The CIA World Factbook Edition 1993 Economy

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Imports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1993 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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World

$3.82 trillion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

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

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

$8.2 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • capital goods 39.7%,
  • food and beverages 21.7%,
  • consumer goods 11.8% (1990)
partners:
  • France,
  • Italy,
  • Germany,
  • US,
  • Spain

Angola

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

commodities:
  • capital equipment (machinery and electrical equipment),
  • food,
  • vehicles and spare parts,
  • textiles and clothing,
  • medicines;
  • substantial military deliveries
partners:
  • Portugal,
  • Brazil,
  • US,
  • France,
  • Spain

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

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

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • vehicles and transport equipment,
  • textiles,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • Switzerland,
  • SACU (Southern African Customs Union),
  • UK,
  • US

Burkina now Burkina Faso

$593 million (f.o.b., 1990)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • food products,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • EC 51%,
  • Africa 25%,
  • US 6% (1987)

Burundi

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

commodities:
  • capital goods 31%,
  • petroleum products 15%,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • EC 57%,
  • Asia 23%,
  • US 3%

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$120 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • industrial products,
  • transport equipment
partners:
  • Sweden 33%,
  • Spain 11%,
  • Germany 5%,
  • Portugal 3%,
  • France 3%,
  • Netherlands,
  • US (1990 est.)

Cameroon

$1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • machines and electrical equipment,
  • food,
  • consumer goods,
  • transport equipment
partners:
  • EC about 60%,
  • France 41%,
  • Germany 9%,
  • African countries,
  • Japan,
  • US 4%

Central African Republic

$205 million (1991 est.)

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

Chad

$294.1 million (f.o.b., 1991)

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

$1.2 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • consumer goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • mining and other machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • fuels
partners:
  • South Africa,
  • US,
  • Belgium,
  • France,
  • Germany,
  • Italy,
  • Japan,
  • UK

Congo now Republic of the Congo

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

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • intermediate manufactures,
  • capital equipment
partners:
  • France,
  • Italy,
  • other EC countries,
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • Spain,
  • Japan,
  • Brazil

Cote d'Ivoire

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

commodities:
  • food,
  • capital goods,
  • consumer goods,
  • fuel
partners:
  • France 29%,
  • other EC 29%,
  • Nigeria 16%,
  • US 4%,
  • Japan 3% (1989)

Djibouti

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

commodities:
  • foods,
  • beverages,
  • transport equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • Western Europe 54%,
  • Middle East 20%,
  • Asia 19%

Egypt

$10.0 billion (c.i.f., FY92 est.)

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

Equatorial Guinea

$63.0 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%,
  • FRG 3.1%,
  • Gabon 2.9%,
  • Nigeria 1.8% (1988)

Eritrea

$NA

commodities:
NA
partners:
NA

Swaziland now Eswatini

$730 million (c.i.f., 1991)

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

Ethiopia

$1.0 billion (c.i.f., FY90)

commodities:
  • capital goods,
  • consumer goods,
  • fuel
partners:
  • EC,
  • Eastern Europe,
  • Japan,
  • US

Gabon

$702 million (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • chemical products,
  • petroleum products,
  • construction materials,
  • manufactures,
  • machinery
partners:
  • France 64%,
  • African countries 7%,
  • US 5%,
  • Japan 3%

The Gambia

$174 million (f.o.b., FY91 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • manufactures,
  • raw materials,
  • fuel,
  • machinery and transport equipment
partners:
  • Europe 57%,
  • Asia 25%,
  • USSR and Eastern Europe 9%,
  • US 6%,
  • other 3% (1989)

Ghana

$1.4 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum 16%,
  • consumer goods,
  • foods,
  • intermediate goods,
  • capital equipment
partners:
  • UK 23%,
  • US 11%,
  • Germany 10%,
  • Japan 6%

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

$63.5 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • capital equipment,
  • consumer goods,
  • semiprocessed goods,
  • foods,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • Portugal,
  • Netherlands,
  • Senegal,
  • USSR,
  • Germany

Kenya

$2.05 billion (f.o.b., 1992 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

$805 million (c.i.f., 1991)

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

$8.66 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • food,
  • manufactured goods
partners:
  • Italy,
  • former USSR,
  • Germany,
  • UK,
  • Japan,
  • Korea

Madagascar

$350 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • intermediate manufactures 30%,
  • capital goods 28%,
  • petroleum 15%,
  • consumer goods 14%,
  • food 13%
partners:
  • France,
  • Germany,
  • UK,
  • other EC,
  • US

Malawi

$660 million (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • food,
  • petroleum products,
  • semimanufactures,
  • consumer goods,
  • transportation equipment
partners:
  • South Africa,
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • UK,
  • Zimbabwe

Mali

$390 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • textiles,
  • vehicles,
  • petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • sugar,
  • cereals
partners:
mostly franc zone and Western Europe

Mauritania

$385 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

$7.6 billion (f.o.b., 1992 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%,
  • former USSR 3%,
  • Japan 2%

Mozambique

$899 million (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • food,
  • clothing,
  • farm equipment,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • US,
  • Western Europe,
  • USSR

Namibia

$1.238 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum products and fuel,
  • machinery and equipment
partners:
  • South Africa,
  • Germany,
  • US,
  • Switzerland

Niger

$346 million (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • primary materials,
  • machinery,
  • vehicles and parts,
  • electronic equipment,
  • cereals,
  • petroleum products,
  • pharmaceuticals,
  • chemical products,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • Germany 26%,
  • Cote d'Ivoire 11%,
  • France 5%,
  • Italy 4%,
  • Nigeria 2%

Nigeria

$7.8 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • consumer goods,
  • capital equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • raw materials
partners:
EC countries 70%, US 16%

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

$259.5 million (f.o.b., 1992 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

$24.5 million (f.o.b., 1991)

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

Senegal

$1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • semimanufactures 30%,
  • food 27%,
  • durable consumer goods 17%,
  • petroleum 12%,
  • capital goods 14%
partners:
  • France,
  • other EC,
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • 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%,
  • Yemen 13%,
  • Singapore 8%,
  • Japan 6% (1987)

Sierra Leone

$62 million (c.i.f., FY92 est.)

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

Somalia

$NA

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

South Africa

$18.2 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

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

Sudan

$1.3 billion (c.i.f., FY92 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

$1.43 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

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

Togo

$583 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • consumer goods,
  • food,
  • chemical products
partners:
  • EC 57%,
  • Africa 17%,
  • US 5%,
  • Japan 4% (1990)

Tunisia

$6.1 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

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

Uganda

$610 million (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

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

$1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

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

Zimbabwe

$1.8 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and transportation equipment 37%,
  • other manufactures 22%,
  • chemicals 16%,
  • fuels 15%
partners:
  • UK 15%,
  • Germany 9%,
  • South Africa 5%,
  • Botswana 5%,
  • US 5%,
  • Japan 5% (1991)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

$403 million (c.i.f., 1991)

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

Iceland

$1.5 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:
  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • petroleum products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles
partners:
  • EC 53% (Germany 14%, Denmark 10%, UK 9%),
  • Norway 14%,
  • US 9% (1992)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

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

commodities:
food and petroleum products
partners:
former USSR, Pakistan

Armenia

$300 million from outside the successor statees of the former USSR (c.i.f., 1992)

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

Azerbaijan

$300 million from outside the successor states of the former USSR (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

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

Bangladesh

$3.4 billion (FY91/92)

commodities:
  • capital goods,
  • petroleum,
  • food,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Japan 10.0%,
  • Western Europe 17%,
  • US 5.0% (FY91)

Bhutan

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

commodities:
  • fuel and lubricants,
  • grain,
  • machinery and parts,
  • vehicles,
  • fabrics
partners:
India 83%

China

$80.6 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:
  • specialized industrial machinery,
  • chemicals,
  • manufactured goods,
  • steel,
  • textile yarn,
  • fertilizer
partners:
  • Hong Kong and Macau,
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • Taiwan,
  • Germany,
  • Russia (1992)

Georgia

$NA

commodities:
  • machinery and parts,
  • fuel,
  • transport equipment,
  • textiles
partners:
Russia, Ukraine (1992)

India

$25.5 billion (c.i.f., FY93 est.)

commodities:
  • crude oil and petroleum products,
  • gems,
  • fertilizer,
  • chemicals,
  • machinery
partners:
  • US 12.1%,
  • West Germany 8.0%,
  • Japan 7.5% (FY91)

Japan

$232.7 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:
  • manufactures 44%,
  • fossil fuels 33%,
  • foodstuffs and raw materials 23%
partners:
  • Southeast Asia 25%,
  • US 22%,
  • Western Europe 17%,
  • Middle East 12%,
  • former Communist countries and China 8%

Kazakhstan

  • $500 million from outside the successor states of the former USSR (1992)
commodities:
machinery and parts, industrial materials
partners:
Russia and other former Soviet republics, China

Korea, North now North Korea

$1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • grain,
  • coking coal,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • China,
  • Russia,
  • Japan,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Germany,
  • Singapore

Korea, South now South Korea

$81.7 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • electronics and electronic equipment,
  • oil,
  • steel,
  • transport equipment,
  • textiles,
  • organic chemicals,
  • grains
partners:
Japan 24%, US 22% (1992)

Kyrgyzstan

$NA

commodities:
  • lumber,
  • industrial products,
  • ferrous metals,
  • fuel,
  • machinery,
  • textiles,
  • footwear
partners:
other CIS republics

Maldives

$150.9 million (c.i.f., 1991)

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

Mongolia

$501 million (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

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

Nepal

$751 million (c.i.f., FY92 est.)

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

Pakistan

$9.1 billion (f.o.b., FY92)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • transportation,
  • equipment,
  • vegetable oils,
  • animal fats,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • EC 29%,
  • Japan 13%,
  • US 12% (FY91)

Russia

$35.0 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

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

Sri Lanka

$3.1 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • food and beverages,
  • textiles and textile materials,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • machinery and equipment
partners:
  • Japan,
  • Iran,
  • US 5.7%,
  • India,
  • Taiwan,
  • Singapore,
  • Germany,
  • UK

Tajikistan

  • $100 million from outside the successor states of the former USSR (1992)
commodities:
  • chemicals,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • textiles,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
NA

Turkmenistan

  • $100 million from outside the successor states of the former USSR (1992)
commodities:
  • machinery and parts,
  • plastics and rubber,
  • consumer durables,
  • textiles
partners:
mostly other than former Soviet Union

Uzbekistan

  • $900 million from outside the successor states of the former USSR (1992)
commodities:
  • machinery and parts,
  • consumer durables,
  • grain,
  • other foods
partners:
principally other former Soviet republics

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$10.3 million (f.o.b., 1987)

commodities:
NA
partners:
NA

Antigua and Barbuda

$317.5 million (c.i.f., 1991)

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

Aruba

$1,311.3 million, including oil for processing and re-export (f.o.b., 1991)

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

The Bahamas

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

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

Barbados

$697 million (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer durables,
  • raw materials,
  • machinery,
  • crude oil,
  • construction materials,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US 34%,
  • CARICOM 16%,
  • UK 11%,
  • Canada 6%

Belize

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

commodities:
  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • food,
  • manufactured goods,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals,
  • pharmaceuticals
partners:
  • US 60%,
  • UK,
  • EC,
  • 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., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • raw materials,
  • consumer goods,
  • capital equipment,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • US 45%,
  • Japan,
  • Guatemala,
  • Germany

Cuba

$2.2 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • food,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Russia 10%,
  • China 9%,
  • Spain 9%,
  • Mexico 5%,
  • Italy 5%,
  • Canada 4%,
  • France 4% (1992 est.)

Dominica

$110.0 million (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • food,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US 27%,
  • CARICOM,
  • UK,
  • Canada

Dominican Republic

$2 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum,
  • cotton and fabrics,
  • chemicals and pharmaceuticals
partners:
US 50%

El Salvador

$1.47 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • raw materials,
  • consumer goods,
  • capital goods
partners:
  • US 43%,
  • Guatemala,
  • Mexico,
  • Venezuela,
  • Germany

Grenada

$110 million (f.o.b., 1991 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

$1.8 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

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

Haiti

$252 million (f.o.b., 1991 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 45%,
  • Japan 9%,
  • Netherlands 7%,
  • Mexico 7%,
  • Venezuela 6%

Jamaica

$1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • fuel,
  • other raw materials,
  • construction materials,
  • food,
  • transport equipment,
  • other machinery and equipment
partners:
  • US 51%,
  • UK 6%,
  • Venezuela 5%,
  • Canada 5%,
  • Japan 4.5%

Martinique

$1.3 billion (c.i.f., 1988)

commodities:
  • petroleum products,
  • crude oil,
  • foodstuffs,
  • construction materials,
  • vehicles,
  • clothing and other consumer goods
partners:
  • France 65%,
  • UK,
  • Italy,
  • Germany,
  • Japan,
  • US (1987)

Montserrat

$31.0 million (c.i.f., 1989)

commodities:
machinery and transportation equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels, lubricants, and related materials
partners:
NA

Netherlands Antilles

$1.2 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • crude petroleum 64%,
  • food,
  • manufactures
partners:
  • Venezuela 42%,
  • US 21%,
  • Netherlands 8%

Nicaragua

$720 million (c.i.f., 1992 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

$2.0 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • capital goods 21%,
  • crude oil 11%,
  • foodstuffs 9%,
  • consumer goods,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US 36%,
  • Japan,
  • EC,
  • Central America and Caribbean,
  • Mexico,
  • Venezuela (1992 est.)

Puerto Rico

16.2 billion (1990)

commodities:
  • chemicals,
  • clothing,
  • food,
  • fish,
  • petroleum products
partners:
US 66.6% (1990)

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

$267 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods 21%,
  • machinery and transportation equipment 21%,
  • food and live animals,
  • chemicals,
  • fuels
partners:
  • US 34%,
  • CARICOM 17%,
  • UK 14%,
  • Japan 7%,
  • Canada 4%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$110.7 million (f.o.b., 1991)

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

Trinidad and Tobago

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

commodities:
  • raw materials and intermediate goods 48%,
  • capital goods 29%,
  • consumer goods 23% (1991)
partners:
  • US 39%,
  • Venezuela 14%,
  • UK 7%,
  • CARICOM 5% (1991)

Turks and Caicos Islands

$33.2 million (c.i.f., FY84)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • drink,
  • tobacco,
  • clothing,
  • manufactures,
  • construction materials
partners:
US, UK

Virgin Islands

$3.3 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • building materials
partners:
US, Puerto Rico

Europe

45 entries

Albania

$120 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • consumer goods,
  • grains
partners:
  • Italy,
  • Macedonia,
  • Germany,
  • Czechoslovakia,
  • Romania,
  • Poland,
  • Hungary,
  • Bulgaria,
  • Greece

Andorra

$888.7 million (f.o.b., 1989)

commodities:
consumer goods, food
partners:
France, Spain

Austria

$50.7 billion (1992 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • vehicles,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles and clothing,
  • pharmaceuticals
partners:
  • EC 67.8% (Germany 43.0%),
  • EFTA 6.9%,
  • Eastern Europe/former USSR 6.0%,
  • Japan 4.8%,
  • US 3.9% (1991)

Belarus

$751 million from outside the successor states of the former USSR (c.i.f., 1992)

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

Belgium

$121 billion (c.i.f., 1991) Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union

commodities:
  • fuels,
  • grains,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • EC 73%,
  • US 4.8%,
  • oil-exporting less developed countries 4%,
  • former Communist countries 1.8% (1991)

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

$2.8 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • fuels, minerals, and raw materials 58.7%;
  • machinery and equipment 15.8%;
  • manufactured consumer goods 4.4%;
  • agricultural products 15.2%;
  • other 5.9%
partners:
  • former CEMA countries 51.0% (former USSR 43.2%, Poland 3.7%);
  • developed countries 32.8% (Germany 7.0%, Austria 4.7%);
  • less developed countries 16.2% (Iran 2.8%, Libya 2.5%)

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

Czech Republic now Czechia

$8.9 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • fuels and lubricants,
  • manfactured goods,
  • raw materials,
  • chemicals,
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • Slovakia,
  • CIS republics,
  • Germany Austria,
  • Poland,
  • Switzerland,
  • Hungary,
  • UK,
  • Italy

Denmark

$30.3 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • grain and foodstuffs,
  • textiles,
  • paper
partners:
  • EC 53.4% (Germany 23.1%, UK 8.2%, France 5.6%),
  • Sweden 10.8%,
  • Norway 5.4%,
  • US 5.7%,
  • Japan 4.1% (1992)

Estonia

$NA

commodities:
  • machinery 45%,
  • oil 13%,
  • chemicals 12%
partners:
Finland 15%, Russia 18%

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

$21.2 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • chemicals,
  • transport equipment,
  • iron and steel,
  • machinery,
  • textile yarn and fabrics,
  • fodder grains
partners:
  • EC 47.2% (Germany 16.9%, UK 8.7%),
  • EFTA 19.0% (Sweden 11.7%),
  • US 6.1%,
  • Japan 5.5%,
  • Russia 7.1% (1992)

France

$230.3 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • agricultural products,
  • chemicals,
  • iron and steel products
partners:
  • Germany 17.8%,
  • Italy 10.9%,
  • US 9.5%,
  • Netherlands 8.9%,
  • Spain 8.8%,
  • Belgium-Luxembourg 8.5%,
  • UK 7.5%,
  • Japan 4.1%,
  • former USSR 1.3% (1991 est.)

Germany

$354.5 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • manufactures 68.5%,
  • agricultural products 12.0%,
  • fuels 9.7%,
  • raw materials 7.1%
partners:
EC 52.0 (France 12.0%, Netherlands 9.6%, Italy 9.2%, UK 6.8%, Belgium-Luxembourg 7.0%), other Western Europe 15.2%, US 6.6%, Eastern Europe 5.5%, OPEC 2.4% (1992)

Gibraltar

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

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

Greece

$21.5 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods 71%,
  • foodstuffs 14%,
  • fuels 10%
partners:
  • Germany 20%,
  • Italy 14%,
  • France 8%,
  • UK 5%,
  • US 4%

Guernsey

$NA

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

Hungary

$11.7 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • fuels and energy 14.9%,
  • raw materials,
  • semi-finished goods,
  • chemicals 37.6%,
  • machinery 19.7%,
  • light industry 21.5%,
  • food and agricultural 6.3%
partners:
OECD 71.0%, (EC 45.4%, EFTA 20.0%), LDCs 3.9%, former CEMA members 23.9%, others 1.2% (1991)

Ireland

$23.3 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:
  • food,
  • animal feed,
  • data processing equipment,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • textiles,
  • clothing
partners:
EC 66% (UK 41%, Germany 8%, Netherlands 4%), US 15%

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

$NA

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

Italy

$169.7 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • industrial machinery,
  • chemicals,
  • metals,
  • food,
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • EC 58.8%,
  • OPEC 6.1%,
  • US 5.5% (1992)

Jersey

$NA

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

Latvia

$NA

commodities:
NA
partners:
NA

Liechtenstein

$NA

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

Lithuania

$NA

commodities:
  • oil 24%,
  • machinery 14%,
  • chemicals 8%,
  • grain NA% (1989)
partners:
  • Russia 62%,
  • Belarus 18%,
  • former Soviet republics 10%,
  • West 10%

Luxembourg

$8.3 billion (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

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

Malta

$2.1 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

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

Moldova

  • 100 million from outside the successor states of the former USSR (1992)
commodities:
oil, gas, coal, steel machinery, foodstuffs, automobiles, and other consumer durables
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Ukraine,
  • Uzbekistan,
  • Romania

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

$117.7 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • raw materials and semifinished products,
  • consumer goods,
  • transportation equipment,
  • crude oil,
  • food products
partners:
EC 64% (Germany 26%, Belgium-Luxembourg 14%, UK 8%), US 8% (1991)

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

$26.8 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • fuels and lubricants,
  • transportation equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs,
  • clothing,
  • ships
partners:
  • EC 48.7%,
  • Nordic countries 26.8%,
  • developing countries 9.3%,
  • US 8.6%,
  • Japan 6.3% (1992)

Poland

$12.9 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery 38%,
  • fuels and power 20%,
  • chemicals 13%,
  • food 10%,
  • light industry 6% (1991)
partners:
  • Germany 17.4%,
  • former USSR 25.6%,
  • Italy 5.3%,
  • Austria 5.2% (1991)

Portugal

$26.0 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • agricultural products,
  • chemicals,
  • petroleum,
  • textiles
partners:
  • EC 72%,
  • other developed countries 10.9% less developed countries 12.9%,
  • US 3.4%

Romania

$5.1 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

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 exports

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:
  • prior to the imposition of sanctions by the UN Security Council the trade partners were principally the other former Yugoslav republics;
  • the successor states of the former USSR, EC countries (mainly Italy and Germany), East European countries, US

Slovakia

$3.6 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment;
  • fuels and lubricants;
  • manufactured goods;
  • raw materials;
  • chemicals;
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • Czech Republic,
  • CIS republics,
  • Germany,
  • Austria,
  • Poland,
  • Switzerland,
  • Hungary,
  • UK,
  • Italy

Slovenia

$4.679 billion (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, successor states of the former USSR, US, Hungary, Italy, and Austria

Spain

$100 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

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% (1991)

Sweden

$51.7 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • chemicals,
  • motor vehicles,
  • foodstuffs,
  • iron and steel,
  • clothing
partners:
  • EC 53.6% (Germany 17.9%, UK 6.3%, Denmark 7.5%, France 4.9%),
  • EFTA (Norway 6.6%, Finland 6%),
  • US 8.4%,
  • Central and Eastern Europe 3% (1992)

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 countries 71%, other 7%), US 6%

Ukraine

  • $16.7 billion from outside of the successor states of the former USSR (1990)
commodities:
  • machinery and parts,
  • transportation equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles
partners:
NA

United Kingdom

$210.7 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery,
  • semifinished goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods
partners:
EC countries 51.7% (Germany 14.9%, France 9.3%, Netherlands 8.4%), US 11.6%

Middle East

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Bahrain

$3.7 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
nonoil 59%, crude oil 41%
partners:
  • Saudi Arabia 41%,
  • US 14%,
  • UK 7%,
  • Japan 5%

Cyprus

$2.4 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

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

$21.0 billion (c.i.f., FY91 est.)

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:
  • Germany,
  • US,
  • Turkey,
  • France,
  • UK (1990)

Israel

$19.6 billion (c.i.f., 1992 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 countries,
  • US,
  • Iraq,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • Japan,
  • Turkey

Kuwait

$4.7 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • food,
  • construction materials,
  • vehicles and parts,
  • clothing
partners:
  • US 35%,
  • Japan 12%,
  • UK 9%,
  • Canada 9%

Lebanon

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

commodities:
  • Consumer goods,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • Italy 14%,
  • France 12%,
  • US 6%,
  • Turkey 5%,
  • Saudi Arabia 3%

Oman

$3.0 billion (f.o.b, 1991)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • livestock,
  • lubricants
partners:
  • Japan 20%,
  • UAE 19%,
  • UK 19%,
  • US 7%

Qatar

$1.4 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • consumer goods,
  • food,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • France 13%,
  • Japan 12%,
  • UK 11%,
  • Germany 9%

Saudi Arabia

$26.1 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • food stuffs,
  • manufactured goods,
  • transportation equipment,
  • chemical products,
  • textiles
partners:
  • US 21%,
  • UK 13%,
  • Japan 12%,
  • Germany 8%,
  • France 6%

Syria

$2.7 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs and beverages 21%,
  • machinery 15%,
  • metal and metal products 15%,
  • textiles 7%,
  • petroleum products (1990)
partners:
  • EC 42%,
  • USSR and Eastern Europe 13%,
  • other Europe 13%,
  • US/Canada 11%,
  • Arab countries 6% (1990)

Turkey now Turkiye

$21.1 billion (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods 61%,
  • foodstuffs 8%,
  • fuels 21%
partners:
  • EC countries 44%,
  • US 12%,
  • former USSR 5%

United Arab Emirates

$13.9 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • capital goods,
  • consumer goods,
  • food
partners:
  • Japan 15%,
  • US 10%,
  • UK 9%,
  • Germany 7%,
  • Korea 4%

West Bank

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

commodities:
NA
partners:
Jordan, Israel

Yemen

$2.1 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • textiles and other manufactured consumer goods,
  • petroleum products,
  • sugar,
  • grain,
  • flour,
  • other foodstuffs,
  • cement,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Japan,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • Australia,
  • EC countries,
  • China,
  • Russia,
  • US

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

527.2 million (f.o.b., FY89)

commodities:
  • fuel,
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery
partners:
  • US 60%,
  • UK 8%,
  • Venezuela 7%,
  • Canada 5%,
  • Japan 5%,
  • other 15%

Canada

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

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • 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

$48.1 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

commodities:
metal-working machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts
partners:
  • US 74%,
  • Japan,
  • 11%,
  • EC 6% (1992)

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

$544.1 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:
  • crude oil and refined petroleum products,
  • 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

$360.3 million (c.i.f., 1989)

commodities:
  • materials for canneries 56%,
  • food 8%,
  • petroleum products 7%,
  • machinery and parts 6%
partners:
  • US 62%,
  • Japan 9%,
  • NZ 7%,
  • Australia 11%,
  • Fiji 4%,
  • other 7%

Australia

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

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • computers and office machines,
  • crude oil and petroleum products
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

$553 million (c.i.f., 1991)

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,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • miscellaneous manufactured goods,
  • fuel
partners:
  • Australia 33%,
  • Japan 24%,
  • Fiji 19%,
  • NZ 6%,
  • US 6% (1990)

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

$3.99 billion (f.o.b., FY92)

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

$392.4 million (c.i.f. 1991 est.)

commodities:
  • food,
  • construction,
  • equipment,
  • materials
partners:
NA

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau) now Palau

$27.2 million (c.i.f., 1986)

commodities:
NA
partners:
US

Papua New Guinea

$1.6 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

$87.1 million (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

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

$68.3 million (c.i.f., FY92 est.)

commodities:
  • food products,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactures,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • NZ 33%,
  • Australia 22%,
  • US 8%,
  • Japan 8% (FY91)

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

$14.0 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

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

Bolivia

1.185 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

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

Brazil

$20.0 billion (1992)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • capital goods,
  • chemical products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • coal
partners:
  • Middle East 12.4%,
  • US 23.5%,
  • EC 21.8%,
  • Latin America 18.8%,
  • Japan 6% (1991)

Chile

$9.2 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • capital goods 25.2%,
  • spare parts 24.8%,
  • raw materials 15.4%,
  • petroleum 10%,
  • foodstuffs 5.7%
partners:
  • US 21%,
  • EC 18%,
  • Brazil 9%,
  • Japan 8% (1991)

Colombia

$5.5 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • industrial equipment,
  • transportation equipment,
  • consumer goods,
  • chemicals,
  • paper products
partners:
  • US 36%,
  • EC 16%,
  • Brazil 4%,
  • Venezuela 3%,
  • Japan 3% (1991)

Ecuador

$2.4 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • transport equipment,
  • vehicles,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US 32.7%,
  • Latin America,
  • Caribbean,
  • EC countries,
  • 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

$435 million (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • food (grains, processed meat),
  • other consumer goods,
  • producer goods,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • France 62%,
  • Trinidad and Tobago 9%,
  • US 4%,
  • FRG 3% (1987)

Guyana

$242.4 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • manufactures,
  • machinery,
  • food,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • US 40%,
  • Trinidad & Tobago 13%,
  • UK 11%,
  • Japan 5%,
  • Netherland Antilles 3% (1989)

Paraguay

$1.33 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

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

$4.1 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • iron and steel semimanufactures,
  • chemicals,
  • pharmaceuticals
partners:
  • US 32%,
  • Latin America 22%,
  • EC 17%,
  • Switzerland 6%,
  • Japan 3% (1991)

Suriname

$514 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • capital equipment,
  • petroleum,
  • foodstuffs,
  • cotton,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • US 41%,
  • Netherlands 24%,
  • Trinidad and Tobago 9%,
  • Brazil 4% (1989)

Uruguay

$1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

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

Venezuela

$12.4 billion (f.o.b., 1992 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)

$907.0 million (FY92)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • food products
partners:
  • Japan,
  • China,
  • Singapore

Cambodia

$170 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • international food aid;
  • fuels,
  • consumer goods,
  • machinery
partners:
  • Vietnam,
  • USSR,
  • Eastern Europe,
  • Japan,
  • India

Christmas Island

$NA

commodities:
consumer goods
partners:
principally Australia

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

commodities:
foodstuffs
partners:
Australia

Hong Kong

$120 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

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

Indonesia

$24.6 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • machinery 39%,
  • chemical products 19%,
  • manufactured goods 16%
partners:
  • Japan 25%,
  • Europe 23%,
  • US 13%,
  • Singapore 5% (1991)

Laos

$238 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.)

commodities:
  • food,
  • fuel oil,
  • consumer goods,
  • manufactures
partners:
  • Thailand,
  • USSR,
  • Japan,
  • France,
  • Vietnam,
  • China

Macau

$2.0 billion (1992 est.)

commodities:
  • raw materials,
  • foodstuffs,
  • capital goods
partners:
  • Hong Kong 35%,
  • China 22%,
  • Japan 17% (1991)

Malaysia

$39.1 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • food,
  • consumer goods,
  • petroleum products,
  • chemicals,
  • capital equipment
partners:
  • Japan 26%,
  • US 15.8%,
  • Singapore 15.7%,
  • Taiwan 5.6%,
  • Germany 4.2%

Philippines

$14.5 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • raw materials 45%,
  • capital goods 26%,
  • petroleum products 18%
partners:
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • Taiwan,
  • Saudi Arabia

Singapore

$66.4 billion (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • aircraft,
  • petroleum,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • Japan 21%,
  • US 16%,
  • Malaysia 14%,
  • Taiwan 4%

Taiwan

$72.1 billion (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment 15.8%,
  • chemicals 10.0%,
  • crude oil 4.2%,
  • foodstuffs 2.1% (1992 est.)
partners:
  • Japan 30.3%,
  • US 21.9%,
  • EC countries 17.1% (1992 est.)

Thailand

$41.5 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:
  • capital goods 41.4%,
  • intermediate goods and raw materials 32.8%,
  • consumer goods 10.4%,
  • oil 8.2%
partners:
  • Japan 29.3%,
  • US 11.4%,
  • Singapore 7.6%,
  • Taiwan 5.5%,
  • Germany 5.4%,
  • South Korea 4.6%,
  • Malaysia 4.2%,
  • China 3.3%,
  • Hong Kong 3.3%,
  • UK (1992 est.)

Vietnam

$1.9 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

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

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1993, “Imports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/imports/1993.

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