum, oil, and lubricants;
  • partners--South Africa 95%, EC 2% (1985)

Liberia

  • $335 million (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--rice, mineral fuels, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment, other foodstuffs;
  • partners--US, EC, Japan, China, Netherlands, ECOWAS

Libya

  • $5.0 billion (f.o.b., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--machinery, transport equipment, food, manufactured goods;
  • partners--Italy, USSR, FRG, UK, Japan

Madagascar

  • $319 million (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--intermediate manufactures 30%, capital goods 28%, petroleum 15%, consumer goods 14%, food 13%;
  • partners--France, FRG, UK, other EC, US

Malawi

  • $402 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--food, petroleum, semimanufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment;
  • partners--South Africa, Japan, US, UK, Zimbabwe

Mali

  • $493 million (f.o.b., 1987);
  • commodities--textiles, vehicles, petroleum products, machinery, sugar, cereals;
  • partners--mostly franc zone and Western Europe

Mauritania

  • $365 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, consumer goods, petroleum products, capital goods;
  • partners--EC 79%, Africa 5%, US 4%, Japan 2%

Mauritius

  • $1.3 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--manufactured goods 50%, capital equipment 17%, foodstuffs 13%, petroleum products 8%, chemicals 7%;
  • partners--EC, US, South Africa, Japan

Mayotte

  • $21.8 million (f.o.b., 1984);
  • commodities--building materials, transportation equipment, rice, clothing, flour;
  • partners--France 57%, Kenya 16%, South Africa 11%, Pakistan 8%

Morocco

  • $5.1 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
  • commodities--capital goods 24%, semiprocessed goods 22%, raw materials 16%, fuel and lubricants 16%, food and beverages 13%, consumer goods 10%;
  • partners--EC 53%, US 11%, Canada 4%, Iraq 3%, USSR 3%, Japan 2%

Mozambique

  • $764 million (c.i.f., 1988), including aid;
  • commodities--food, clothing, farm equipment, petroleum;
  • partners--US, Western Europe, USSR

Namibia

  • $856 million (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, manufactured consumer goods, machinery and equipment;
  • partners--South Africa, FRG, UK, US

Niger

$441 million (c.i.f., 1988 est.); commodities--petroleum products, primary materials, machinery, vehicles and parts, electronic equipment, pharmaceuticals, chemical products, cereals, foodstuffs

Nigeria

  • $5.7 billion (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--consumer goods, capital equipment, chemicals, raw materials;
  • partners--EC, US

Reunion

  • $1.1 million (c.i.f., 1986);
  • commodities--manufactured goods, food, beverages, tobacco, machinery and transportation equipment, raw materials, and petroleum products;
  • partners--France, Mauritius, Bahrain, South Africa, Italy

Rwanda

  • $278 million (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--textiles, foodstuffs, machines and equipment, capital goods, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction material;
  • partners--US, Belgium, FRG, Kenya, Japan

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

  • $2.4 million (c.i.f., 1984);
  • commodities--food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed, building materials, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and parts;
  • partners--UK, South Africa

Sao Tome and Principe

  • $17.3 million (c.i.f., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--machinery and electrical equipment 59%, food products 32%, fuels 9%;
  • partners--Portugal, GDR, Angola, China

Senegal

  • $1.1 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--semimanufactures 30%, food 27%, durable consumer goods 17%, petroleum 12%, capital goods 14%;
  • partners--US, France, other EC, Nigeria, Algeria, China, Japan

Seychelles

  • $116 million (f.o.b., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--manufactured goods, food, tobacco, beverages, machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products;
  • partners--UK 20%, France 14%, South Africa 13%, PDRY 13%, Singapore 8%, Japan 6% (1987)

Sierra Leone

  • $167 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--capital goods 40%, food 32%, petroleum 12%, consumer goods 7%, light industrial goods;
  • partners--US, EC, Japan, China, Nigeria

Somalia

  • $354.0 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--textiles, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials;
  • partners--US 13%, Italy, FRG, Kenya, UK, Saudi Arabia (1986)

South Africa

  • $18.5 billion (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--machinery 27%, chemicals 11%, vehicles and aircraft 11%, textiles, scientific instruments, base metals;
  • partners--US, FRG, Japan, UK, France, Italy, Switzerland

Sudan

  • $1.2 billion (c.i.f., FY89 est.);
  • commodities--petroleum products, manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, medicines and chemicals;
  • partners--Western Europe 32%, Africa and Asia 15%, US 13%, Eastern Europe 3% (FY88)

Tanzania

  • $1.3 billion (c.i.f., FY89);
  • commodities--manufactured goods, machinery and transportation equipment, cotton piece goods, crude oil, foodstuffs;
  • partners--FRG, UK, US, Iran, Japan, Italy

Togo

  • $369 million (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--food, fuels, durable consumer goods, other intermediate goods, capital goods;
  • partners--EC 69%, Africa 10%, Japan 7%, US 4%, other 10% (1985)

Tunisia

  • $4.4 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
  • commodities--industrial goods and equipment 57%, hydrocarbons 13%, food 12%, consumer goods;
  • partners--EC 68%, US 7%, Canada, Japan, USSR, China, Saudi Arabia, Algeria

Uganda

  • $626 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--petroleum products, machinery, cotton piece goods, metals, transportation equipment, food;
  • partners--Kenya 25%, UK 14%, Italy 13%

Western Sahara

  • $30 million (c.i.f., 1982 est.);
  • commodities--fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs;
  • partners--Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts

Zambia

  • $687 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--machinery, transportation equipment, foodstuffs, fuels, manufactures;
  • partners--EC, Japan, South Africa, US

Zimbabwe

  • $1.1 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--machinery and transportation equipment 37%, other manufactures 22%, chemicals 16%, fuels 15%;
  • partners--EC 31%, Africa 29% (South Africa 21%, other 8%), US 8%, Japan 4%

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

  • $445.6 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--petroleum and petroleum products, machinery and transport equipment, food products;
  • partners--Denmark 66%, Norway 5%, Sweden 4%, FRG 4%, Japan 4% US 3%

Iceland

  • $1.6 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, textiles;
  • partners--EC 58% (FRG 16%, Denmark 10.4%, UK 9.2%), US 8.5%, USSR 3.9%

Asia

13 entries

Afghanistan

  • $996 million (c.i.f., FY88);
  • commodities--food and petroleum products;
  • partners--mostly USSR and Eastern Europe

Bangladesh

  • $3.1 billion (c.i.f., FY89 est.);
  • commodities--food, petroleum and other energy, nonfood consumer goods, semiprocessed goods, and capital equipment;
  • partners--Western Europe 18%, Japan 14%, Middle East 9%, US 8%

Bhutan

  • $138.3 million (c.i.f., FY89 est.);
  • commodities--fuel and lubricants, grain, machinery and parts, vehicles, fabrics;
  • partners--India 67%

China

  • $59.1 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--grain (mostly wheat), chemical fertilizer, steel, industrial raw materials, machinery, equipment;
  • partners--Hong Kong, Japan, US, FRG, USSR (1989)

India

  • $24.7 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--petroleum, edible oils, textiles, clothing, capital goods;
  • partners--EC 33%, Middle East 19%, Japan 10%, US 9%, USSR and Eastern Europe 8%

Japan

  • $210 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--manufactures 42%, fossil fuels 30%, foodstuffs 15%, nonfuel raw materials 13%;
  • partners--Southeast Asia 23%, US 23%, Middle East 15%, Western Europe 16%, Communist countries 7%

Korea, North now North Korea

  • $3.1 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--petroleum, machinery and equipment, coking coal, grain;
  • partners--USSR, Japan, China, FRG, Hong Kong, Singapore

Korea, South now South Korea

  • $61.3 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, textiles, organic chemicals, grains;
  • partners--Japan 28%, US 25% (1990)

Maldives

  • $90.0 million (c.i.f., 1988 est.);
  • commodities-- intermediate and capital goods 47%, consumer goods 42%, petroleum products 11%;
  • partners--Japan, Western Europe, Thailand

Mongolia

  • $1.0 billion (c.i.f., 1985);
  • commodities--machinery and equipment, fuels, food products, industrial consumer goods, chemicals, building materials, sugar, tea;
  • partners--nearly all trade with Communist countries (about 80% with USSR)

Nepal

  • $724 million (c.i.f., FY89 est.);
  • commodities--petroleum products 20%, fertilizer 11%, machinery 10%;
  • partners--India 36%, Japan 13%, Europe 4%, US 1% (FY88)

Pakistan

  • $7.2 billion (f.o.b., FY89);
  • commodities--petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, transportation, equipment, vegetable oils, animal fats, chemicals;
  • partners--EC 26%, Japan 15%, US 11% (FY88)

Sri Lanka

  • $2.3 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--petroleum, machinery and equipment, textiles and textile materials, wheat, transportation equipment, electrical machinery, sugar, rice;
  • partners--Japan, Saudi Arabia, US 5.6%, India, Singapore, FRG, UK, Iran

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

  • $NA;
  • commodities--NA;
  • partners --NA

Antigua and Barbuda

  • $302.1 million (c.i.f., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil;
  • partners--US 27%, UK 14%, CARICOM 7%, Canada 4%, other 48%

Aruba

  • $296.0 million (c.i.f., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--food, consumer goods, manufactures;
  • partners--US 8%, EC

The Bahamas

  • $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1987);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, manufactured goods, mineral fuels;
  • partners--Iran 30%, Nigeria 20%, US 10%, EC 10%, Gabon 10%

Barbados

  • $582 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, consumer durables, raw materials, crude oil;
  • partners--US 34%, CARICOM, Japan, UK, Canada

Belize

  • $176 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--machinery and transportation equipment, food, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals;
  • partners--US 55%, UK, Netherlands Antilles, Mexico (1987)

British Virgin Islands

  • $72.0 million (c.i.f., 1985);
  • commodities--building materials, automobiles, foodstuffs, machinery;
  • partners--Virgin Islands (US), Puerto Rico, US

Cayman Islands

  • $134 million (c.i.f., 1986 est.);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, manufactured goods;
  • partners--US, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, Netherlands Antilles, Japan

Costa Rica

  • $1.4 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--petroleum, machinery, consumer durables, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs;
  • partners--US 35%, Japan, Guatemala, FRG

Cuba

  • $7.6 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--capital goods, industrial raw materials, food, petroleum;
  • partners--USSR 71%, other Communist countries 15% (1988)

Dominica

  • $66.0 million (c.i.f., 1987);
  • commodities--food, oils and fats, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, manufactured goods, machinery and equipment;
  • partners--US 23%, UK 18%, CARICOM 15%, OECS 15%, Japan 5%, Canada 3%, other 21%

Dominican Republic

  • $1.8 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals;
  • partners--US, including Puerto Rico, 37% (1985)

El Salvador

  • $1.1 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--petroleum products, consumer goods, foodstuffs, machinery, construction materials, fertilizer;
  • partners--US 40%, Guatemala 12%, Venezuela 7%, Mexico 7%, FRG 5%, Japan 4%

Grenada

  • $92.6 million (c.i.f., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--machinery 24%, food 22%, manufactured goods 19%, petroleum 8%;
  • partners--US 32%, UK, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan, Canada

Guadeloupe

  • $792 million (c.i.f., 1986);
  • commodities--vehicles, foodstuffs, clothing and other consumer goods, construction materials, petroleum products;
  • partners--France 59% (1984)

Guatemala

  • $1.5 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--fuel and petroleum products, machinery, grain, fertilizers, motor vehicles;
  • partners--US 38%, Mexico, FRG, Japan, El Salvador

Haiti

  • $344 million (c.i.f., FY88);
  • commodities--machines and manufactures 36%, food and beverages 21%, petroleum products 11%, fats and oils 12%, chemicals 12%;
  • partners--US 65%, Netherlands Antilles 6%, Japan 5%, France 4%, Canada 2%, Asia 2% (FY86)

Honduras

  • $1.4 billion (c.i.f. 1988);
  • commodities--machinery and transport equipment, chemical products, manufactured goods, fuel and oil, foodstuffs;
  • partners--US 39%, Japan 9%, CACM, Venezuela, Mexico

Jamaica

  • $1.6 billion (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--petroleum, machinery, food, consumer goods, construction goods;
  • partners--US 46%, UK, Venezuela, Canada, Japan, Trinidad and Tobago

Martinique

  • $879 million (c.i.f., 1986);
  • commodities--petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods;
  • partners--France 64% (1986)

Montserrat

  • $25.3 million (c.i.f., 1987);
  • commodities--machinery and transportation equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels, lubricants, and related materials;
  • partners--NA

Netherlands Antilles

  • $1.5 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--crude petroleum 64%, food, manufactures;
  • partners--Venezuela 52%, Nigeria 15%, US 12%

Nicaragua

  • $550 million (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--petroleum, food, chemicals, machinery, clothing;
  • partners--CEMA 55%, EC 20%, Latin America 10%, others 10%

Panama

  • $830 million (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--foodstuffs 16%, capital goods 9%, crude oil 16%, consumer goods, chemicals;
  • partners--US 35%, Central America and Caribbean, EC, Mexico, Venezuela (1989 est.)

Puerto Rico

  • $11.8 billion (c.i.f., FY88);
  • commodities--chemicals, clothing, food, fish products, crude oil;
  • partners--US 60%

St. Kitts and Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • $94.7 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, intermediate manufactures, machinery, fuels;
  • partners--US 35%, UK 18%, Trinidad and Tobago 10%, Canada 6%, Japan 4% (1987)

St. Lucia now Saint Lucia

  • $178.1 million (c.i.f., 1987);
  • commodities--manufactured goods 22%, machinery and transportation equipment 21%, food and live animals 20%, mineral fuels, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fertilizers, petroleum products;
  • partners--US 33%, UK 16%, CARICOM 14.8%, Japan 6.5%, other 29.7%

St. Vincent and the Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • $87.3 million (c.i.f., 1986);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels;
  • partners--US 37%, CARICOM 18%, UK 13%

Trinidad and Tobago

  • $1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1987);
  • commodities--raw materials 41%, capital goods 30%, consumer goods 29% (1986);
  • partners--US 42%, EC 21%, Japan 10%, Canada 6%, Latin America 6%, CARICOM 4% (1986)

Turks and Caicos Islands

  • $26.3 million (c.i.f., FY84);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, drink, tobacco, clothing;
  • partners--US, UK

Virgin Islands

  • $3.7 billion (c.i.f., 1985);
  • commodities--crude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, building materials;
  • partners--US, Puerto Rico

Europe

36 entries

Albania

  • $255 million (f.o.b., 1987 est.);
  • commodities--machinery, machine tools, iron and steel products, textiles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals;
  • partners--Italy, Yugoslavia, FRG, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, GDR

Andorra

  • $531 million (f.o.b., 1986);
  • commodities--NA;
  • partners--France, Spain

Austria

  • $37.9 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, vehicles, chemicals, textiles and clothing, pharmaceuticals;
  • partners--FRG 44%, Italy 9%, Eastern Europe 6%, Switzerland 5%, US 4%, USSR 2%

Belgium

  • $100.1 billion (c.i.f., 1989) Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union;
  • commodities--fuels, grains, chemicals, foodstuffs;
  • partners--EC 72%, US 5%, oil-exporting less developed countries 4%, Communist countries 3% (1988)

Bulgaria

  • $21.0 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--fuels, minerals, and raw materials 45.2%;
  • machinery and equipment 39.8%;
  • manufactured consumer goods 4.6%;
  • agricultural products 3.8%;
  • other 6.6%;
  • partners--Socialist countries 80.5% (USSR 57.5%, GDR 5.7%), developed countries 15.1% (FRG 4.8%, Austria 1.6%);
  • less developed countries 4.4% (Libya 1.0%, Brazil 0.9%)

Czechoslovakia

  • $23.5 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--machinery and equipment 41.6%;
  • fuels, minerals, and metals 32.2%;
  • agricultural and forestry products 11.5%;
  • industrial consumer goods 6.7%;
  • other products 8.0%;
  • partners--USSR, GDR, Poland, Hungary, FRG, Yugoslavia, Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, US

Denmark

  • $26.4 billion (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--petroleum, machinery and equipment, chemicals, grain and foodstuffs, textiles, paper;
  • partners--US 7.0%, FRG, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, other EC

Faroe Islands

  • $363 million (c.i.f., 1986);
  • commodities--machinery and transport equipment 38%, food and livestock 11%, fuels 10%, manufactures 10%, chemicals 5%;
  • partners: Denmark 46%, FRG, Norway, Japan, UK

Finland

  • $22.0 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and fabrics, fodder grains;
  • partners--EC 43.5% (FRG 16.9%, UK 6.8%), Sweden 13.3%, USSR 12.1%, US 6.3%

France

  • $194.5 billion (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--crude oil, machinery and equipment, agricultural products, chemicals, iron and steel products;
  • partners--FRG 19.4%, Italy 11.5%, Belgium-Luxembourg 9.2%, US 7.7%, UK 7.2%, Netherlands 5.2%, Spain 4.4%, Japan 4.1%, USSR 2.1% (1989 est.)

German Democratic Republic

  • $31.0 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--fuels and metals 40%, machinery and transport equipment 29%, chemical products and building materials 9%;
  • partners--CEMA countries 65%, non-Communist 33%, other 2%

Germany, Federal Republic of now Germany

  • $250.6 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--manufactures 68.5%, agricultural products 12.0%, fuels 9.7%, raw materials 7.1%;
  • partners--EC 52.7% (France 12%, Netherlands 11%, Italy 10%, UK 7%, Belgium-Luxembourg 7%), other West Europe 15%, US 6%, Japan 6%, Eastern Europe 5%, OPEC 3% (1987)

Gibraltar

  • $147 million (1985);
  • commodities--manufactured goods, fuels, and foodstuffs;
  • partners--UK, Morocco, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, US, FRG

Greece

  • $13.5 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--machinery and transport equipment, light manufactures, fuels and lubricants, foodstuffs, chemicals;
  • partners--FRG 22%, nonoil developing countries 14%, oil exporting countries 13%, Italy 12%, France 8%, US 3.2%

Guernsey

  • $NA;
  • commodities--coal, gasoline and oil;
  • partners--UK (regarded as internal trade)

Hungary

  • $18.3 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--machinery and transport 28%, fuels 20%, chemical products 14%, manufactured consumer goods 16%, agriculture 6%, other 16%;
  • partners--USSR 43%, Eastern Europe 28%, less developed countries 23%, US 3% (1987)

Ireland

  • $17.3 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--food, animal feed, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, machinery, textiles, clothing;
  • partners--EC 66% (UK 42%, FRG 9%, France 4%), US 16%

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

  • $NA;
  • commodities--timber, fertilizers, fish;
  • partners--UK

Italy

  • $143.1 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
  • commodities--petroleum, industrial machinery, chemicals, metals, food, agricultural products;
  • partners--EC 57%, OPEC 6%, US 6%

Jersey

  • $NA;
  • commodities--machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals;
  • partners--UK

Liechtenstein

  • $NA;
  • commodities--machinery, metal goods, textiles, foodstuffs, motor vehicles;
  • partners--NA

Luxembourg

  • $5.9 billion (c.i.f., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods;
  • partners--FRG 40%, Belgium 35%, France 15%, US 3%

Malta

  • $1,360 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--food, petroleum, nonfood raw materials;
  • partners--FRG 19%, UK 17%, Italy 17%, US 11%

Monaco

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

Netherlands

  • $100.9 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--raw materials and semifinished products, consumer goods, transportation equipment, crude oil, food products;
  • partners--EC 63.8% (FRG 26.5%, Belgium-Luxembourg 23.1%, UK 8.1%), US 7.9% (1988)

Norway

  • $18.7 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--machinery, fuels and lubricants, transportation equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs, clothing, ships;
  • partners--Sweden 18%, less developed countries 18%, FRG 14%, Denmark 8%, UK 7%, US 7%, Japan 5% (1988)

Poland

  • $22.8 billion (f.o.b., 1987 est.);
  • commodities--machinery and equipment 36%;
  • fuels, minerals, and metals 35%;
  • manufactured consumer goods 9%;
  • agricultural and forestry products 12%;
  • partners--USSR 23%, FRG 13%, Czechoslovakia 6% (1988)

Portugal

  • $17.7 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--petroleum, cotton, foodgrains, industrial machinery, iron and steel, chemicals;
  • partners--EC 67%, other developed countries 13%, less developed countries 15%, US 4%

Romania

  • $8.75 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--fuels, minerals, and metals 51.0%, machinery and equipment 26.7%, agricultural and forestry products 11.0%, manufactured consumer goods 4.2% (1986);
  • partners--Communist countries 60%, non-Communist countries 40% (1987)

San Marino

see Exports

Soviet Union

  • $107.3 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--grain and other agricultural products, machinery and equipment, steel products (including large-diameter pipe), consumer manufactures;
  • partners--Eastern Europe 54%, EC 11%, Cuba, China, US (1988)

Spain

  • $60.4 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--petroleum, footwear, machinery, chemicals, grain, soybeans, coffee, tobacco, iron and steel, timber, cotton, transport equipment;
  • partners--EC 57%, US 9%, other developed countries 13%, Middle East 3%

Sweden

  • $48.5 billion (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, foodstuffs, iron and steel, clothing;
  • partners--EC 55.8% (FRG 21.2%, UK 8.6%, Denmark 6.6%), US 7.5%, Norway 6.0%

Switzerland

  • $57.2 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--agricultural products, machinery and transportation equipment, chemicals, textiles, construction materials;
  • partners--Europe 79% (EC 72%, other 7%), US 5%

United Kingdom

  • $189.2 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--manufactured goods, machinery, semifinished goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods;
  • partners--EC 52.5% (FRG 16.6%, France 8.8%, Netherlands 7.8%), US 10.2%, Communist countries 2.1%

Yugoslavia

  • $13.8 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--raw materials and semimanufactures 79%, capital goods and equipment 15%, consumer goods 6%;
  • partners--EC 30%, CEMA 45%, less developed countries 14%, US 5%, other 6%

Middle East

18 entries

Bahrain

  • $2.5 billion (f.o.b., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--nonoil 59%, crude oil 41%;
  • partners--UK, Saudi Arabia, US, Japan

Cyprus

  • $1.9 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--consumer goods 23%, petroleum and lubricants 12%, food and feed grains, machinery;
  • partners--EC 60%, Middle East and North Africa 7%, US 4%

Gaza Strip

  • $260 million;
  • commodities--food, consumer goods, construction materials;
  • partners--Israel, Egypt (1989 est.)

Iran

  • $12.0 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--machinery, military supplies, metal works, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, technical services, refined oil products;
  • partners--FRG, Japan, Turkey, UK, Italy

Iraq

  • $10.2 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--manufactures, food;
  • partners--Turkey, US, FRG, UK, France, Japan, Romania, Yugoslavia, Brazil (1988)

Israel

  • $12.4 billion (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--military equipment, rough diamonds, oil, chemicals, machinery, iron and steel, cereals, textiles, vehicles, ships, aircraft;
  • partners--US, FRG, UK, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg

Jordan

  • $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--crude oil, textiles, capital goods, motor vehicles, foodstuffs;
  • partners--EC, US, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Turkey, Romania, China, Taiwan

Kuwait

  • $5.2 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--food, construction material, vehicles and parts, clothing;
  • partners--Japan, US, FRG, UK

Lebanon

  • $1.5 billion (c.i.f., 1987);
  • commodities--NA;
  • partners--Italy 14%, France 12%, US 6%, Turkey 5%, Saudi Arabia 3%

Oman

  • $1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1988 est.);
  • commodities --machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, livestock, lubricants;
  • partners--Japan, UAE, UK, FRG, US

Qatar

  • $1.0 billion (f.o.b., 1988 est.), excluding military equipment;
  • commodities--foodstuffs, beverages, animal and vegetable oils, chemicals, machinery and equipment;
  • partners--EC, Japan, Arab countries, US, Australia

Saudi Arabia

  • $21.8 billion (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--manufactured goods, transportation equipment, construction materials, processed food products;
  • partners--US 20%, Japan 18%, UK 16%, Italy 11%

Syria

  • $1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--petroleum, machinery, base metals, foodstuffs and beverages;
  • partners--Iran, FRG, USSR, France, GDR, Libya, US

Turkey now Turkiye

  • $14.3 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--crude oil, machinery, transport equipment, metals, pharmaceuticals, dyes, plastics, rubber, mineral fuels, fertilizers, chemicals;
  • partners--FRG 14.3%, US 10.6%, Iraq 10.0%, Italy 7.0%, France 5.8%, UK 5.2%

United Arab Emirates

  • $8.5 billion (c.i.f., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--food, consumer and capital goods;
  • partners--EC, Japan, US

West Bank

  • $410 million (c.i.f., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--NA;
  • partners--Jordan, Israel

Yemen Arab Republic

  • $1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--textiles and other manufactured consumer goods, petroleum products, sugar, grain, flour, other foodstuffs, and cement;
  • partners--Italy 10%, Saudi Arabia 9%, US 9.3%, Japan 9%, UK 8% (1985)

Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of now People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

  • $598.0 million (f.o.b., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--grain, consumer goods, crude oil, machinery, chemicals;
  • partners--USSR, Australia, UK

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

  • $402 million (c.i.f., 1985);
  • commodities--fuel, foodstuffs, machinery;
  • partners--US 58%, Netherlands Antilles 9%, UK 8%, Canada 6%, Japan 5%, other 14%

Canada

  • $116.5 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--processed foods, beverages, crude petroleum, chemicals, industrial machinery, motor vehicles, durable consumer goods, electronic computers;
  • partners--US, Japan, UK, FRG, other EC, Taiwan, South Korea, Mexico

Mexico

  • $23.3 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--grain, metal manufactures, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment;
  • partners--US 62%, EC 18%, Japan 10%

St. Pierre and Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  • $50.3 million (c.i.f., 1986);
  • commodities--meat, clothing, fuel, electrical equipment, machinery, building materials;
  • partners--Canada, France, US, Netherlands, UK

United States

  • $440.9 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--crude and partly refined petroleum, machinery, automobiles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages;
  • partners--Japan 19.6% , Canada 19.1% (1988)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

  • $346 million (c.i.f., 1987);
  • commodities--building materials 18%, food 17%, petroleum products 14%;
  • partners--US 72%, Japan 7%, NZ 7%, Australia 5%, other 9%

Australia

  • $48.6 billion (c.i.f., FY89);
  • commodities--manufactured raw materials, capital equipment, consumer goods;
  • partners--US 22%, Japan 22%, UK 7%, FRG 6%, NZ 4% (1984)

Cook Islands

  • $38.7 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber;
  • partners--NZ 49%, Japan, Australia, US

Fiji

  • $454 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--food 15%, petroleum products, machinery, consumer goods;
  • partners--US 4.8%, NZ, Australia, Japan

French Polynesia

  • $767 million (c.i.f., 1986);
  • commodities--fuels, foodstuffs, equipment;
  • partners--France 50%, US 16%, New Zealand 6%

Guam

  • $611 million (c.i.f., 1983);
  • commodities--mostly crude petroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured goods;
  • partners--US 77%, others 23%

Kiribati

  • $21.5 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, fuel, transportation equipment;
  • partners--Australia 39%, Japan 21%, NZ 6%, UK 6%, US 3% (1985)

Marshall Islands

  • $29.2 million (c.i.f., 1985);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, beverages, building materials;
  • partners--NA

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

  • $48.9 million (c.i.f., 1983);
  • commodities--NA;
  • partners--NA

Nauru

  • $73 million (c.i.f., 1984);
  • commodities--food, fuel, manufactures, building materials, machinery;
  • partners--Australia, UK, NZ, Japan

New Caledonia

  • $180 million (c.i.f., 1986);
  • commodities--foods, fuels, minerals, machines, electrical equipment;
  • partners--France 50.3%, Australia

New Zealand

  • $7.5 billion (c.i.f., FY89);
  • commodities--petroleum, consumer goods, motor vehicles, industrial equipment;
  • partners--Australia 19.7%, Japan 16.9%, EC 16.9%, US 15.3%, Taiwan 3.0%

Niue

  • $3.8 million (c.i.f., 1985);
  • commodities--food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs;
  • partners--NZ 59%, Fiji 20%, Japan 13%, Western Samoa, Australia, US

Norfolk Island

  • $16.3 million (c.i.f., FY85);
  • commodities--NA;
  • partners--Australia, Pacific Islands, NZ, Asia, Europe

Northern Mariana Islands

  • $NA;
  • commodities--NA;
  • partners--NA

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the now Palau

  • $27.2 million (c.i.f., 1986);
  • commodities--NA;
  • partners--US

Papua New Guinea

  • $1.2 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--machinery and transport equipment, fuels, food, chemicals, consumer goods;
  • partners--Australia, Singapore, Japan, US, New Zealand, UK

Pitcairn Islands

  • $NA;
  • commodities--fuel oil, machinery, building materials, flour, sugar, other foodstuffs;
  • partners--NA

Western Samoa now Samoa

  • $51.8 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--intermediate goods 58%, food 17%, capital goods 12%;
  • partners--New Zealand 31%, Australia 20%, Japan 15%, Fiji 15%, US 5%, EC 4% (1987)

Solomon Islands

  • $101.7 million (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--plant and machinery 30%, fuel 19%, food 16%;
  • partners--Japan 36%, US 23%, Singapore 9%, UK 9%, NZ 9%, Australia 4%, Hong Kong 4%, China 3% (1985)

Tokelau

  • $323,400 (c.i.f., 1983);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, building materials, fuel;
  • partners--NZ

Tonga

  • $60.1 million (c.i.f., FY88 est.);
  • commodities--food products, beverages and tobacco, fuels, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, building materials;
  • partners--NZ 39%, Australia 25%, Japan 9%, US 6%, EC 5% (FY87)

Tuvalu

  • $2.8 million (c.i.f., 1983 est.);
  • commodities--food, animals, mineral fuels, machinery, manufactured goods;
  • partners--Fiji, Australia, NZ

Vanuatu

  • $58 million (f.o.b., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--machines and vehicles 25%, food and beverages 23%, basic manufactures 18%, raw materials and fuels 11%, chemicals 6%;
  • partners--Australia 36%, Japan 13%, NZ 10%, France 8%, Fiji 5% (1987)

Wallis and Futuna

  • $3.4 million (c.i.f., 1977);
  • commodities--largely foodstuffs and some equipment associated with development programs;
  • partners--France, Australia, New Zealand

South America

14 entries

Argentina

  • $4.3 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals, fuels and lubricants, agricultural products;
  • partners--US 25%, Brazil, FRG, Bolivia, Japan, Italy, Netherlands

Bolivia

  • $786 million (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--food, petroleum, consumer goods, capital goods;
  • partners--US 15%

Brazil

  • $18.0 billion (1989 est.);
  • commodities--crude oil, capital goods, chemical products, foodstuffs, coal;
  • partners--Middle East and Africa 24%, EC 22%, US 21%, Latin America 12%, Japan 6% (1987)

Chile

  • $4.7 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--petroleum, wheat, capital goods, spare parts, raw materials;
  • partners--EC 23%, US 20%, Japan 10%, Brazil 9%

Colombia

  • $5.02 billion (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--industrial equipment, transportation equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, paper products;
  • partners--US 34%, EC 16%, Brazil 4%, Venezuela 3%, Japan 3%

Ecuador

  • $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--transport equipment, vehicles, machinery, chemical, petroleum;
  • partners--US 28%, Latin America, Caribbean, EC, Japan

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  • at least $13.9 million;
  • commodities--food, clothing, fuels, and machinery;
  • partners--UK, Netherlands Antilles (Curacao), Japan (1987 est.)

French Guiana

  • $297.7 million (c.i.f., 1986);
  • commodities--food (grains, processed meat), other consumer goods, producer goods, petroleum;
  • partners--France 55%, Trinidad and Tobago 13%, US 3% (1984)

Guyana

  • $216 million (c.i.f., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--manufactures machinery, food, petroleum;
  • partners--CARICOM 41%, US 18%, UK 9%, Canada 3% (1984)

Paraguay

  • $1,010 million (registered c.i.f., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--capital goods 35%, consumer goods 20%, fuels and lubricants 19%, raw materials 16%, foodstuffs, beverages, and tobacco 10%;
  • partners--Brazil 30%, EC 20%, US 18%, Argentina 8%, Japan 7%

Peru

  • $2.50 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, machinery, transport equipment, iron and steel semimanufactures, chemicals, pharmaceuticals;
  • partners--US 23%, Latin America 16%, EC 12%, Japan 7%, Switzerland 3%

Suriname

  • $365 million (f.o.b., 1988 est.);
  • commodities--capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, cotton, consumer goods;
  • partners--US 34%, Netherlands 20%, Trinidad and Tobago 8%, Brazil 5%, UK 3%

Uruguay

  • $1.1 billion (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--fuels and lubricants 15%, metals, machinery, transportation equipment, industrial chemicals;
  • partners--Brazil 24%, Argentina 14%, US 8%, FRG 8% (1987)

Venezuela

  • $10.9 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, chemicals, manufactures, machinery and transport equipment;
  • partners--US 44%, FRG 8.5%, Japan 6%, Italy 5%, Brazil 4.4% (1987)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

  • $800 million (c.i.f., 1987);
  • commodities--machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods;
  • food, beverages, tobacco;
  • consumer goods;
  • partners--Singapore 31%, US 20%, Japan 6% (1986)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$536 million (c.i.f., FY88 est.) commodities--machinery, transport equipment, chemicals, food products; partners--Japan, EC, CEMA, China, Southeast Asia

Cambodia

  • $147 million (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--international food aid;
  • fuels, consumer goods;
  • partners--Vietnam, USSR, Eastern Europe, Japan, India

Christmas Island

  • $NA;
  • commodities--NA;
  • partners--NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  • $NA;
  • commodities--foodstuffs;
  • partners--Australia

Hong Kong

  • $63.9 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--foodstuffs, transport equipment, raw materials, semimanufactures, petroleum;
  • partners--China 31%, Japan 20%, Taiwan 9%, US 8%

Indonesia

  • $13.2 billion (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--machinery 39%, chemical products 19%, manufactured goods 16%;
  • partners--Japan 26%, EC 19%, US 13%, Singapore 7% (1988)

Laos

  • $219 million (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--food, fuel oil, consumer goods, manufactures;
  • partners--Thailand, USSR, Japan, France, Vietnam

Macau

  • $1.6 billion (1989 est.);
  • commodities--raw materials, foodstuffs, capital goods;
  • partners--Hong Kong 39%, China 21%, Japan 10% (1987)

Malaysia

  • $20 billion (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--food, crude oil, consumer goods, intermediate goods, capital equipment, chemicals;
  • partners--Japan, Singapore, FRG, UK, Thailand, China, Australia, US

Philippines

  • $10.5 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--raw materials 53%, capital goods 17%, petroleum products 17%;
  • partners--US 25%, Japan 17%, ESCAP 13%, EC 11%, ASEAN 10%, Middle East 10%

Singapore

  • $53 billion (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
  • commodities--includes transshipments from Malaysia--capital equipment, petroleum, chemicals, manufactured goods, foodstuffs;
  • partners--Japan 22%, US 16%, Malaysia 15%, EC 12%, Kuwait 1%

Taiwan

  • $52.2 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--machinery and equipment 15.9%, crude oil 5%, chemical and chemical products 11.1%, basic metals 7.4%, foodstuffs 2.0%;
  • partners--Japan 31%, US 23%, Saudi Arabia 8.6%

Thailand

  • $25.1 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
  • commodities--machinery and parts 23%, petroleum products 13%, chemicals 11%, iron and steel, electrical appliances;
  • partners--Japan 26%, US 14%, Singapore 7%, FRG, Malaysia, UK (1987)

Vietnam

  • $2.5 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
  • commodities--petroleum, steel products, railroad equipment, chemicals, medicines, raw cotton, fertilizer, grain;
  • partners--USSR, Eastern Europe, Japan, Singapore

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1990, “Imports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/imports/1990.

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