The CIA World Factbook Edition 1995 Economy

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Imports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1995 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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World

$4.1 trillion (c.i.f., 1994 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

$9.2 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • capital goods 39.7%,
  • food and beverages 21.7%,
  • consumer goods 11.8% (1990)
partners:
  • France 29%,
  • Italy 14%,
  • Spain 9%,
  • US 9%,
  • Germany 7%

Angola

$1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1992 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

$571 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • beverages,
  • tobacco,
  • petroleum products,
  • intermediate goods,
  • capital goods,
  • light consumer goods
partners:
  • France 20%,
  • Thailand 8%,
  • Netherlands 7%,
  • US 5%

Botswana

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

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

Burkina now Burkina Faso

$636 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • food products,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • EC 49%,
  • Africa 24%,
  • Japan 6% (1992)

Burundi

$203 million (c.i.f., 1993)

commodities:
  • capital goods 31%,
  • petroleum products 15%,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • EC 45%,
  • Asia 29%,
  • US 2%

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

$173 million (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • industrial products,
  • transport equipment
partners:
  • Portugal,
  • Netherlands,
  • Germany,
  • Spain

Cameroon

$1.96 billion (c.i.f., 1993)

commodities:
  • machines and electrical equipment,
  • food,
  • consumer goods,
  • transport equipment
partners:
  • EC about 60% (France 38%, Germany 9%),
  • African countries,
  • Japan,
  • US 5%

Central African Republic

$165.1 million (f.o.b., 1992)

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

Chad

$261 million (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • machinery and transportation equipment 39%,
  • industrial goods 20%,
  • petroleum products 13%,
  • foodstuffs 9%;
  • note - excludes military equipment
partners:
  • US,
  • France,
  • Nigeria,
  • Cameroon

Comoros

$40.9 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • rice and other foodstuffs,
  • petroleum products,
  • cement,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • France 34%,
  • South Africa 14%,
  • Kenya 8%,
  • Japan 4% (1992)

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

$356 million (f.o.b., 1993 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

$472 million (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • intermediate manufactures,
  • capital equipment,
  • construction materials,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • France,
  • US,
  • Italy,
  • Japan,
  • other EC countries

Cote D'ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

$1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • food,
  • capital goods,
  • consumer goods,
  • fuel
partners:
  • France,
  • Nigeria,
  • Japan,
  • Netherlands,
  • US (1992)

Djibouti

$384 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • foods,
  • beverages,
  • transport equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • France,
  • UK,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • Bahrain,
  • South Korea

Egypt

$11.2 billion (c.i.f., FY93/94 est.)

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

Equatorial Guinea

$62 million (c.i.f., 1993)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • food,
  • beverages,
  • clothing,
  • machinery
partners:
  • Cameroon 23.1%,
  • Spain 21.8%,
  • France 14.1%,
  • US 4.3% (1992)

Eritrea

$NA

commodities:
NA
partners:
NA

Swaziland now Eswatini

$734 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • motor vehicles,
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • petroleum products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • South Africa 90% (est.),
  • Switzerland,
  • UK

Ethiopia

$1.04 billion (c.i.f., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • capital goods,
  • consumer goods,
  • fuel
partners:
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • Italy,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • Japan

Gabon

$832 million (c.i.f., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • chemical products,
  • petroleum products,
  • construction materials,
  • manufactures,
  • machinery
partners:
  • France 42%,
  • African countries 23%,
  • US,
  • Japan

The Gambia

$154 million (f.o.b., FY92/93 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

$1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum 16%,
  • consumer goods,
  • foods,
  • intermediate goods,
  • capital equipment
partners:
  • UK 22%,
  • US 11%,
  • Germany 9%,
  • Japan 6%

Guinea

$56 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • transport equipment,
  • petroleum products,
  • machinery and equipment
partners:
  • Portugal,
  • Netherlands,
  • China,
  • Germany,
  • Senegal

Guinea-bissau now Guinea-Bissau

$768 million (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

commodities:
petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, and other grain
partners:
  • France 26%,
  • Cote d'Ivoire 12%,
  • Hong Kong 6%,
  • Germany 6%

Kenya

$1.85 billion (f.o.b., 1994 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 46%,
  • Asia 23%,
  • Middle East 20%,
  • US 5% (1991)

Lesotho

$964 million (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:
  • mainly corn,
  • building materials,
  • clothing,
  • vehicles,
  • machinery,
  • medicines,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • South Africa 94%,
  • Asia 3%,
  • EC 1% (1991)

Liberia

$394 million (c.i.f., 1989 est.)

commodities:
  • mineral fuels,
  • chemicals,
  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • rice and other foodstuffs
partners:
  • US,
  • EC,
  • Japan,
  • China,
  • Netherlands,
  • ECOWAS

Libya

$6.9 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • food,
  • manufactured goods
partners:
  • Italy,
  • Germany,
  • UK,
  • France,
  • Spain,
  • Turkey,
  • Tunisia,
  • Eastern Europe

Madagascar

$510 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • intermediate manufactures 30%,
  • capital goods 28%,
  • petroleum 15%,
  • consumer goods 14%,
  • food 13%
partners:
  • France,
  • Germany,
  • Japan,
  • UK,
  • Italy,
  • Netherlands

Malawi

$308 million (c.i.f., 1993 est.)

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

Mali

$842 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • construction materials,
  • petroleum,
  • textiles
partners:
mostly franc zone and Western Europe

Mauritania

$378 million (c.i.f., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • petroleum products,
  • capital goods
partners:
  • Algeria 15%,
  • China 6%,
  • US 3%,
  • France,
  • Germany,
  • Spain,
  • Italy

Mauritius

$1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

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

$7.5 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • capital goods 24%,
  • semiprocessed goods 22%,
  • raw materials 16%,
  • fuel and lubricants 16%,
  • food and beverages 13%,
  • consumer goods 9%
partners:
  • EC 59%,
  • US 8%,
  • Saudi Arabia 5%,
  • UAE 3%,
  • Russia 2% (1993)

Mozambique

$1.14 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • food,
  • clothing,
  • farm equipment,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • South Africa,
  • UK,
  • France,
  • Japan,
  • Portugal

Namibia

$1.1 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

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

Niger

$286 million (c.i.f., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • consumer goods,
  • primary materials,
  • machinery,
  • vehicles and parts,
  • petroleum,
  • cereals
partners:
  • France 23%,
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • Germany,
  • Italy,
  • Japan

Nigeria

$8.3 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food and animals
partners:
  • EC 64%,
  • US 10%,
  • Japan 7%

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

$250 million (f.o.b., 1993 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

$9.8 million (c.i.f., FY92/93)

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 now Sao Tome and Principe

$31.5 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and electrical equipment 44%,
  • food products 18%,
  • petroleum 11% (1992)
partners:
  • Portugal,
  • Japan,
  • Spain,
  • France,
  • Angola

Senegal

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

commodities:
  • foods and beverages,
  • consumer goods,
  • capital goods,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • France,
  • other EC countries,
  • Nigeria,
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • Algeria,
  • China,
  • Japan

Seychelles

$261 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • petroleum products,
  • tobacco,
  • beverages,
  • machinery and transportation equipment
partners:
  • Singapore 16%,
  • Bahrain 16%,
  • South Africa,
  • 14%,
  • UK 13% (1992)

Sierra Leone

$149 million (c.i.f., 1993)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs 48%,
  • machinery and equipment 32%,
  • fuels 9%
partners:
  • US,
  • EC countries,
  • Japan,
  • China,
  • Nigeria

Somalia

$249 million (1990 est.)

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

South Africa

$21.4 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

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

Sudan

$1.7 billion (c.i.f., FY93/94)

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% (FY87/88)

Tanzania

$1.4 billion (c.i.f., 1994)

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

Togo

$292 million (c.i.f., 1993)

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

Tunisia

$6.5 billion (c.i.f., 1993)

commodities:
  • industrial goods and equipment 57%,
  • hydrocarbons 13%,
  • food 12%,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • EC countries 70%,
  • US 5%,
  • Middle East 2%,
  • Japan 2%,
  • Switzerland 1%,
  • Algeria 1%

Uganda

$696 million (c.i.f., 1993 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

$1.13 billion (c.i.f., 1993 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 41%,
  • other manufactures 23%,
  • chemicals 16%,
  • fuels 12% (1991)
partners:
  • South Africa 25%,
  • UK 15%,
  • Germany 9%,
  • US 6%,
  • Japan 5% (1991)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

$369.6 million (c.i.f., 1993 est.)

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

$1.3 billion (c.i.f., 1993)

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

$616.4 million (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
food and petroleum products; most consumer goods
partners:
  • FSU countries,
  • Pakistan,
  • Iran,
  • Japan,
  • Singapore,
  • India,
  • South Korea,
  • Germany

Armenia

$120 million from countries outside the FSU (c.i.f., 1994)

commodities:
  • grain,
  • other foods,
  • fuel,
  • other energy
partners:
  • Iran,
  • Russia,
  • Turkmenistan,
  • Georgia,
  • US,
  • EU

Azerbaijan

$296 million from non-FSU countries (c.i.f., 1994)

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

Bangladesh

$3.99 billion (1993)

commodities:
  • capital goods,
  • petroleum,
  • food,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Hong Kong 7.5%,
  • Singapore 7.4%,
  • China 7.4%,
  • Japan 7.1% (FY91/92 est.)

Bhutan

$97.6 million (c.i.f., FY93/94 est.)

commodities:
  • fuel and lubricants,
  • grain,
  • machinery and parts,
  • vehicles,
  • fabrics,
  • rice
partners:
  • India 79%,
  • Japan,
  • UK,
  • Germany,
  • US

China

$115.7 billion (c.i.f., 1994)

commodities:
  • rolled steel,
  • motor vehicles,
  • textile machinery,
  • oil products,
  • aircraft
partners:
  • Japan,
  • Taiwan,
  • US,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Germany,
  • South Korea (1993)

Georgia

$NA

commodities:
  • fuel,
  • grain and other foods,
  • machinery and parts,
  • transport equipment
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Azerbaijan,
  • Turkey (1993);
  • note - EU and US sent humanitarian food shipments

India

$25.5 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • crude oil and petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • gems,
  • fertilizer,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • UK,
  • Belgium,
  • Japan

Japan

$274.3 billion (c.i.f., 1994)

commodities:
  • manufactures 52%,
  • fossil fuels 20%,
  • foodstuffs and raw materials 28%
partners:
  • Southeast Asia 25%,
  • US 23%,
  • Western Europe 15%,
  • China 9%

Kazakhstan

$3.5 billion (1994)

commodities:
  • machinery and parts,
  • industrial materials,
  • oil and gas
partners:
Russia and other former Soviet republics, China

Korea, North now North Korea

$1.64 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

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

Korea, South now South Korea

$102.3 billion (c.i.f., 1994)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • electronics and electronic equipment,
  • oil,
  • steel,
  • transport equipment,
  • textiles,
  • organic chemicals,
  • grains
partners:
  • Japan 26%,
  • US 24%,
  • EU 15%

Kyrgyzstan

  • $92.4 million from countries outside the FSU (1994)
commodities:
  • grain,
  • lumber,
  • industrial products,
  • ferrous metals,
  • fuel,
  • machinery,
  • textiles,
  • footwear
partners:
other CIS republics

Maldives

$177.8 million (c.i.f., 1993)

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

Mongolia

$361 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • fuels,
  • food products,
  • industrial consumer goods,
  • chemicals,
  • building materials,
  • sugar,
  • tea
partners:
  • USSR 75%,
  • Austria 5%,
  • China 5% (1991)

Nepal

$899 million (c.i.f., 1993)

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

Pakistan

$9.5 billion (1993)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • vegetable oils,
  • animal fats,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • UK,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • Malaysia,
  • South Korea

Russia

$35.7 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

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

Sri Lanka

$4 billion (c.i.f., 1993)

commodities:
  • textiles and textile materials,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • transport equipment,
  • petroleum,
  • building materials
partners:
  • Japan,
  • India,
  • Hong Kong,
  • South Korea,
  • Taiwan,
  • Singapore,
  • China (1993)

Tajikistan

  • $318 million from outside the FSU countries (1994)
commodities:
  • fuel,
  • chemicals,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • textiles,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Uzbekistan,
  • Kazakhstan

Turkmenistan

  • $304 million from states outside the FSU (1994)
commodities:
  • machinery and parts,
  • grain and food,
  • plastics and rubber,
  • consumer durables,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Azerbaijan,
  • Uzbekistan,
  • Kazakhstan,
  • Turkey

Uzbekistan

  • $1.15 billion from outside the FSU countries (1994)
commodities:
  • grain,
  • machinery and parts,
  • consumer durables,
  • other foods
partners:
principally other FSU countries, Czech Republic

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$33.5 million (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
NA
partners:
NA

Antigua And Barbuda now Antigua and Barbuda

$260.9 million (f.o.b., 1992)

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

Aruba

$1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • food,
  • consumer goods,
  • manufactures,
  • petroleum products,
  • crude oil for refining and re-export
partners:
US 8%, EC

The Bahamas

$1.15 billion (f.o.b,,1993 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • manufactured goods,
  • crude oil,
  • vehicles,
  • electronics
partners:
  • US 55%,
  • Japan 17%,
  • Nigeria 12%,
  • Denmark 7%,
  • Norway 6%

Barbados

$703 million (c.i.f., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • consumer goods,
  • machinery,
  • foodstuffs,
  • construction materials,
  • chemicals,
  • fuel,
  • electrical components
partners:
  • US 36%,
  • UK 11%,
  • Trinidad and Tobago 11%,
  • Japan 3%

Belize

$281 million (c.i.f., 1993)

commodities:
  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • food,
  • manufactured goods,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals,
  • pharmaceuticals
partners:
  • US 57%,
  • UK 8%,
  • other EC 7%,
  • Mexico (1992)

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

$312 million (c.i.f., 1993 est.)

commodities:
foodstuffs, manufactured goods
partners:
  • US,
  • Trinidad and Tobago,
  • UK,
  • Netherlands Antilles,
  • Japan

Costa Rica

$2.9 billion (c.i.f., 1993)

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

Cuba

$1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • food,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals
partners:
Spain 17%, Mexico 10%, France 8%, China 8%, Venezuela 7%, Italy 4%, Canada 3%, (1994 est.)

Dominica

$98.8 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • food,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US 25%,
  • CARICOM,
  • UK,
  • Japan,
  • Canada

Dominican Republic

$2.5 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum,
  • cotton and fabrics,
  • chemicals and pharmaceuticals
partners:
US 60% (1993)

El Salvador

$2.1 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

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

Grenada

$133.8 million (f.o.b., 1993 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

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

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • fuels,
  • vehicles,
  • clothing and other consumer goods,
  • construction materials
partners:
  • France 60%,
  • EC,
  • US,
  • Japan (1991)

Guatemala

$2.6 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • fuel and petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • grain,
  • fertilizers,
  • motor vehicles
partners:
  • US 44%,
  • Mexico,
  • Venezuela,
  • Japan,
  • Germany

Haiti

$476.8 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • machines and manufactures 34%,
  • food and beverages 22%,
  • petroleum products 14%,
  • chemicals 10%,
  • fats and oils 9%
partners:
  • US 51%,
  • Europe 16%,
  • Latin America 18% (1993)

Honduras

$990 million (c.i.f. 1994 est)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • chemical products,
  • manufactured goods,
  • fuel and oil,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • US 50%,
  • Mexico 8%,
  • Guatemala 6%

Jamaica

$2.2 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • construction materials,
  • fuel,
  • food,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US 54%,
  • Japan 4.0%,
  • Mexico 6%,
  • UK 4%,
  • Venezuela 3% (1993)

Martinique

$1.75 billion (c.i.f., 1992)

commodities:
  • petroleum products,
  • crude oil,
  • foodstuffs,
  • construction materials,
  • vehicles,
  • clothing and other consumer goods
partners:
  • France 62%,
  • UK,
  • Italy,
  • Germany,
  • Japan,
  • US (1991)

Montserrat

$80.6 million (f.o.b., 1992)

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

Netherlands Antilles

$1.2 billion (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • crude petroleum 64%,
  • food,
  • manufactures
partners:
  • Venezuela 26%,
  • US 18%,
  • Colombia 6%,
  • Netherlands 6%,
  • Japan 5%

Nicaragua

$786 million (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • consumer goods,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • Central America,
  • US,
  • Venezuela,
  • Japan

Panama

$2.205 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • capital goods 21%,
  • crude oil 11%,
  • foodstuffs 9%,
  • consumer goods,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US 40%,
  • EU,
  • Central America and Caribbean,
  • Japan

Puerto Rico

$16.7 billion (1994)

commodities:
  • chemicals,
  • clothing,
  • food,
  • fish,
  • petroleum products
partners:
US 69.2% (1993)

Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

$100 million (f.o.b., 1992)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • manufactures,
  • food,
  • fuels
partners:
  • US 43%,
  • CARICOM nations 18%,
  • UK 12%,
  • Canada 4%,
  • Japan 4%,
  • OECS 4% (1992)

Saint Lucia

$276 million (f.o.b., 1992)

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% (1991)

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$134.6 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals and fertilizers,
  • minerals and fuels
partners:
  • US 36%,
  • CARICOM 21%,
  • UK 18%,
  • Trinidad and Tobago 13%

Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago

$996 million (c.i.f., 1994)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • live animals
partners:
  • US 43%,
  • Venezuela 10%,
  • UK 8%,
  • other EC 8% (1993)

Turks And Caicos Islands now Turks and Caicos Islands

$42.8 million (1993)

commodities:
  • food and beverages,
  • 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

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Albania

$621 million (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • consumer goods,
  • grains
partners:
  • Italy,
  • The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
  • Germany,
  • Czech Republic,
  • Slovakia,
  • Romania,
  • Poland,
  • Hungary,
  • Bulgaria,
  • Greece

Andorra

$NA

commodities:
consumer goods, food
partners:
France, Spain

Austria

$53.8 billion (1994 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • vehicles,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles and clothing,
  • pharmaceuticals
partners:
  • EC 66.8% (Germany 41.3%),
  • EFTA 6.7%,
  • Eastern Europe/FSU 7.5%,
  • Japan 4.4%,
  • US 4.4% (1993)

Belarus

$534 million from outside the FSU countries (c.i.f., 1994)

commodities:
  • fuel,
  • natural gas,
  • industrial raw materials,
  • textiles,
  • sugar
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Ukraine,
  • Poland

Belgium

$120 billion (c.i.f., 1992) 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 now Bosnia and Herzegovina

$NA

commodities:
NA
partners:
NA

Bulgaria

$4.3 billion (c.i.f., 1993)

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% (FSU 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

$4.7 billion (c.i.f., 1993)

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% (1990)
partners:
  • EC countries,
  • Slovenia,
  • FSU countries

Czech Republic now Czechia

$13.3 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • chemicals,
  • fuels and lubricants,
  • raw materials,
  • agricultural products (January-November 1994)
partners:
  • Germany 24.1%,
  • Slovakia 15.6%,
  • Russia 9.8%,
  • Austria 7.6%,
  • Italy 4.9%,
  • France 3.6%,
  • US 3.2%,
  • Netherlands 2.9%,
  • UK 2.8%,
  • Poland 2.7%,
  • Switzerland 2.2%,
  • Belgium 2.0% (January-June 1994)

Denmark

$37.1 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

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

$1 billion (c.i.f., 1994)

commodities:
  • machinery 18%,
  • fuels 15%,
  • vehicles 14%,
  • textiles 10% (1993)
partners:
  • Finland,
  • Russia,
  • Germany,
  • Sweden

Faroe Islands

$234.4 million (c.i.f., 1993 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

$18 billion (c.i.f., 1993)

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

$238.1 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

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%,
  • FSU 1.3% (1991 est.)

Germany

$362 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • manufactures 75.1%,
  • agricultural products 10.0%,
  • fuels 8.3%,
  • raw materials 5.0% (1993)
partners:
  • EC 46.4% (France 11.3%, Netherlands 8.4%, Italy 8.1%, UK 6.0%, Belgium-Luxembourg 5.7%),
  • EFTA 14.3%,
  • US 7.3%,
  • Japan 6.3%,
  • Eastern Europe 5.1%,
  • OPEC 2.6% (1993)

Gibraltar

$420 million (c.i.f., 1992)

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

Greece

$19.2 billion (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods 72%,
  • foodstuffs 15%,
  • fuels 10%
partners:
  • Germany 16%,
  • Italy 14%,
  • France 7%,
  • Japan 7%,
  • UK 6% (1993)

Guernsey

$NA

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

Hungary

$14.2 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • fuels and energy 12.6%,
  • raw materials and semi-finished goods 27.3%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 33.0%,
  • consumer goods 21.2%,
  • food and agriculture 5.9% (1993)
partners:
  • Germany 21.5%, Italy 6.1%, Austria 11.8%, the FSU 20.9%, US 4.3% (1993);
  • note - about one-fourth of the imports from the FSU were MiGs delivered as a debt payment

Ireland

$26 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

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

Man, Isle Of now Isle of Man

$NA

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

Italy

$168.7 billion (c.i.f., 1994)

commodities:
  • industrial machinery,
  • chemicals,
  • transport equipment,
  • petroleum,
  • metals,
  • food,
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • EU 56.3%,
  • OPEC 5.3%,
  • US 4.6% (1994)

Jersey

$NA

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

Latvia

$1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1994)

commodities:
  • fuels,
  • cars,
  • ferrous metals,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Germany,
  • Sweden,
  • Ukraine

Liechtenstein

$NA

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

Lithuania

$2.7 billion (1994)

commodities:
  • oil 24%,
  • machinery 14%,
  • chemicals 8%,
  • grain NA% (1989)
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Germany,
  • Belarus

Luxembourg

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

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

Malta

$2.1 billion (c.i.f., 1993)

commodities:
  • food,
  • petroleum,
  • machinery and semimanufactured goods
partners:
  • Italy 27%,
  • Germany 14%,
  • UK 13%,
  • US 9%

Moldova

$174 million from outside the FSU countries (1994); over 70% of imports are from FSU countries

commodities:
oil, gas, coal, steel, machinery, foodstuffs, automobiles, and other consumer durables
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Ukraine,
  • Uzbekistan,
  • Romania,
  • Germany

Monaco

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

Netherlands

$137 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

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, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of now North Macedonia

$1.2 billion (1993)

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% (1990)
partners:
  • other former Yugoslav republics,
  • Greece,
  • Albania,
  • Germany,
  • Bulgaria

Norway

$29.3 billion (c.i.f., 1994)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment 38.9%,
  • chemicals and other industrial inputs 26.6%,
  • manufactured consumer goods 17.8%,
  • foodstuffs 6.4%
partners:
  • EC 48.6%,
  • Nordic countries 25.1%,
  • developing countries 9.6%,
  • US 8.1%,
  • Japan 8.0% (1993)

Poland

$18.1 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment 29.6%,
  • intermediate goods 18.5%,
  • chemicals 13.3%,
  • fuels 12.5%,
  • miscellaneous manufactures 10.1%
partners:
  • Germany 35.8%,
  • Italy 9.2%,
  • Russia 8.5%,
  • UK 6.6% (1993)

Portugal

$24.3 billion (c.i.f., 1993)

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

$6.3 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • minerals 21.1%,
  • machinery and equipment 19.7%,
  • textiles 11.5%,
  • agricultural goods 9.2% (1994)
partners:
  • EC 45.8%,
  • East and Central Europe 8.6%,
  • developing countries 22.6%,
  • Russia 11%,
  • EFTA 6.2%,
  • US 5.0%,
  • Japan 0.8% (1993)

San Marino

wide variety of consumer manufactures, food

Serbia And Montenegro now Serbia and Montenegro

$NA

commodities:
  • prior to the breakup of the federation,
  • Yugoslavia imported machinery and transport equipment,
  • fuels and lubricants,
  • manufactured goods,
  • chemicals,
  • food and live animals,
  • raw materials including coking coal for the steel industry
partners:
prior to the imposition of UN sanctions trade partners were the other former Yugoslav republics, the FSU countries, EC countries (mainly Italy and Germany), East European countries, US

Slovakia

$6.1 billion (f.o.b., January-November 1994)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment;
  • fuels and lubricants;
  • manufactured goods;
  • raw materials;
  • chemicals;
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • Czech Republic 29.9%,
  • Russia 19.0%,
  • Germany 13.2%,
  • Austria 5.8%,
  • Italy 4.3%,
  • US 2.6%,
  • Poland 2.4%,
  • Ukraine 1.9%,
  • Hungary 1.6% (January-September 1994)

Slovenia

$6.5 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment 30%,
  • intermediate manufactured goods 17.6%,
  • chemicals 11.5%,
  • raw materials 5.3%,
  • fuels and lubricants 10.8%,
  • food 8.4% (1993)
partners:
  • Germany 25.0%,
  • Italy 16.1%,
  • former Yugoslavia 10.7%,
  • France 8.0%,
  • Austria 8.5% (1993)

Spain

$92.5 billion (c.i.f., 1993)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • fuels,
  • semifinished goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • EC 60.7%,
  • US 7.4%,
  • other developed countries 11.5%,
  • Middle East 5.9% (1992)

Sweden

$49.6 billion (c.i.f., 1994)

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

$68.2 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • agricultural products,
  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles,
  • construction materials
partners:
Western Europe 79.2% (EU countries 72.3%, other 6.9%), US 6.4%

Ukraine

$14.2 billion (1994)

commodities:
  • energy,
  • machinery and parts,
  • transportation equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles
partners:
  • FSU countries,
  • Germany,
  • Poland,
  • Czech Republic

United Kingdom

$215 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

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

Middle East

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Bahrain

$3.83 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
nonoil 59%, crude oil 41%
partners:
  • Saudi Arabia 47%,
  • UK 7%,
  • Japan 7%,
  • US 6%,
  • Germany 5% (1992)

Cyprus

$2.6 billion (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • consumer goods,
  • petroleum and lubricants,
  • food and feed grains,
  • machinery
partners:
  • UK 13%,
  • Japan 9%,
  • Italy 10%,
  • Germany 8%,
  • US 8%

Gaza Strip

$365 million (c.i.f., 1992)

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

Iran

$18 billion (c.i.f., FY92/93 est.)

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

Iraq

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

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

Israel

$22.5 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • military equipment,
  • investment goods,
  • rough diamonds,
  • oil,
  • other productive inputs,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • EU,
  • US,
  • Japan

Jordan

$3.5 billion (c.i.f., 1994)

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

Kuwait

$6.6 billion (f.o.b., 1993)

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

Lebanon

$4.1 billion (c.i.f., 1993 est.)

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

Oman

$4.1 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • livestock,
  • lubricants
partners:
  • UAE 24% (largely re-exports),
  • Japan 21%,
  • UK 12%,
  • US 7%,
  • France 6% (1993)

Qatar

$1.75 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • consumer goods,
  • food,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Japan 16%,
  • UK 11%,
  • US 11%,
  • Germany 7%,
  • France 5% (1992)

Saudi Arabia

$28.9 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs,
  • motor vehicles,
  • textiles
partners:
  • US 21%,
  • Japan 14%,
  • UK 11%,
  • Germany 8%,
  • Italy 6%,
  • France 5% (1992)

Syria

$4 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs 21%,
  • metal products 17%,
  • machinery 15%
partners:
  • EC 37%,
  • former CEMA countries 15%,
  • US and Canada 10% (1991)

Turkey now Turkiye

$27.6 billion (f.o.b., 1993)

commodities:
  • manufactured products 71%,
  • fuels 14%,
  • foodstuffs 6% (1993)
partners:
  • Germany 15%,
  • US 11%,
  • Italy 9%,
  • Russia 8% (1993)

United Arab Emirates

$20 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • food
partners:
  • Japan 12%,
  • UK 10%,
  • US 9%,
  • Germany 7%,
  • South Korea 5% (1993)

West Bank

$867 million (c.i.f., 1992)

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

Yemen

$2.65 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • textiles and other manufactured consumer goods,
  • petroleum products,
  • sugar,
  • grain,
  • flour,
  • other foodstuffs,
  • cement,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US 16%,
  • UK 7%,
  • Japan 6%,
  • France 6%,
  • Italy 6% (1992)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$519 million (f.o.b.,1993)

commodities:
  • fuel,
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery
partners:
  • US 38%,
  • UK 5%,
  • Canada 5%

Canada

$151.5 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

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

$79.4 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.), includes in-bond industries

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 4.7%,
  • EC 11% (1993 est.)

Saint Pierre And Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon

$82 million (c.i.f., 1991 est.)

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

United States

$664 billion (c.i.f., 1994)

commodities:
  • crude oil and refined petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • automobiles,
  • consumer goods,
  • industrial raw materials,
  • food and beverages
partners:
  • Canada,
  • 19.3%,
  • Western Europe 18.1%,
  • Japan 18.1% (1993)

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

$51.1 billion (1994)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • computers and office machines,
  • crude oil and petroleum products
partners:
  • US 23%,
  • Japan 18%,
  • UK 6%,
  • Germany 5.7%,
  • NZ 4% (1992)

Cook Islands

$50 million (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles,
  • fuels,
  • timber
partners:
  • NZ 49%,
  • Japan,
  • Australia,
  • US

Fiji

$634 million (c.i.f., 1993)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • petroleum products,
  • food,
  • 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

$33.1 million (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • miscellaneous manufactured goods,
  • fuel
partners:
  • Australia 40%,
  • Japan 18%,
  • Fiji 17%,
  • NZ 6%,
  • US 4% (1991)

Marshall Islands

$62.9 million (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • beverages and tobacco,
  • fuels
partners:
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • Australia

Micronesia, Federated States Of now Federated States of Micronesia

$91.2 million (c.i.f., 1990)

commodities:
  • food,
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • beverages
partners:
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • Australia

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

$10.4 billion (1994)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • vehicles and aircraft,
  • petroleum,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • Australia 21%,
  • US 18%,
  • Japan 16%,
  • UK 6%

Niue

$4.1 million (c.i.f., 1989)

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., FY85/86)

commodities:
NA
partners:
  • Australia,
  • Pacific Islands,
  • NZ,
  • Asia,
  • Europe

Northern Mariana Islands

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

commodities:
  • food,
  • construction equipment and materials,
  • petroleum products
partners:
US, Japan

Palau

$24.6 million (c.i.f., 1989)

commodities:
NA
partners:
US

Papua New Guinea

$1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Australia,
  • Japan,
  • UK,
  • New Zealand,
  • Netherlands

Pitcairn Islands

$NA

commodities:
  • fuel oil,
  • machinery,
  • building materials,
  • flour,
  • sugar,
  • other foodstuffs
partners:
NA

Western Samoa now Samoa

$11.5 million (c.i.f., 1992 est.)

commodities:
  • intermediate goods 58%,
  • food 17%,
  • capital goods 12%
partners:
  • New Zealand 37%,
  • Australia 25%,
  • Japan 11%,
  • Fiji 9%

Solomon Islands

$110 million (c.i.f., 1991)

commodities:
  • plant and machinery,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food and live animals,
  • fuel
partners:
  • Australia 34%,
  • Japan 16%,
  • Singapore 14%,
  • NZ 9%

Tokelau

$323,400 (c.i.f., 1983)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • building materials,
  • fuel
partners:
NZ

Tonga

$56 million (c.i.f., FY92/93)

commodities:
  • food products,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactures,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • NZ 33%,
  • Australia 22%,
  • US 8%,
  • Japan 8% (FY90/91)

Tuvalu

$4.4 million (c.i.f., 1989)

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

Vanuatu

$74 million (f.o.b., 1991)

commodities:
  • machines and vehicles,
  • food and beverages,
  • basic manufactures,
  • raw materials and fuels,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Australia 36%,
  • Japan 13%,
  • NZ 10%,
  • France 8%,
  • Fiji 8%

Wallis And Futuna now Wallis and Futuna

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

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

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$21.4 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

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

Bolivia

$1.21 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • capital goods 48%,
  • chemicals 11%,
  • petroleum 5%,
  • food 5% (1993 est.)
partners:
  • US 24%,
  • Argentina 13%,
  • Brazil 11%,
  • Japan 11% (1993 est.)

Brazil

$33.2 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • capital goods,
  • chemical products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • coal
partners:
  • US 23.3%,
  • EC 22.5%,
  • Middle East 13.0%,
  • Latin America 11.8%,
  • Japan 6.5% (1993)

Chile

$10.9 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • capital goods 25.2%,
  • spare parts 24.8%,
  • raw materials 15.4%,
  • petroleum 10%,
  • foodstuffs 5.7%
partners:
  • EC 24%,
  • US 21%,
  • Brazil 10%,
  • Japan 10% (1992)

Colombia

$10.6 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • industrial equipment,
  • transportation equipment,
  • consumer goods,
  • chemicals,
  • paper products
partners:
  • US 36%,
  • EC 18%,
  • Brazil 4%,
  • Venezuela 6.5%,
  • Japan 8.7% (1992)

Ecuador

$3 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • transport equipment,
  • consumer goods,
  • vehicles,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US 28%,
  • EU 17%,
  • Latin America 31%,
  • Caribbean,
  • Japan

Falkland Islands (islas Malvinas) now Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

at least $13.9 million

commodities:
food, clothing, timber, and machinery
partners:
  • UK,
  • Netherlands Antilles (Curacao),
  • Japan (1987 est.)

French Guiana

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

commodities:
  • food (grains, processed meat),
  • other consumer goods,
  • producer goods,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • France 77%,
  • Germany 11%,
  • US 5% (1992)

Guyana

$456 million (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • manufactures,
  • machinery,
  • petroleum,
  • food
partners:
  • US 37%,
  • Trinidad and Tobago 13%,
  • UK 11%,
  • Italy 8%,
  • Japan 5% (1992)

Paraguay

$1.38 billion (c.i.f., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • capital goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • raw materials,
  • fuels
partners:
  • Brazil 30%,
  • EC 20%,
  • US 18%,
  • Argentina 8%,
  • Japan 7%

Peru

$5.1 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum,
  • iron and steel,
  • chemicals,
  • pharmaceuticals
partners:
  • US 21%,
  • Colombia,
  • Argentina,
  • Japan,
  • Germany,
  • Brazil

Suriname

$520.5 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • capital equipment,
  • petroleum,
  • foodstuffs,
  • cotton,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • US 42%,
  • Netherlands 22%,
  • Trinidad and Tobago 10%,
  • Brazil 5% (1992)

Uruguay

$2.461 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • vehicles,
  • chemicals,
  • minerals,
  • plastics
partners:
  • Brazil,
  • Argentina,
  • US,
  • Nigeria

Venezuela

$7.6 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • raw materials,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • transport equipment,
  • construction materials
partners:
  • US 40%,
  • Germany,
  • Japan,
  • Netherlands,
  • Canada

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

$1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1993 est.)

commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Singapore 34%,
  • UK 23%,
  • US 10%,
  • Japan 8%,
  • Malaysia 7%,
  • Switzerland 4% (1991)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

$1.2 billion (FY93/94 est.)

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

Cambodia

$479.3 million (c.i.f., 1993)

commodities:
  • cigarettes,
  • construction materials,
  • petroleum products,
  • machinery
partners:
  • Singapore,
  • Vietnam,
  • Japan,
  • Australia,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Indonesia

Christmas Island

$NA

commodities:
consumer goods
partners:
principally Australia

Cocos (keeling) Islands now Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

commodities:
foodstuffs
partners:
Australia

Hong Kong

$160 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • transport equipment,
  • raw materials,
  • semimanufactures,
  • petroleum;
  • a large share is re-exported
partners:
  • China 36%,
  • Japan 19%,
  • Taiwan 9%,
  • US 7% (1993 est.)

Indonesia

$31.4 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • capital equipment 44.2%,
  • intermed and raw materials 37.0%,
  • consumer goods 11.5%,
  • fuels 7.2% (1994 est.)
partners:
  • Japan 22%,
  • US 11%,
  • South Korea 7%,
  • Germany 7%,
  • Singapore 6%,
  • Australia 5%,
  • Taiwan 5% (1993)

Laos

$528 million (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • food,
  • fuel oil,
  • consumer goods,
  • manufactures
partners:
  • Thailand 55%,
  • Japan 16%,
  • China 8%,
  • Italy 4% (1991)

Macau

$2 billion (1992 est.)

commodities:
  • raw materials,
  • foodstuffs,
  • capital goods
partners:
  • Hong Kong 33%,
  • China 20%,
  • Japan 18% (1992 est.)

Malaysia

$55.2 billion (c.i.f., 1994)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • food,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • Japan 27%,
  • US 17%,
  • Singapore 15%,
  • Taiwan 5%,
  • Germany 4%,
  • UK 3%,
  • South Korea 3% (1993)

Philippines

$21.3 billion (f.o.b., 1994)

commodities:
  • raw materials 40%,
  • capital goods 25%,
  • petroleum products 10%
partners:
  • Japan 23%,
  • US 20%,
  • Taiwan 6%,
  • Singapore 5%,
  • South Korea 5% (1993)

Singapore

$102.4 billion (c.i.f., 1994)

commodities:
  • aircraft,
  • petroleum,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • Japan 22%,
  • Malaysia 16%,
  • US 15%,
  • Taiwan 4%,
  • Saudi Arabia 4% (1994)

Taiwan

$85.1 billion (c.i.f., 1994)

commodities:
  • machinery and equipment 15.7%,
  • electronic products 15.6%,
  • chemicals 9.8%,
  • iron and steel 8.5%,
  • crude oil 3.9%,
  • foodstuffs 2.1% (1993 est.)
partners:
  • Japan 30.1%,
  • US 21.7%,
  • EC countries 17.6% (1993 est.)

Thailand

$52.6 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • capital goods 44%,
  • intermediate goods and raw materials 37%,
  • consumer goods 16%,
  • other 3% (1994 est.)
partners:
  • Japan 30%,
  • US 12%,
  • Singapore 6%,
  • Germany 5%,
  • Taiwan 5% (1993)

Vietnam

$4.2 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

commodities:
  • petroleum products,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • steel products,
  • fertilizer,
  • raw cotton,
  • grain
partners:
  • Singapore,
  • Japan,
  • South Korea,
  • France,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Taiwan

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1995, “Imports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/imports/1995.

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