The CIA World Factbook Edition 1991 Economy
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Imports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1991 edition carries it in 212 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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1 entryWorld
- $3.45 trillion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services;
- partners--in value, about 75% of imports by the industrial countries
Africa
56 entriesAlgeria
- $9.2 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
- commodities--capital goods 29%, consumer goods 30%;
- partners--France 25%, Italy 8%, FRG 8%, US 6-7%
Angola
- $1.5 billion (f.o.b., 1990 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
- $442 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
- commodities--foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco, petroleum products, intermediate goods, capital goods, light consumer goods;
- partners--France 34%, Netherlands 10%, Japan 7%, Italy 6%, US 4%
Botswana
- $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--foodstuffs, vehicles and transport equipment, textiles, petroleum products;
- partners--Switzerland, SACU (Southern African Customs Union), UK, US
Burkina now Burkina Faso
- $619 million (f.o.b., 1989);
- commodities--grain, dairy products, petroleum, machinery;
- partners--EC 37% (France 23%, other 14%), Africa 31%, US 15% (1985)
Burundi
- $197 million (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--capital goods 31%, petroleum products 15%, foodstuffs, consumer goods;
- partners--EC 57%, Asia 23%, US 3%
Cape Verde now Cabo Verde
- $107.8 million (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--petroleum, foodstuffs, consumer goods, industrial products;
- partners--Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, France, Brazil, FRG
Cameroon
- $2.1 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--machines and electrical equipment, transport equipment, chemical products, consumer goods;
- partners--France 41%, Germany 9%, US 4%
Central African Republic
- $239 million (c.i.f., 1989 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
- $264 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--machinery and transportation equipment 39%, industrial goods 20%, petroleum products 13%, foodstuffs 9%;
- note--excludes military equipment;
- partners--US, France, Nigeria, Cameroon
Comoros
- $41 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
- commodities--rice and other foodstuffs, cement, petroleum products, consumer goods;
- partners--Europe 62% (France 22%, other 40%), Africa 5%, Pakistan, China (1988)
Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- $2.1 billion (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
- commodities--consumer goods, foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels;
- partners--South Africa, US, Belgium, France, FRG, Italy, Japan, UK
Congo now Republic of the Congo
- $564 million (c.i.f., 1988);
- commodities--foodstuffs, consumer goods, intermediate manufactures, capital equipment;
- partners--France, Italy, other EC, US, FRG, Spain, Japan, Brazil
Ivory Coast now Cote d'Ivoire
- $1.4 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
- commodities--manufactured goods and semifinished products 50%, consumer goods 40%, raw materials and fuels 10%;
- partners--France, other EC, Nigeria, US, Japan (1985)
Djibouti
- $311 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
- commodities--foods, beverages, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum products;
- partners--EC 36%, Africa 21%, Asia 12%, US 2%
Egypt
- $11.4 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
- commodities--machinery and equipment, foods, fertilizers, wood products, durable consumer goods, capital goods;
- partners--EC, US, Japan, Eastern Europe
Equatorial Guinea
- $57.1 million (c.i.f., 1988);
- commodities--petroleum, food, beverages, clothing, machinery;
- partners--Spain 34%, Italy 16%, France 14%, Netherlands 8% (1987)
Swaziland now Eswatini
- $651 million (f.o.b., 1990);
- commodities--motor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment, petroleum products, foodstuffs, chemicals;
- partners--South Africa 92% (est.), Japan, Belgium, UK
Ethiopia
- $1.1 billion (c.i.f., FY88);
- commodities--food, fuels, capital goods;
- partners--USSR, Italy, FRG, Japan, UK, US, France
Gabon
- $0.78 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
- $147 million (f.o.b., FY90);
- commodities--foodstuffs, manufactures, raw materials, fuel, machinery and transport equipment;
- partners--Europe 57%, Asia 25%, USSR/EE 9%, US 6%, other 3% (1989)
Ghana
- $1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--petroleum 16%, consumer goods, foods, intermediate goods, capital equipment;
- partners--US 10%, UK, FRG, France, Japan, South Korea, GDR
Guinea
- $551 million (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
- commodities--petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, textiles and other grain;
- partners--US 16%, France, Brazil
Guinea-Bissau
- $68.9 million (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
- commodities--capital equipment, consumer goods, semiprocessed goods, foods, petroleum;
- partners--Portugal, Netherlands, Senegal, USSR, Germany
Kenya
- $2.4 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--machinery and transportation equipment 29%, petroleum and petroleum products 15%, iron and steel 7%, raw materials, food and consumer goods (1989 est.);
- partners--EC 45%, Asia 11%, Middle East 12%, US 5% (1988)
Lesotho
- $499 million (f.o.b., 1989);
- commodities--mainly corn, building materials, clothing, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum, oil, and lubricants;
- partners--South Africa 95%, EC 2% (1989)
Liberia
- $394 million (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
- commodities--rice, mineral fuels, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment, other foodstuffs;
- partners--US, EC, Japan, China, Netherlands, ECOWAS
Libya
- $6.2 billion (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
- commodities--machinery, transport equipment, food, manufactured goods;
- partners--Italy, USSR, FRG, UK, Japan
Madagascar
- $436 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
- commodities--intermediate manufactures 30%, capital goods 28%, petroleum 15%, consumer goods 14%, food 13%;
- partners--France, FRG, UK, other EC, US
Malawi
- $560 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--food, petroleum, semimanufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment;
- partners--South Africa, Japan, US, UK, Zimbabwe
Mali
- $513 million (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
- commodities--textiles, vehicles, petroleum products, machinery, sugar, cereals;
- partners--mostly franc zone and Western Europe
Mauritania
- $567 million (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--foodstuffs, consumer goods, petroleum products, capital goods;
- partners--EC 79%, Africa 5%, US 4%, Japan 2%
Mauritius
- $1.2 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
- 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
- $5.9 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
- commodities--capital goods 24%, semiprocessed goods 22%, raw materials 16%, fuel and lubricants 16%, food and beverages 13%, consumer goods 9%;
- partners--EC 53%, US 11%, Canada 4%, Iraq 3%, USSR 3%, Japan 2%
Mozambique
- $764 million (c.i.f., 1989 est.), including aid;
- commodities--food, clothing, farm equipment, petroleum;
- partners--US, Western Europe, USSR
Namibia
- $894 million (f.o.b., 1989);
- commodities--foodstuffs, petroleum products and fuel, machinery and equipment;
- partners--South Africa, FRG, US, Switzerland
Niger
- $386 million (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
- commodities--petroleum products, primary materials, machinery, vehicles and parts, electronic equipment, pharmaceuticals, chemical products, cereals, foodstuffs;
- partners--France 32%, Ivory Coast 11%, Germany 5%, Italy 4%, Nigeria 4%
Nigeria
- $9.5 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--consumer goods, capital equipment, chemicals, raw materials;
- partners--EC, US
Reunion
- $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
- commodities--manufactured goods, food, beverages, tobacco, machinery and transportation equipment, raw materials, and petroleum products;
- partners--France, Mauritius, Bahrain, South Africa, Italy
Rwanda
- $293 million (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
- commodities--textiles, foodstuffs, machines and equipment, capital goods, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction material;
- partners--US, Belgium, FRG, Kenya, Japan
Saint 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
- $26.8 million (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
- commodities--machinery and electrical equipment 54%, food products 23%, other 23%;
- partners--Portugal, GDR, Angola, China
Senegal
- $1.0 billion (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
- commodities--semimanufactures 30%, food 27%, durable consumer goods 17%, petroleum 12%, capital goods 14%;
- partners--US, France, other EC, Nigeria, Algeria, China, Japan
Seychelles
- $164 million (f.o.b., 1989 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
- $183 million (c.i.f., 1989);
- 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
- $17 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--machinery 32%, transport equipment 15%, chemicals 11%, oil, textiles, scientific instruments, base metals;
- partners--FRG, Japan, UK, US, Italy
Sudan
- $1.0 billion (c.i.f., FY90 est.);
- commodities--petroleum products 28%, manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, medicines and chemicals;
- partners--Western Europe 32%, Africa and Asia 15%, US 13%, Eastern Europe 3% (FY88)
Tanzania
- $1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--manufactured goods, machinery and transportation equipment, cotton piece goods, crude oil, foodstuffs;
- partners--FRG, UK, US, Japan, Italy, Denmark
Togo
- $344 million (f.o.b., 1989);
- commodities--food, fuels, durable consumer goods, other intermediate goods, capital goods;
- partners--EC 61%, US 6%, Africa 4%, Japan 4%, other 25% (1989)
Tunisia
- $4.8 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
- 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
- $652 million (c.i.f., 1989);
- 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
- $1.1 million (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--machinery, transportation equipment, foodstuffs, fuels, manufactures;
- partners--EC, Japan, South Africa, US
Zimbabwe
- $1.4 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
- 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 entriesGreenland
- $394 million (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
- commodities--manufactured goods 36%, machinery and transport equipment 26%, food products 13%, petroleum and petroleum products 10%;
- partners--Denmark 69%, Norway, FRG, Japan, US, Sweden
Iceland
- $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, textiles;
- partners--EC 49.8% (FRG 12.4%, Denmark 8.6%, UK 8.1%), US 14.4%, Japan 5.6%
Asia
13 entriesAfghanistan
- $874 million (c.i.f., FY90 est.);
- commodities--food and petroleum products;
- partners--mostly USSR and Eastern Europe
Bangladesh
- $3.6 billion (FY90 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
- $53.4 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--specialized industrial machinery, chemicals, manufactured goods, steel, textile yarn, fertilizer;
- partners--Hong Kong, Japan, US, FRG, USSR (1989)
India
- $24.8 billion (c.i.f., FY90);
- commodities--petroleum, capital goods, uncut gems and jewelry, chemicals, iron and steel, edible oils;
- partners--EC 33%, Middle East 19%, Japan 10%, US 9%, USSR and Eastern Europe 8%
Japan
- $234.7 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--manufactures 50%, fossil fuels 24%, foodstuffs and raw materials 26%;
- partners--Southeast Asia 23%, US 23%, Western Europe 18%, Middle East 13%, Communist countries 7%
Korea, North now North Korea
- $2.85 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
- commodities--petroleum, machinery and equipment, coking coal, grain;
- partners--USSR, Japan, China, Hong Kong, FRG, Singapore
Korea, South now South Korea
- $70 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, textiles, organic chemicals, grains;
- partners--Japan 27%, US 24% (1990)
Maldives
- $105.7 million (c.i.f., 1988);
- commodities--intermediate and capital goods 47%, consumer goods 42%, petroleum products 11%;
- partners--Japan, Western Europe, Thailand
Mongolia
- $1.14 billion (f.o.b., 1988);
- 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
- $454.3illion (c.i.f., FY90 est.);
- commodities--petroleum products 20%, fertilizer 11%, machinery 10%;
- partners--India 36%, Japan 13%, Europe 4%, US 1% (FY88)
Pakistan
- $6.5 billion (f.o.b., FY90);
- commodities--petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, transportation equipment, vegetable oils, animal fats, chemicals;
- partners--EC 26%, US 16%, Japan 14% (FY89)
Sri Lanka
- $2.2 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--food and beverages, textiles and textile materials, petroleum, machinery and equipment;
- partners--Japan, Saudi Arabia, US 5.6%, India, Singapore, FRG, UK, Iran
Central America and the Caribbean
31 entriesAntigua and Barbuda
- $358.2 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil;
- partners--US 27%, UK 16%, Canada 4%, OECS 3%, other 50%
Aruba
- $496 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
- commodities--food, consumer goods, manufactures;
- partners--US 8%, EC
The Bahamas
- $1.23 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
- commodities--foodstuffs, manufactured goods, mineral fuels;
- partners--US 35%, Nigeria 21%, Japan 13%, Angola 11%
Barbados
- $701 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--foodstuffs, consumer durables, raw materials, machinery, crude oil, construction materials, chemicals;
- partners--US 35%, CARICOM 13%, UK 12%, Japan 6%, Canada 8%, Venezuela 4%
Belize
- $204 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--machinery and transportation equipment, food, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals;
- partners--US 55%, UK, Netherlands Antilles, Mexico (1987)
British Virgin Islands
- $11.5 million (c.i.f., 1988);
- commodities--building materials, automobiles, foodstuffs, machinery;
- partners--Virgin Islands (US), Puerto Rico, US
Cayman Islands
- $136 million (c.i.f., 1987 est.);
- commodities--foodstuffs, manufactured goods;
- partners--US, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, Netherlands Antilles, Japan
Costa Rica
- $1.8 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--petroleum, machinery, consumer durables, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs;
- partners--US 35%, Japan, Guatemala, FRG
Cuba
- $8.1 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--capital goods, industrial raw materials, food, petroleum;
- partners--USSR 71%, other Communist countries 15% (1988)
Dominica
- $115 million (c.i.f., 1990);
- 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
- $1.9 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals;
- partners--US 50%
El Salvador
- $1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--petroleum products, consumer goods, foodstuffs, machinery, construction materials, fertilizer;
- partners--US 40%, Guatemala 12%, Venezuela 7%, Mexico 7%, FRG 5%, Japan 4%
Grenada
- $115.6 million (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
- commodities--food 25%, manufactured goods 22%, machinery 20%, chemicals 10%, fuel 6% (1989);
- partners--US 29%, UK, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan, Canada (1989)
Guadeloupe
- $1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
- commodities--vehicles, foodstuffs, clothing and other consumer goods, construction materials, petroleum products;
- partners--France 64%, Italy, FRG, US (1987)
Guatemala
- $1.77 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--fuel and petroleum products, machinery, grain, fertilizers, motor vehicles;
- partners--US 40%, Mexico, FRG, Japan, El Salvador
Haiti
- $348 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--machines and manufactures 34%, food and beverages 22%, petroleum products 14%, chemicals 10%, fats and oils 9%;
- partners--US 64%, Netherlands Antilles 5%, Japan 5%, France 4%, Canada 3%, Germany 3% (1987)
Honduras
- $1.1 billion (c.i.f. 1990);
- commodities--machinery and transport equipment, chemical products, manufactured goods, fuel and oil, foodstuffs;
- partners--US 39%, Japan 9%, CACM, Venezuela, Mexico
Jamaica
- $1.83 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--petroleum, machinery, food, consumer goods, construction goods;
- partners--US 48%, UK, Venezuela, Canada, Japan, Trinidad and Tobago
Martinique
- $1.3 billion (c.i.f., 1988);
- commodities--petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods;
- partners--France 65%, UK, Italy, FRG, Japan, US (1987)
Montserrat
- $30 million (c.i.f., 1988 est.);
- commodities--machinery and transportation equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels, lubricants, and related materials;
- partners--NA
Netherlands Antilles
- $935 million (c.i.f., 1988);
- commodities--crude petroleum 64%, food, manufactures;
- partners--Venezuela 52%, Nigeria 15%, US 12%
Nicaragua
- $710 million (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--petroleum, food, chemicals, machinery, clothing;
- partners--Latin America 30%, US 25%, EC 20%, USSR and Eastern Europe 10%, other 15% (1990 est.)
Panama
- $1,250 million (f.o.b., 1990);
- commodities--foodstuffs 13%, capital goods 12%, crude oil 12%, consumer goods, chemicals;
- partners--US 35%, Central America and Caribbean, EC, Mexico, Venezuela (1989 est.)
Puerto Rico
- $14.0 billion (c.i.f., FY89);
- commodities--chemicals, clothing, food, fish, petroleum products;
- partners--US 60%
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- $89.6 million (f.o.b., 1989);
- commodities--foodstuffs, intermediate manufactures, machinery, fuels;
- partners--US 36%, UK 17%, Trinidad and Tobago 6%, Canada 3%, Japan 3%, OECS 4% (1988)
Saint Lucia
- $265.9 million (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--manufactured goods 23%, machinery and transportation equipment 27%, food and live animals 18%, chemicals 10%, fuels 6%;
- partners--US 35%, CARICOM 16%, UK 15%, Japan 7%, Canada 4%, other 23%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- $127.5 million (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels;
- partners--US 42%, CARICOM 19%, UK 15%
Trinidad and Tobago
- $1.3 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--raw materials and intermediate goods 47%, capital goods 26%, consumer goods 26% (1988);
- partners--US 51%, Latin America 10%, UK 8%, Canada 5%, CARICOM 6% (1989)
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., 1988);
- commodities--crude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, building materials;
- partners--US, Puerto Rico
Europe
34 entriesAlbania
- $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
Austria
- $46.6 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, vehicles, chemicals, textiles and clothing, pharmaceuticals;
- partners--EC 68.4%, EFTA 7%, CEMA 5.7%, Japan 4.6%, US 3.6%
Belgium
- $108 billion (c.i.f., 1989) Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union;
- commodities--fuels, grains, chemicals, foodstuffs;
- partners--EC 73%, US 4%, oil-exporting less developed countries 4%, Communist countries 3% (1989)
Bulgaria
- $15.0 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
- 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--Communist 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
- $14.3 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
- commodities--machinery and equipment 38.6%;
- fuels, minerals, and metals 24.1%;
- agricultural and forestry products 16.4%;
- other 20.9%;
- partners--USSR, GDR, Poland, Hungary, FRG, Yugoslavia, Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, US
Denmark
- $31.6 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--petroleum, machinery and equipment, chemicals, grain and foodstuffs, textiles, paper;
- partners--EC 57% (Germany 25.6%, UK 8.4%), Sweden 12.7%, US 6.7% (1990)
Faroe Islands
- $344 million (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
- commodities--machinery and transport equipment 30%, manufactures 16%, food and livestock 15%, chemicals 6%, fuels 4%;
- partners: Denmark 44%, Norway 16%, FRG 6%, Sweden 6%, US 3%
Finland
- $24.4 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and fabrics, fodder grains;
- partners--EC 44.5% (FRG 17.3%, UK 6.6%), Sweden 13.6%, USSR 11.5%, US 6.3%
France
- $201.6 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--crude oil, machinery and equipment, agricultural products, chemicals, iron and steel products;
- partners--FRG 19.4%, Italy 11.6%, Belgium-Luxembourg 9.2%, Netherlands 8.6%, US 7.6%, Spain 7.4%, UK 7.1%, Japan 4.1%, USSR 1.4% (1989 est.)
Gibraltar
- $258 million (1988);
- commodities--fuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs;
- partners--UK, Spain, Japan, Netherlands
Greece
- $20.2 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--machinery and transport equipment, light manufactures, fuels and lubricants, foodstuffs, chemicals;
- partners--FRG 21%, Italy 16%, France 8%, Netherlands 7%, UK 6%
Hungary
- $10.1 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--capital goods 15%, fuels 20%, manufactured consumer goods 12.4%, agriculture 5%, other 47.6%;
- partners--USSR and Eastern Europe 34.9%, developed countries 45.5%, less developed countries 16.6%, US 3%
Ireland
- $20.7 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--food, animal feed, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, machinery, textiles, clothing;
- partners--EC 66% (UK 41%, FRG 9%, France 4%), US 16%
Italy
- $182.0 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--petroleum, industrial machinery, chemicals, metals, food, agricultural products;
- partners--EC 58%, OPEC 6%, US 5%
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
- $6.2 billion (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
- commodities--minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods;
- partners--Belgium 37%, FRG 31%, France 12%, US 2%
Malta
- $1,328 million (f.o.b., 1989);
- commodities--food, petroleum, machinery and semimanufactured goods;
- partners--Italy 30%, UK 16%, FRG 13%, US 4%
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
- $104.2 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
- $26.8 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--machinery, fuels and lubricants, transportation equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs, clothing, ships;
- partners--EC 46.3%, Nordic countries 25.7%, developing countries 14.3%, US 8.1%, Japan 4.7% (1990)
Poland
- $12.8 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
- commodities--machinery and equipment 37%;
- fuels, minerals, and metals 31%;
- manufactured consumer goods 17%;
- agricultural and forestry products 5% (1989);
- partners--USSR 18%, FRG 16%, Austria 6%, Czechoslovakia 6% (1989)
Portugal
- $24.9 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--petroleum, cotton, foodgrains, industrial machinery, iron and steel, chemicals;
- partners--EC 69%, other developed countries 11%, less developed countries 13%, US 4%
Romania
- $10.9 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
- 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)
Soviet Union
- $114.7 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--grain and other agricultural products, machinery and equipment, steel products (including large-diameter pipe), consumer manufactures;
- partners--Eastern Europe 50%, EC 13%, Cuba, China, US (1989)
Spain
- $87.7 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--petroleum, footwear, machinery, chemicals, grain, soybeans, coffee, tobacco, iron and steel, timber, cotton, transport equipment;
- partners--EC 59.7%, US 8.5%, other developed countries 11.5%, Middle East 3.4%
Sweden
- $54.7 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, foodstuffs, iron and steel, clothing;
- partners--EC 55.3%, US 8.4%
Switzerland
- $70.5 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--agricultural products, machinery and transportation equipment, chemicals, textiles, construction materials;
- partners--Western Europe 78% (EC 71%, other 7%), US 6%
United Kingdom
- $222 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--manufactured goods, machinery, semifinished goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods;
- partners--EC 52.6% (FRG 16.6%, France 8.9%, Netherlands 7.9%), US 10.8%
Yugoslavia
- $17.6 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--raw materials and semimanufactures 79%, capital goods and equipment 15%, consumer goods 6%;
- partners--EC 53.5%, USSR and Eastern Europe 22.8%, less developed countries 15.4%, US 4.6%, other 3.7%
Middle East
16 entriesBahrain
- $3.0 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
- commodities--nonoil 59%, crude oil 41%;
- partners--Saudi Arabia, Japan, US, UK
Cyprus
- $2.5 billion (f.o.b., 1990);
- commodities--consumer goods, petroleum and lubricants, food and feed grains, machinery;
- partners--France 12%, UK 11%, Japan 11%, Italy 10%
Gaza Strip
- $260 million;
- commodities--food, consumer goods, construction materials;
- partners--Israel, Egypt (1989 est.)
Iran
- $11.6 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--machinery, military supplies, metal works, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, technical services, refined oil products;
- partners--FRG, Japan, Turkey, UK, Italy
Iraq
- $10.3 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--manufactures, food;
- partners--US, FRG, Turkey, UK, Romania, Japan, France (1989)
Israel
- $14.2 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
- $2.1 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--crude oil, textiles, capital goods, motor vehicles, foodstuffs;
- partners--EC, US, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Turkey, Romania, China, Taiwan
Kuwait
- $6.3 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
- commodities--food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing;
- partners--Japan, US, FRG, UK
Lebanon
- $1.9 billion (c.i.f., 1989 est.);
- commodities--NA;
- partners--Italy 14%, France 12%, US 6%, Turkey 5%, Saudi Arabia 3%
Oman
- $2.3 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, livestock, lubricants;
- partners--UK, UAE, Japan, US
Qatar
- $1.4 billion (c.i.f., 1989 est.), excluding military equipment;
- commodities--foodstuffs, beverages, animal and vegetable oils, chemicals, machinery and equipment;
- partners--Japan, UK, US, Italy
Saudi Arabia
- $19.2 billion (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
- commodities--manufactured goods, transportation equipment, construction materials, processed food products;
- partners--UK 17%, US 15%, Japan 12%, FRG 6%
Syria
- $2.5 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
- commodities--foodstuffs and beverages 21%, metal and metal products 16%, machinery 14%, textiles, petroleum (1989);
- partners--EC 42%, USSR and Eastern Europe 13%, other Europe 13%, US/Canada 8%, Arab countries 6% (1989)
Turkey now Turkiye
- $16.0 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
- commodities--crude oil, machinery, transport equipment, metals, pharmaceuticals, dyes, plastics, rubber, mineral fuels, fertilizers, chemicals;
- partners--FRG 15%, US 11%, Iraq 10%, Italy 7%, France 6%, UK 5%
United Arab Emirates
- $9.0 billion (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
- commodities--food, consumer and capital goods;
- partners--EC, Japan, US
North America
5 entriesBermuda
- $420 million (c.i.f., FY88);
- commodities--fuel, foodstuffs, machinery;
- partners--US 58%, Netherlands Antilles 9%, UK 8%, Canada 6%, Japan 5%, other 14%
Canada
- $116.3 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--processed foods, beverages, crude petroleum, chemicals, industrial machinery, motor vehicles and parts, durable consumer goods, electronic computers;
- partners--US, Japan, UK, FRG, other EC, Taiwan, South Korea, Mexico
Mexico
- $29.8 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--grain, metal manufactures, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment;
- partners--US 62%, EC 18%, Japan 10%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- $61.6 million (c.i.f., 1988);
- commodities--meat, clothing, fuel, electrical equipment, machinery, building materials;
- partners--Canada, France, US, Netherlands, UK
United States
- $516.2 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--crude and partly refined petroleum, machinery, automobiles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages;
- partners--Western Europe 21.5%, Japan 19.7%, Canada 18.8% (1989)
Oceania
25 entriesAmerican 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
- $42.0 billion (f.o.b., FY90);
- commodities--manufactured raw materials, capital equipment, consumer goods;
- partners--US 24%, Japan 19%, UK 6%, FRG 7%, NZ 4% (1990)
Cook Islands
- $38.7 million (c.i.f., 1988);
- commodities--foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber;
- partners--NZ 49%, Japan, Australia, US
Fiji
- $840 million (c.i.f., 1991 est.);
- commodities--machinery and transport 32%, food 15%, petroleum products, consumer goods, chemicals;
- partners--Australia 30%, NZ 17%, Japan 13%, EC 6%, US 6%
French Polynesia
- $806 million (c.i.f., 1988);
- commodities--fuels, foodstuffs, equipment;
- partners--France 53%, US 11%, Australia 6%, NZ 5%
Guam
- $611 million (c.i.f., 1983);
- commodities--petroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured goods;
- partners--US 77%, other 23%
Kiribati
- $26.7 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- 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
- $389 million (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--foods, fuels, minerals, machines, electrical equipment;
- partners--France 44.0%, US 10%, Australia 9%
New Zealand
- $8.1 billion (f.o.b., FY90);
- 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
- $15.6 million (c.i.f., FY86);
- commodities--NA;
- partners--Australia, Pacific Islands, NZ, Asia, Europe
Northern Mariana Islands
- $313.7 million, a 43% increase over previous year (1989);
- 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
- $1.5 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
- 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
- $87 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- 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
- $117 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)
Tonga
- $59.9 million (c.i.f., FY90 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
- $58.4 million (f.o.b., 1989 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
- $6.9 million (c.i.f., 1983);
- commodities--foodstuffs, manufactured goods, transportation equipment, fuel;
- partners--France, Australia, New Zealand
South America
14 entriesArgentina
- $4.1 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals, fuels and lubricants, agricultural products;
- partners--US 22%, Brazil, FRG, Bolivia, Japan, Italy, Netherlands
Bolivia
- $716 million (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--food, petroleum, consumer goods, capital goods;
- partners--US 22%
Brazil
- $20.4 billion (1990);
- commodities--crude oil, capital goods, chemical products, foodstuffs, coal;
- partners--US 21%, Middle East and Africa 20%, EC 20%, Latin America 18%, Japan 7% (1989)
Chile
- $7.0 billion (f.o.b., 1990);
- commodities--petroleum, wheat, capital goods, spare parts, raw materials;
- partners--EC 23%, US 20%, Japan 10%, Brazil 9%
Colombia
- $5.0 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--industrial equipment, transportation equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, paper products;
- partners--US 34%, EC 16%, Brazil 4%, Venezuela 3%, Japan 3%
Ecuador
- $1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1990);
- commodities--transport equipment, vehicles, machinery, chemicals;
- partners--US 34%, Latin America, Caribbean, EC, Japan
Falkland Islands now 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
- $394.0 million (c.i.f., 1987);
- commodities--food (grains, processed meat), other consumer goods, producer goods, petroleum;
- partners--France 62%, Trinidad and Tobago 9%, US 4%, FRG 3% (1987)
Guyana
- $319 million (c.i.f., 1991 est.);
- commodities--manufactures machinery, food, petroleum;
- partners--US 33%, CARICOM 10%, UK 9%, Canada 2% (1989)
Paraguay
- $1.4 billion (registered c.i.f., 1990 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
- $2.78 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
- commodities--foodstuffs, machinery, transport equipment, iron and steel semimanufactures, chemicals, pharmaceuticals;
- partners--US 23%, Latin America 16%, EC 12%, Japan 7%, Switzerland 3%
Suriname
- $370 million (f.o.b., 1988 est.);
- commodities--capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, cotton, consumer goods;
- partners--US 37%, Netherlands 15%, Netherlands Antilles 11%, Trinidad and Tobago 9%, Brazil 5%, UK 3%, other 20%
Uruguay
- $1.28 billion (f.o.b., 1990);
- commodities--fuels and lubricants 15%, metals, machinery, transportation equipment, industrial chemicals;
- partners--Brazil 24%, Argentina 14%, US 8%, FRG 8% (1987)
Venezuela
- $8.7 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
- commodities--foodstuffs, chemicals, manufactures, machinery and transport equipment;
- partners--US 44%, FRG 8.0%, Japan 4%, Italy 7%, Canada 2% (1989)
Southeast Asia
15 entriesBrunei
- $1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals;
- partners--Singapore 36%, UK 26%, Switzerland 7%, US 7%, Japan 6% (1988)
Burma now Burma (Myanmar)
$540 million (c.i.f., FY89) commodities--machinery, transport equipment, chemicals, food products; partners--Japan, EC, China, Southeast Asia
Cambodia
- $147 million (c.i.f., 1988);
- commodities--international food aid;
- fuels, consumer goods, machinery;
- partners--Vietnam, USSR, Eastern Europe, Japan, India
Hong Kong
- $79.5 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--foodstuffs, transport equipment, raw materials, semimanufactures, petroleum;
- partners--China 35%, Japan 17%, Taiwan 9%, US 8% (1989)
Indonesia
- $21.8 billion (f.o.b., 1990);
- commodities--machinery 39%, chemical products 19%, manufactured goods 16%;
- partners--Japan 23%, US 13%, EC, Singapore
Laos
- $238 million (c.i.f., 1990 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
- $26.5 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
- commodities--food, crude oil, consumer goods, intermediate goods, capital equipment, chemicals;
- partners--Japan, US, Singapore, FRG, UK
Philippines
- $12.1 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- 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
- $60.6 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--includes transshipments from Malaysia--capital equipment, petroleum, chemicals, manufactured goods, foodstuffs;
- partners--Japan 20%, US 16%, Malaysia 14%, EC 13%
Taiwan
- $54.7 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--machinery and equipment 15.3%, crude oil 5%, chemical and chemical products 11.1%, basic metals 13.0%, foodstuffs 2.2% (1989);
- partners--Japan 31%, US 23%, FRG 5% (1989)
Thailand
- $32.0 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--machinery and parts 23%, petroleum products 13%, chemicals 11%, iron and steel, electrical appliances;
- partners--Japan 30%, US 11%, Singapore 8%, FRG 5%, Taiwan, South Korea, China, Malaysia, UK (1989)
Vietnam
- $2.6 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
- commodities--petroleum products, steel products, railroad equipment, chemicals, medicines, raw cotton, fertilizer, grain;
- partners--USSR, Eastern Europe, Japan, Singapore
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1991, “Imports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/imports/1991.