The CIA World Factbook Edition 1992 Economy

Imports In 36 editions of 36.

Imports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1992 edition carries it in 232 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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World

$3.49 trillion (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

commodities:
the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services
partners:
in value, about 75% of imports by the developed countries

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

$9 billion (f.o.b., 1991 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

$428 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

$1.6 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

$234.6 million (c.i.f., 1990)

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:
  • Sweden 33%,
  • Spain 11%,
  • Germany 5%,
  • Portugal 3%,
  • France 3%,
  • Netherlands,
  • US (1990 est.)

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

$214.5 million (1990 est.)

commodities:
  • food,
  • textiles,
  • petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • electrical equipment,
  • motor vehicles,
  • chemicals,
  • pharmaceuticals,
  • consumer goods,
  • industrial products
partners:
  • France,
  • other EC countries,
  • 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%),
  • 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

$11.7 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • foods,
  • fertilizers,
  • wood products,
  • durable consumer goods,
  • capital goods
partners:
  • EC,
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • Eastern Europe

Equatorial Guinea

$68.3 million (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • food,
  • beverages,
  • clothing,
  • machinery
partners:
France 25.9%, Spain 21.0%, Italy 16%, US 12.8%, Netherlands 8%, Germany 3.1%, Gabon 2.9%, Nigeria 1.8 (1988)

Swaziland now Eswatini

$632 million (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • motor vehicles,
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • petroleum products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • South Africa 75% (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., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum 16%,
  • consumer goods,
  • foods,
  • intermediate goods,
  • capital equipment
partners:
  • US 10%,
  • UK,
  • FRG,
  • France,
  • Japan,
  • South Korea,
  • GDR

Guinea

$692 million (c.i.f., 1990 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

$1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and transportation equipment 29%,
  • petroleum and petroleum products 15%,
  • iron and steel 7%,
  • raw materials,
  • food and consumer goods (1989)
partners:
  • EC 45%,
  • Asia 11%,
  • Middle East 12%,
  • US 5% (1988)

Lesotho

$604 million (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • mainly corn,
  • building materials,
  • clothing,
  • vehicles,
  • machinery,
  • medicines,
  • petroleum
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

$7.6 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • food,
  • manufactured goods
partners:
  • Italy,
  • USSR,
  • Germany,
  • 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,
  • Germany,
  • 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

$389 million (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • petroleum products,
  • capital goods
partners:
  • EC 60%,
  • Algeria 15%,
  • China 6%,
  • US 3%

Mauritius

$1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1990)

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

$6.0 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

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

$870 million (c.i.f., 1990 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

$439 million (c.i.f., 1990)

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

$6.9 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

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

$279.2 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • textiles,
  • foodstuffs,
  • machines and equipment,
  • capital goods,
  • steel,
  • petroleum products,
  • cement and construction material
partners:
  • US,
  • Belgium,
  • Germany,
  • 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

$21.3 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and electrical equipment 54%,
  • food products 23%,
  • other 23%
partners:
  • Portugal,
  • GDR,
  • Angola,
  • China

Senegal

$1.05 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • semimanufactures 30%,
  • food 27%,
  • durable consumer goods 17%,
  • petroleum 12%,
  • capital goods 14%
partners:
  • France,
  • other EC,
  • Ivory Coast,
  • Nigeria,
  • Algeria,
  • China,
  • Japan

Seychelles

$186 million (f.o.b., 1990 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

$146 million (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • capital goods 40%,
  • food 32%,
  • petroleum 12%,
  • consumer goods 7%,
  • light industrial goods
partners:
  • US,
  • EC,
  • Japan,
  • China,
  • Nigeria

Somalia

$249 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • construction materials
partners:
  • US 13%,
  • Italy,
  • FRG,
  • Kenya,
  • UK,
  • Saudi Arabia (1986)

South Africa

$18.8 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • machinery 32%,
  • transport equipment 15%,
  • chemicals 11%,
  • oil,
  • textiles,
  • scientific instruments,
  • base metals
partners:
  • FRG,
  • Japan,
  • UK,
  • US,
  • Italy

Sudan

$1.40 billion (c.i.f., FY91 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum products,
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • medicines and chemicals,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Western Europe 32%,
  • Africa and Asia 15%,
  • US 13%,
  • Eastern Europe 3% (FY88)

Tanzania

$1.5 billion (c.i.f., FY91 est.)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • cotton piece goods,
  • crude oil,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • FRG,
  • UK,
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • Italy,
  • Denmark

Togo

$502 million (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • food,
  • fuels,
  • durable consumer goods,
  • other intermediate goods,
  • capital goods
partners:
  • EC 61%,
  • US 6%,
  • Africa 4%,
  • Japan 4%,
  • other 25% (1989)

Tunisia

$4.9 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • industrial goods and equipment 57%,
  • hydrocarbons 13%,
  • food 12%,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • EC 67%,
  • US 6%,
  • Canada,
  • Japan,
  • Switzerland,
  • Turkey,
  • Algeria

Uganda

$209 million (c.i.f., 1990)

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

$1.3 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • fuels,
  • manufactures
partners:
  • EC,
  • Japan,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • South Africa,
  • US

Zimbabwe

$1.6 billion (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

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

$420 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods 28%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 24%,
  • food and live animals 12.4%,
  • petroleum and petroleum products 12%
partners:
  • Denmark 65%,
  • Norway 8.8%,
  • US 4.6%,
  • Germany 3.8%,
  • Japan 3.8%,
  • Sweden 2.4%

Iceland

$1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

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% (1990)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

$874 million (c.i.f., FY91 est.)

commodities:
food and petroleum products
partners:
mostly former USSR

Armenia

$1.5 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • energy,
  • consumer goods (1991)
partners:
NA

Azerbaijan

$2.2 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery and parts,
  • consumer durables,
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles (1991)

Bangladesh

$3.5 billion (FY91 est.)

commodities:
  • capital goods,
  • petroleum,
  • food,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Japan 9.2%,
  • India 6.2%,
  • Singapore 5.9%,
  • US 5.7%

Bhutan

$106.4 million (c.i.f., FY91 est.)

commodities:
  • fuel and lubricants,
  • grain,
  • machinery and parts,
  • vehicles,
  • fabrics
partners:
India 67%

China

$63.8 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • specialized industrial machinery,
  • chemicals,
  • manufactured goods,
  • steel,
  • textile yarn,
  • fertilizer
partners:
  • Hong Kong,
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • Taiwan (1990)

Georgia

$1.5 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery and parts,
  • fuel,
  • transport equipment,
  • textiles
partners:
NA

India

$25.2 billion (c.i.f., FY91)

commodities:
  • petroleum products,
  • capital goods,
  • uncut gems,
  • gems,
  • jewelry,
  • chemicals,
  • iron and steel,
  • edible oils
partners:
  • EC 33%,
  • Middle East 19%,
  • US 12%,
  • Japan 8%,
  • USSR and Eastern Europe 8% (1989)

Japan

$236.6 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • manufactures 50%,
  • fossil fuels 21%,
  • foodstuffs and raw materials 25%
partners:
  • Southeast Asia 25%,
  • US 22%,
  • Western Europe 17%,
  • Middle East 12%,
  • Communist countries 8%

Kazakhstan

$NA million (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
machinery and parts, industrial materials
partners:
Russia and other former Soviet republics

Korea, North now North Korea

$2.62 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • coking coal,
  • grain
partners:
  • USSR,
  • Japan,
  • China,
  • Hong Kong,
  • FRG,
  • Singapore

Korea, South now South Korea

$81.6 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • electronics and electronic equipment,
  • oil,
  • steel,
  • transport equipment,
  • textiles,
  • organic chemicals,
  • grains
partners:
Japan 26%, US 23% (1991)

Kyrgyzstan

$1.5 million (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • lumber,
  • industrial products,
  • ferrous metals,
  • fuel,
  • machinery,
  • textiles,
  • footwear

Maldives

$128.9 million (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • consumer goods 54%,
  • intermediate and capital goods 33%,
  • petroleum products 13%
partners:
  • Singapore,
  • Germany,
  • Sri Lanka,
  • India

Mongolia

$360 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • fuels,
  • food products,
  • industrial consumer goods,
  • chemicals,
  • building materials,
  • sugar,
  • tea
partners:
  • USSR 75%,
  • Austria 5%,
  • China 5%

Nepal

$545 million (c.i.f., FY91 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum products 20%,
  • fertilizer 11%,
  • machinery 10%
partners:
  • India,
  • Singapore,
  • Japan,
  • Germany

Pakistan

$7.9 billion (f.o.b., FY91)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • transportation,
  • equipment,
  • vegetable oils,
  • animal fats,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • EC 21%,
  • US 14%,
  • Japan 13% (FY90)

Russia

$43.5 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • consumer goods,
  • grain,
  • meat,
  • semifinished metal products
partners:
  • Western and Eastern Europe,
  • Japan,
  • Third World countries,
  • Cuba

Sri Lanka

$3.0 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • food and beverages,
  • textiles and textile materials,
  • petroleum,
  • machinery and equipment
partners:
  • Japan,
  • Iran,
  • US 7.7%,
  • India,
  • Taiwan,
  • Singapore,
  • FRG,
  • UK

Tajikistan

$1.3 billion (1990)

commodities:
  • chemicals,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • textiles,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
NA

Turkmenistan

$970 million (1990)

commodities:
  • machinery and parts,
  • plastics and rubber,
  • consumer durables,
  • textiles
partners:
NA

Uzbekistan

$3.5 billion (1990)

commodities:
  • machinery and parts,
  • consumer durables,
  • grain,
  • other foods
partners:
principally other former Soviet republics

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$NA

commodities:
NA
partners:
NA

Antigua and Barbuda

$325.9 million (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • food and live animals,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactures,
  • chemicals,
  • oil
partners:
  • US 27%,
  • UK 16%,
  • Canada 4%,
  • OECS 3%,
  • other 50%

Aruba

$488 million (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • food,
  • consumer goods,
  • manufactures
partners:
US 8%, EC

The Bahamas

$1.14 billion (c.i.f., 1991 est.);

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • manufactured goods,
  • mineral fuels;
partners:
  • US 35%,
  • Nigeria 21%,
  • Japan 13%,
  • Angola 11%

Barbados

$704 million (c.i.f., 1990)

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

$194 million (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • food,
  • manufactured goods,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals,
  • pharmaceuticals
partners:
  • US 56%,
  • UK,
  • Netherlands Antilles,
  • Mexico (1991)

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., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • machinery,
  • consumer durables,
  • chemicals,
  • fertilizer,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • US 40%,
  • Japan,
  • Guatemala,
  • Germany

Cuba

$3.7 billion (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • capital goods,
  • industrial raw materials,
  • food
partners:
  • former USSR 47%,
  • Spain 8%,
  • China 6%,
  • Argentina 5%,
  • Italy 4%,
  • Mexico 3% (1991 est.)

Dominica

$103.9 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

$1.8 billion (c.i.f., 1991 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%,
  • Germany 5%,
  • Japan 4%

Grenada

$105.0 million (f.o.b., 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

$1.66 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • fuel and petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • grain,
  • fertilizers,
  • motor vehicles
partners:
  • US 40%,
  • Mexico,
  • Venezuela,
  • Japan,
  • Germany

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

$1.3 billion (c.i.f. 1991)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • chemical products,
  • manufactured goods,
  • fuel and oil,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • US 39%,
  • Japan 9%,
  • CACM,
  • Venezuela,
  • Mexico

Jamaica

$1.8 billion (c.i.f., 1991 projected)

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,
  • Germany,
  • 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

$1.4 billion (c.i.f., 1988)

commodities:
  • crude petroleum 64%,
  • food,
  • manufactures
partners:
  • Venezuela 42%,
  • US 18%,
  • Netherlands 6%

Nicaragua

$738 million (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • food,
  • chemicals,
  • machinery,
  • clothing
partners:
  • Latin America 30%,
  • US 25%,
  • EC 20%,
  • USSR and Eastern Europe 10%,
  • other 15% (1990 est.)

Panama

$1.5 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • capital goods 13%,
  • crude oil 12%,
  • foodstuffs 10%,
  • consumer goods,
  • chemicals (1990)
partners:
  • US 37%,
  • Japan,
  • EC,
  • Central America and Caribbean,
  • Mexico,
  • Venezuela (1989 est.)

Puerto Rico

NA

commodities:
  • chemicals,
  • clothing,
  • food,
  • fish,
  • petroleum products
partners:
US 68% (FY90)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

$103.2 million (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • intermediate manufactures,
  • machinery,
  • fuels
partners:
  • US 36%,
  • UK 17%,
  • Trinidad and Tobago 6%,
  • Canada 3%,
  • Japan 3%,
  • OECS 4% (1988)

Saint Lucia

$270 million (c.i.f., 1990)

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

$130 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals and fertilizers,
  • minerals and fuels
partners:
  • US 42%,
  • CARICOM 19%,
  • UK 15%

Trinidad and Tobago

$1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • raw materials and intermediate goods 47%,
  • capital goods 26%,
  • consumer goods 26% (1988)
partners:
  • US 41%,
  • 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

44 entries

Albania

$147 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • machine tools,
  • iron and steel products,
  • textiles,
  • chemicals,
  • pharmaceuticals
partners:
  • Italy,
  • Yugoslavia,
  • Germany,
  • Czechoslovakia,
  • Romania,
  • Poland,
  • Hungary,
  • Bulgaria

Andorra

$531 million (f.o.b., 1986)

commodities:
consumer goods, food
partners:
France, Spain

Austria

$50.2 billion (1991)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • vehicles,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles and clothing,
  • pharmaceuticals
partners:
  • EC 67.8% (Germany is 43.0%),
  • EFTA 6.9%,
  • Eastern Europe/former USSR 6.0%,
  • Japan 4.8%,
  • US 3.9%

Belarus

$5.6 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles
partners:
NA

Belgium

$120 billion (c.i.f., 1990) Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union

commodities:
  • fuels,
  • grains,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • EC 73%,
  • US 4%,
  • oil-exporting less developed countries 4%,
  • former Communist countries 3% (1989)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

$1,891 million (1990)

commodities:
  • fuels and lubricants (32%),
  • machinery and transport equipment (23.3%),
  • other manufactures (21.3%),
  • chemicals (10%),
  • raw materials (6.7%),
  • food and live animals (5.5%),
  • beverages and tobacco (1.9%)
partners:
principally the other former Yugoslav republics

Bulgaria

$9.6 billion (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • fuels, minerals, and raw materials 43.7%;
  • machinery and equipment 45.2%;
  • manufactured consumer goods 6.7%;
  • agricultural products 3.8%;
  • other 0.6%
partners:
  • former CMEA countries 70.9% (former USSR 52.7%, Poland 4.1%);
  • developed countries 20.2% (Germany 5.0%, Austria 2.1%);
  • less developed countries 7.2% (Libya 2.0%, Iran 0.7%)

Croatia

$4.4 billion (1990)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment (21%),
  • fuels and lubricants (19%),
  • food and live animals (16%),
  • chemicals (14%),
  • manufactured goods (13%),
  • miscellaneous manufactured articles (9%),
  • raw materials (6.5%),
  • beverages and tobacco (1%)
partners:
principally other former Yugoslav republics

Czechoslovakia

$13.3 billion (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment 37.3%;
  • fuels, minerals, and metals 22.6%;
  • agricultural and forestry products 7.0%;
  • other 33.1%
partners:
  • USSR,
  • Germany,
  • Austria,
  • Poland,
  • Switzerland,
  • Hungary,
  • Yugoslavia,
  • UK,
  • Italy

Denmark

$31.6 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • grain and foodstuffs,
  • textiles,
  • paper
partners:
  • EC 52.8% (Germany 22.5%, UK 8.1%),
  • Sweden 10.8%,
  • US 6.3% (1991)

Estonia

$1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery 45%,
  • oil 13%,
  • chemicals 12%
partners:
NA

Faroe Islands

$322 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment 24.4%,
  • manufactures 24%,
  • food and livestock 19%,
  • fuels 12%,
  • chemicals 6.5%
partners:
  • Denmark 43.8%,
  • Norway 19.8%,
  • Sweden 4.9%,
  • Germany 4.2%,
  • US 1.3%

Finland

$21.6 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • chemicals,
  • transport equipment,
  • iron and steel,
  • machinery,
  • textile yarn and fabrics,
  • fodder grains
partners:
  • EC 45.9% (Germany 16.9%),
  • UK 7.7%,
  • EFTA 19.9%,
  • Sweden 12.3%,
  • US 6.9%,
  • Japan 6%,
  • USSR/EE 10.7%

France

$232.5 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • agricultural products,
  • chemicals,
  • iron and steel products
partners:
  • FRG 18.9%,
  • Italy 11.6%,
  • Belgium-Luxembourg 8.8%,
  • Netherlands 8.6%,
  • US 8.0%,
  • Spain 7.9%,
  • UK 7.2%,
  • Japan 4.0%,
  • former USSR 1.4% (1989 est.)

Germany

West - $346.5 billion (f.o.b., 1989)

commodities:
  • manufactures 68.5%,
  • agricultural products 12.0%,
  • fuels 9.7%,
  • raw materials 7.1%
partners:
  • EC 51.7% (France 11.7%, Netherlands 10.1%, Italy 9.3%, UK 6.7%, Belgium-Luxembourg 7.2%),
  • other Western Europe 13.4%,
  • US 6.6%,
  • Eastern Europe 3.8%,
  • OPEC 2.5% (1990)

Gibraltar

$258 million (c.i.f., 1988)

commodities:
fuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs
partners:
  • UK,
  • Spain,
  • Japan,
  • Netherlands

Greece

$18.7 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • consumer goods 33%,
  • machinery 17%,
  • foodstuffs 12%,
  • fuels and lubricants 8%
partners:
  • Germany 21%,
  • Italy 15%,
  • Netherlands 11%,
  • France 8%,
  • UK 5%

Guernsey

$NA

commodities:
coal, gasoline, and oil
partners:
UK (regarded as internal trade)

Hungary

$11.7 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • capital goods 31.6%,
  • fuels 13.8%,
  • manufactured consumer goods 14.6%,
  • agriculture 6%,
  • other 34.0%
partners:
  • USSR and Eastern Europe 34%,
  • EC 31%,
  • EFTA 15.4%

Ireland

$24.5 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • food,
  • animal feed,
  • chemicals,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • textiles,
  • clothing
partners:
EC 66% (UK 41%, Germany 9%, France 4%), US 14%

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

$NA

commodities:
  • timber,
  • fertilizers,
  • fish
partners:
UK

Italy

$222 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • industrial machinery,
  • chemicals,
  • metals,
  • food,
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • EC 58%,
  • OPEC 7%,
  • US 5%

Jersey

$NA

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • mineral fuels,
  • chemicals
partners:
UK

Latvia

$9.0 billion (c.i.f., 1989)

commodities:
  • machinery 35%,
  • petroleum products 13%,
  • chemicals 9%
partners:
NA

Liechtenstein

$NA

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • metal goods,
  • textiles,
  • foodstuffs,
  • motor vehicles
partners:
NA

Lithuania

2.2 billion rubles (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • oil 24%,
  • machinery 14%,
  • chemicals 8%,
  • grain NA%
partners:
NA

Luxembourg

$7.5 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • minerals,
  • metals,
  • foodstuffs,
  • quality consumer goods
partners:
  • Belgium 37%,
  • FRG 31%,
  • France 12%,
  • US 2%

Malta

$2.0 billion (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • food,
  • petroleum,
  • machinery and semimanufactured goods
partners:
  • Italy 30%,
  • UK 16%,
  • Germany 13%,
  • US 4%

Moldova

$1.9 billion rubles (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
oil, gas, coal, steel machinery, foodstuffs, automobiles, and other consumer durables
partners:
NA

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

$125.9 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

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)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

$1,112 million (1990)

commodities:
  • fuels and lubricants 19%,
  • manufactured goods 18%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 15%,
  • food and live animals 14%,
  • chemicals 11.4%,
  • raw materials 10%,
  • miscellaneous manufactured articles 8.0%,
  • beverages and tobacco 3.5%
partners:
  • other former Yugoslav republics,
  • Greece,
  • Albania,
  • Germany,
  • Bulgaria

Norway

$25.1 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • fuels and lubricants,
  • transportation equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs,
  • clothing,
  • ships
partners:
  • EC 46.8%,
  • Nordic countries 26.1%,
  • developing countries 12.3%,
  • US 7.8%,
  • Japan 4.7% (1991)

Poland

$12.9 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery 35%,
  • fuels 20%,
  • chemicals 13%,
  • food 11%,
  • light industry 7% (1991 est.)
partners:
  • FRG 20.1%,
  • former USSR 19.8%,
  • Italy 7.5%,
  • Switzerland 6.4% (1990)

Portugal

$25.1 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • agricultural products,
  • chemicals,
  • petroleum,
  • textiles
partners:
  • EC 69.1%,
  • other developed countries 11.4% less developed countries 15.1%,
  • US 3.9%

Romania

$5.4 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
fuels, minerals, and metals 56.0%, machinery and equipment 25.5%, agricultural and forestry products 8.6%, manufactured consumer goods 3.4%, other 6.5% (1989)
partners:
Communist countries 60%, non-Communist countries 40% (1987)

San Marino

see

Serbia and Montenegro

$6.4 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
machinery and transport equipment 26%, fuels and lubricants 18%, manufactured goods 16%, chemicals 12.5%, food and live animals 11%, miscellaneous manufactured items 8%, raw materials, including coking coal for the steel industry, 7%, beverages, tobacco, and edible oils 1.5%
partners:
  • principally the other former Yugoslav republics;
  • the former USSR,
  • EC countries (mainly Italy and Germany),
  • East European countries,
  • US

Slovenia

$4,679 million (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment 35%,
  • other manufactured goods 26.7%,
  • chemicals 14.5%,
  • raw materials 9.4%,
  • fuels and lubricants 7%,
  • food and live animals 6%
partners:
principally the other former Yugoslav republics, Germany, former USSR, US, Hungary, Italy, and Austria

Spain

$93.1 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • fuels,
  • semifinished goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • EC 60.0%,
  • US 8.0%,
  • other developed countries 11.5%,
  • Middle East 2.6%

Sweden

$50.2 billion (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • chemicals,
  • motor vehicles,
  • foodstuffs,
  • iron and steel,
  • clothing
partners:
EC 55.3%, US 8.4% (1990)

Switzerland

$68.5 billion (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • agricultural products,
  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles,
  • construction materials
partners:
Western Europe 78% (EC 71%, other 7%), US 6%

Ukraine

$16.7 billion (1990)

commodities:
  • machinery and parts,
  • transportation equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles
partners:
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United Kingdom

$211.9 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery,
  • semifinished goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods
partners:
EC 52.2% (FRG 15.6%, France 9.3%, Netherlands 8.4%), US 11.5%

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

$3.7 billion (f.o.b., 1989)

commodities:
nonoil 59%, crude oil 41%
partners:
  • Saudi Arabia 41%,
  • US 23%,
  • Japan 8%,
  • UK 8%

Cyprus

$2.3 billion (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • consumer goods,
  • petroleum and lubricants,
  • food and feed grains,
  • machinery
partners:
  • UK 13%,
  • Japan 12%,
  • Italy 10%,
  • Germany 9.1%

Gaza Strip

$255 million (c.i.f., 1989)

commodities:
  • food,
  • consumer goods,
  • construction materials
partners:
Israel, Egypt

Iran

$15.9 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • military supplies,
  • metal works,
  • foodstuffs,
  • pharmaceuticals,
  • technical services,
  • refined oil products
partners:
  • Germany,
  • Japan,
  • Italy,
  • UK,
  • France

Iraq

$6.6 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
manufactures, food
partners:
  • FRG,
  • US,
  • Turkey,
  • France,
  • UK (1990)

Israel

$18.1 billion (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • military equipment,
  • rough diamonds,
  • oil,
  • chemicals,
  • machinery,
  • iron and steel,
  • cereals,
  • textiles,
  • vehicles,
  • ships,
  • aircraft
partners:
  • US,
  • EC,
  • Switzerland,
  • Japan,
  • South Africa,
  • Canada,
  • Hong Kong

Jordan

$2.3 billion (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • food,
  • live animals,
  • manufactured goods
partners:
  • EC,
  • US,
  • Iraq,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • Japan,
  • Turkey

Kuwait

$6.6 billion (f.o.b., 1989)

commodities:
  • food,
  • construction materials,
  • vehicles and parts,
  • clothing
partners:
  • US 15%,
  • Japan 12%,
  • FRG 8%,
  • UK 7%

Lebanon

$1.8 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.)

commodities:
NA
partners:
  • Italy 14%,
  • France 12%,
  • US 6%,
  • Turkey 5%,
  • Saudi Arabia 3%

Oman

$2.5 billion (f.o.b, 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • livestock,
  • lubricants
partners:
  • UK 20%,
  • UAE 20%,
  • Japan 17%,
  • US 7%

Qatar

$1.5 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • beverages,
  • animal and vegetable oils,
  • chemicals,
  • machinery and equipment
partners:
  • UK 13%,
  • Japan 11%,
  • US 8%,
  • Italy 8%

Saudi Arabia

$21.5 billion (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • transportation equipment,
  • construction materials,
  • processed food products
partners:
  • US 16%,
  • UK 14%,
  • Japan 14%,
  • FRG 7%

Syria

$2.7 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs and beverages 21%,
  • metal and metal products 16%,
  • machinery 14%,
  • textiles,
  • petroleum products (1989)
partners:
  • EC 42%,
  • USSR and Eastern Europe 13%,
  • other Europe 13%,
  • US/Canada 8%,
  • Arab countries 6% (1989)

Turkey now Turkiye

$22.3 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • metals,
  • chemicals,
  • pharmaceuticals,
  • dyes,
  • plastics,
  • rubber,
  • fertilizers,
  • grain
partners:
  • EC countries 49%,
  • US 7%,
  • Iran 5%

United Arab Emirates

$11.0 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
food, consumer and capital goods
partners:
  • Japan 14%,
  • UK 10%,
  • US 9%,
  • Germany 9%

West Bank

$410 million (c.i.f., 1988 est.)

commodities:
NA
partners:
Jordan, Israel

Yemen

Published as “Imports”

North:
$1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1988)

Published as “Imports”

commodities:
textiles and other manufactured consumer goods, petroleum products, sugar, grain, flour, other foodstuffs, and cement
partners:
  • Saudi Arabia 12%,
  • France 6%,
  • US 5%,
  • Australia 5% (1985)
South:
$553.9 million (f.o.b., 1989 est.)
commodities:
  • grain,
  • consumer goods,
  • crude oil,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • USSR,
  • UK,
  • Ethiopia

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$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

$118 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • crude petroleum,
  • chemicals,
  • motor vehicles and parts,
  • durable consumer goods,
  • electronic computers;
  • telecommunications equipment and parts
partners:
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • UK,
  • Germany,
  • France,
  • Mexico,
  • Taiwan,
  • South Korea

Mexico

$36.7 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • grain,
  • metal manufactures,
  • agricultural machinery,
  • electrical equipment
partners:
  • US 69%,
  • EC 13%,
  • Japan 6% (1990)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$87.2 million (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • meat,
  • clothing,
  • fuel,
  • electrical equipment,
  • machinery,
  • building materials
partners:
  • Canada,
  • France,
  • US,
  • Netherlands,
  • UK

United States

$499.4 billion (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

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 entries

American Samoa

$377.9 million (c.i.f., 1989)

commodities:
  • materials for canneries 56%,
  • food 8%,
  • petroleum 7%,
  • machinery and parts 6%
partners:
  • US 72%,
  • Japan 7%,
  • NZ 7%,
  • Australia 5%,
  • other 9%

Australia

$37.8 billion (f.o.b., FY91)

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 equipment 32%,
  • food 15%,
  • petroleum products,
  • consumer goods,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Australia 30%,
  • NZ 17%,
  • Japan 13%,
  • EC 6%,
  • US 6%

French Polynesia

$765 million (c.i.f., 1989)

commodities:
  • fuels,
  • foodstuffs,
  • equipment
partners:
  • France 53%,
  • US 11%,
  • Australia 6%,
  • NZ 5%

Guam

$493 million (c.i.f., 1984)

commodities:
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • food,
  • manufactured goods
partners:
  • US 23%,
  • Japan 19%,
  • other 58%

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

$67.7 million (c.i.f., 1988)

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

$764 million (c.i.f., 1989)

commodities:
  • foods,
  • fuels,
  • minerals,
  • machines,
  • electrical equipment
partners:
  • France 44.0%,
  • US 10%,
  • Australia 9%

New Zealand

$8.4 billion (f.o.b., FY91)

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

$1.18 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • food,
  • fuels,
  • 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

$75 million (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • intermediate goods 58%,
  • food 17%,
  • capital goods 12%
partners:
  • New Zealand 41%,
  • Australia 18%,
  • Japan 13%,
  • UK 6%,
  • US 6%

Solomon Islands

$86.0 million (c.i.f., 1990)

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

$59.9 million (c.i.f., FY90 est.)

commodities:
  • food products,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactures,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • NZ 30%,
  • Australia 23%,
  • US 12%,
  • Japan 7% (FY90)

Tuvalu

$2.8 million (c.i.f., 1983 est.)

commodities:
  • food,
  • animals,
  • mineral fuels,
  • machinery,
  • manufactured goods
partners:
  • Fiji,
  • Australia,
  • NZ

Vanuatu

$60.4 million (f.o.b., 1990 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 8%

Wallis and Futuna

$13.3 million (c.i.f., 1984)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • manufactured goods,
  • transportation equipment,
  • fuel
partners:
  • France,
  • Australia,
  • New Zealand

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$8 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • metals,
  • fuels and lubricants,
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • US 22%,
  • Brazil,
  • FRG,
  • Bolivia,
  • Japan,
  • Italy,
  • Netherlands

Bolivia

$760 million (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • food,
  • petroleum,
  • consumer goods,
  • capital goods
partners:
US 22%

Brazil

$21.0 billion (1991)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • capital goods,
  • chemical products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • coal
partners:
  • Middle East and Africa 22%,
  • US 21%,
  • EC 21%,
  • Latin America 18%,
  • Japan 6% (1990)

Chile

$7.4 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • wheat,
  • capital goods,
  • spare parts,
  • raw materials
partners:
  • EC 20%,
  • US 20%,
  • Japan 11%,
  • Brazil 10% (1989)

Colombia

$6.1 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • industrial equipment,
  • transportation equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • chemicals,
  • paper products
partners:
  • US 36%,
  • EC 16%,
  • Brazil 4%,
  • Venezuela 3%,
  • Japan 3%

Ecuador

$1.95 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • transport equipment,
  • vehicles,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US 34%,
  • 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

$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

$246 million (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • manufactures,
  • machinery,
  • food,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • US 33%,
  • CARICOM 10%,
  • UK 9%,
  • Canada 2% (1989)

Paraguay

$1.85 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

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

$3.5 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • iron and steel semimanufactures,
  • chemicals,
  • pharmaceuticals
partners:
  • US 32%,
  • Latin America 22%,
  • EC 17%,
  • Switzerland 6%,
  • Japan 3%

Suriname

$331 million (f.o.b., 1989 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

$1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • fuels and lubricants 15%,
  • metals,
  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • industrial chemicals
partners:
  • Brazil 23%,
  • Argentina 17%,
  • US 10%,
  • EC 27.1% (1990)

Venezuela

$10.2 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • chemicals,
  • manufactures,
  • machinery and transport equipment
partners:
  • US 44%,
  • FRG 8.0%,
  • Japan 4%,
  • Italy 7%,
  • Canada 2% (1989)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

$1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Singapore 35%,
  • UK 26%,
  • Switzerland 9%,
  • US 9%,
  • Japan 5% (1990)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$1.16 billion

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

Christmas Island

$NA

commodities:
NA
partners:
NA

Cocos Islands now Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

commodities:
foodstuffs
partners:
Australia

Hong Kong

$82.4 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • transport equipment,
  • raw materials,
  • semimanufactures,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • China 37%,
  • Japan 16%,
  • Taiwan 9%,
  • US 8% (1990)

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,
  • China

Macau

$1.8 billion (1990 est.)

commodities:
  • raw materials,
  • foodstuffs,
  • capital goods
partners:
  • Hong Kong 39%,
  • China 21%,
  • Japan 10% (1987)

Malaysia

$38.7 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • food,
  • crude oil,
  • consumer goods,
  • intermediate goods,
  • capital equipment,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • Singapore,
  • Germany,
  • UK

Philippines

$12.3 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

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

$65.8 billion (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • includes transshipments from Malaysia - capital equipment,
  • petroleum,
  • chemicals,
  • manufactured goods,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • Japan 21%,
  • US 16%,
  • Malaysia 15%,
  • Taiwan 4%

Taiwan

$54.7 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment 15.3%,
  • basic metals 13.0%,
  • chemical and chemical products 11.1%,
  • crude oil 5%,
  • foodstuffs 2.2% (1989)
partners:
  • Japan 31%,
  • US 23%,
  • FRG 5% (1989)

Thailand

$39.0 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • machinery and manufactures 67%,
  • chemicals l0%,
  • fuels 9%,
  • crude materials 6% (1990)
partners:
  • Japan 30.2%,
  • US 12%,
  • Singapore 6.9%,
  • Taiwan 5%,
  • Germany 4.8%,
  • China 3.2%,
  • South Korea,
  • Malaysia,
  • UK (1990)

Vietnam

$1.9 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • petroleum products,
  • steel products,
  • railroad equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • medicines,
  • raw cotton,
  • fertilizer,
  • grain
partners:
  • Japan,
  • Singapore,
  • Thailand,
  • Eastern Europe,
  • USSR

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1992, “Imports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/imports/1992.

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