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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1 entryWorld
$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 entriesAngola
$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:
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:
Burundi
$203 million (c.i.f., 1993)
- commodities:
- capital goods 31%,
- petroleum products 15%,
- foodstuffs,
- consumer goods
- partners:
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:
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:
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:
Ghana
$1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1993 est.)
- commodities:
- petroleum 16%,
- consumer goods,
- foods,
- intermediate goods,
- capital equipment
- partners:
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:
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:
Lesotho
$964 million (c.i.f., 1992)
- commodities:
- mainly corn,
- building materials,
- clothing,
- vehicles,
- machinery,
- medicines,
- petroleum
- partners:
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:
- 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
Mayotte
$21.8 million (f.o.b., 1984)
- commodities:
- building materials,
- transportation equipment,
- rice,
- clothing,
- flour
- partners:
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:
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:
- 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:
- 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:
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:
Tunisia
$6.5 billion (c.i.f., 1993)
- commodities:
- industrial goods and equipment 57%,
- hydrocarbons 13%,
- food 12%,
- consumer goods
- partners:
Uganda
$696 million (c.i.f., 1993 est.)
- commodities:
- petroleum products,
- machinery,
- cotton piece goods,
- metals,
- transportation equipment,
- food
- partners:
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
Arctic Region
2 entriesAsia
22 entriesAfghanistan
$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
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
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:
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:
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 entriesAntigua 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:
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:
Barbados
$703 million (c.i.f., 1993 est.)
- commodities:
- consumer goods,
- machinery,
- foodstuffs,
- construction materials,
- chemicals,
- fuel,
- electrical components
- partners:
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:
- 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
Honduras
$990 million (c.i.f. 1994 est)
- commodities:
- machinery and transport equipment,
- chemical products,
- manufactured goods,
- fuel and oil,
- foodstuffs
- partners:
Jamaica
$2.2 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
- commodities:
- machinery and transport equipment,
- construction materials,
- fuel,
- food,
- chemicals
- partners:
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:
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:
Saint Lucia
$276 million (f.o.b., 1992)
- commodities:
- manufactured goods 21%,
- machinery and transportation equipment 21%,
- food and live animals,
- chemicals,
- fuels
- partners:
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:
Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago
$996 million (c.i.f., 1994)
- commodities:
- machinery,
- transportation equipment,
- manufactured goods,
- food,
- live animals
- partners:
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
45 entriesAlbania
$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
Austria
$53.8 billion (1994 est.)
- commodities:
- petroleum,
- foodstuffs,
- machinery and equipment,
- vehicles,
- chemicals,
- textiles and clothing,
- pharmaceuticals
- partners:
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:
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:
Denmark
$37.1 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)
- commodities:
- petroleum,
- machinery and equipment,
- chemicals,
- grain and foodstuffs,
- textiles,
- paper
- partners:
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:
France
$238.1 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)
- commodities:
- crude oil,
- machinery and equipment,
- agricultural products,
- chemicals,
- iron and steel products
- partners:
Gibraltar
$420 million (c.i.f., 1992)
- commodities:
- fuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs
- partners:
- UK,
- Spain,
- Japan,
- Netherlands
Hungary
$14.2 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
- commodities:
- 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%
Italy
$168.7 billion (c.i.f., 1994)
- commodities:
- industrial machinery,
- chemicals,
- transport equipment,
- petroleum,
- metals,
- food,
- agricultural products
- partners:
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:
Malta
$2.1 billion (c.i.f., 1993)
- commodities:
- food,
- petroleum,
- machinery and semimanufactured goods
- partners:
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:
- partners:
- other former Yugoslav republics,
- Greece,
- Albania,
- Germany,
- Bulgaria
Portugal
$24.3 billion (c.i.f., 1993)
- commodities:
- machinery and transport equipment,
- agricultural products,
- chemicals,
- petroleum,
- textiles
- partners:
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:
Spain
$92.5 billion (c.i.f., 1993)
- commodities:
- machinery,
- transport equipment,
- fuels,
- semifinished goods,
- foodstuffs,
- consumer goods,
- chemicals
- partners:
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
17 entriesCyprus
$2.6 billion (f.o.b., 1993)
- commodities:
- consumer goods,
- petroleum and lubricants,
- food and feed grains,
- machinery
- partners:
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:
Lebanon
$4.1 billion (c.i.f., 1993 est.)
- commodities:
- consumer goods,
- machinery and transport equipment,
- petroleum products
- partners:
Oman
$4.1 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)
- commodities:
- machinery,
- transportation equipment,
- manufactured goods,
- food,
- livestock,
- lubricants
- partners:
Qatar
$1.75 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)
- commodities:
- machinery and equipment,
- consumer goods,
- food,
- chemicals
- partners:
Saudi Arabia
$28.9 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)
- commodities:
- machinery and equipment,
- chemicals,
- foodstuffs,
- motor vehicles,
- textiles
- partners:
United Arab Emirates
$20 billion (f.o.b., 1994)
- commodities:
- manufactured goods,
- machinery and transport equipment,
- food
- partners:
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:
North America
5 entriesCanada
$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:
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 entriesAustralia
$51.1 billion (1994)
- commodities:
- machinery and transport equipment,
- computers and office machines,
- crude oil and petroleum products
- partners:
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:
Guam
$493 million (c.i.f., 1984)
- commodities:
- petroleum and petroleum products,
- food,
- manufactured goods
- partners:
Kiribati
$33.1 million (c.i.f., 1992 est.)
- commodities:
- foodstuffs,
- machinery and equipment,
- miscellaneous manufactured goods,
- fuel
- partners:
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:
New Zealand
$10.4 billion (1994)
- commodities:
- machinery and equipment,
- vehicles and aircraft,
- petroleum,
- consumer goods
- partners:
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
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
Solomon Islands
$110 million (c.i.f., 1991)
- commodities:
- plant and machinery,
- manufactured goods,
- food and live animals,
- fuel
- partners:
Tonga
$56 million (c.i.f., FY92/93)
- commodities:
- food products,
- machinery and transport equipment,
- manufactures,
- fuels,
- chemicals
- partners:
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:
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 entriesArgentina
$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
Brazil
$33.2 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
- commodities:
- crude oil,
- capital goods,
- chemical products,
- foodstuffs,
- coal
- partners:
Colombia
$10.6 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)
- commodities:
- industrial equipment,
- transportation equipment,
- consumer goods,
- chemicals,
- paper products
- partners:
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:
Guyana
$456 million (c.i.f., 1994 est.)
- commodities:
- manufactures,
- machinery,
- petroleum,
- food
- partners:
Paraguay
$1.38 billion (c.i.f., 1993 est.)
- commodities:
- capital goods,
- foodstuffs,
- consumer goods,
- raw materials,
- fuels
- partners:
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:
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 entriesBrunei
$1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1993 est.)
- commodities:
- machinery and transport equipment,
- manufactured goods,
- food,
- chemicals
- partners:
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
Hong Kong
$160 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)
- commodities:
- foodstuffs,
- transport equipment,
- raw materials,
- semimanufactures,
- petroleum;
- a large share is re-exported
- partners:
Laos
$528 million (c.i.f., 1994 est.)
- commodities:
- food,
- fuel oil,
- consumer goods,
- manufactures
- partners:
Malaysia
$55.2 billion (c.i.f., 1994)
- commodities:
- machinery and equipment,
- chemicals,
- food,
- petroleum products
- partners:
Singapore
$102.4 billion (c.i.f., 1994)
- commodities:
- aircraft,
- petroleum,
- chemicals,
- foodstuffs
- partners:
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
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1995, “Imports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/imports/1995.