The CIA World Factbook Edition 1997 Economy

Imports In 36 editions of 36.

Imports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1997 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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World

total value :
$4.7 trillion (c.i.f., 1996 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

total value :
$10.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • capital goods,
  • food and beverages,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • France 29%,
  • Spain 10.5%,
  • Italy 8.2%,
  • US 8%,
  • Germany 5.6% (1995 est.)

Angola

total value :
$1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • capital equipment (machinery and electrical equipment), vehicles and spare parts;
  • medicines, food, textiles and clothing;
  • substantial military supplies
partners :
  • Portugal,
  • Brazil,
  • US,
  • France,
  • Spain

Benin

total value:
$380 million (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities :
  • foodstuffs,
  • beverages,
  • tobacco,
  • petroleum products,
  • intermediate goods,
  • capital goods,
  • light consumer goods
partners:
  • France 27%,
  • Thailand 9%,
  • China,
  • Hong Kong

Botswana

total value:
$1.5 billion (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • vehicles and transport equipment,
  • textiles,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 78%,
  • Europe 8%,
  • Zimbabwe 6%

Burkina Faso

total value:
$500 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities :
  • machinery,
  • food products,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • France,
  • Togo,
  • Nigeria

Burundi

total value:
$234 million (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • capital goods 26%,
  • petroleum products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • EU 47%,
  • Asia 25%,
  • US 6%

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

total value :
$211.8 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • industrial products,
  • transport equipment,
  • fuels
partners :
  • Portugal 45%,
  • Netherlands,
  • Germany,
  • Spain,
  • Brazil,
  • France,
  • Cote d'Ivoire

Cameroon

total value :
$1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • machines and electrical equipment,
  • food,
  • consumer goods,
  • transport equipment,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • EU (France 42%, Germany),
  • African countries,
  • US 4%

Central African Republic

total value:
$176 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • food,
  • textiles,
  • petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • electrical equipment,
  • motor vehicles,
  • chemicals,
  • pharmaceuticals,
  • consumer goods,
  • industrial products
partners:
  • France 37%,
  • other EU countries,
  • Japan 24%,
  • Algeria,
  • Cameroon,
  • Namibia

Chad

total value:
$225 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery and transportation equipment 39%, industrial goods 20%, petroleum products 13%, foodstuffs 9%;
  • textiles;
  • note - excludes military equipment
partners:
  • France 34%,
  • Cameroon 24%,
  • Nigeria 7%,
  • US 6%

Comoros

total value:
$40.9 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)
commodities:
  • rice and other foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods;
  • petroleum products,
  • cement,
  • transport equipment
partners:
  • France 60%,
  • South Africa 10%,
  • Kenya 5%,
  • Singapore 4%

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total value:
$1.25 billion (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities :
  • consumer goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • mining and other machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • fuels
partners:
  • Belgium,
  • South Africa,
  • US,
  • France,
  • Germany,
  • Italy,
  • Japan,
  • UK

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total value:
$559 million (f.o.b. 1994)
commodities :
  • intermediate manufactures,
  • capital equipment,
  • construction materials,
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • France 31.2%,
  • Netherlands 24.6%,
  • Italy 11.4%,
  • US 6.9% (1995 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total value :
$2.4 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • food,
  • consumer goods;
  • capital goods,
  • fuel,
  • transport equipment
partners:
  • France 32%,
  • Nigeria 20%,
  • US 6.7%,
  • Germany,
  • Italy,
  • Ghana

Djibouti

total value:
$384 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
commodities:
  • foods,
  • beverages,
  • transport equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • petroleum products (1995)
partners :
  • Thailand 15%,
  • France 13%,
  • Ethiopia 8%,
  • Saudi Arabia 6% (1995 est.)

Egypt

total value:
$13.8 billion (c.i.f., FY95/96 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • foods,
  • fertilizers,
  • wood products,
  • durable consumer goods,
  • capital goods
partners:
  • US,
  • EU,
  • Japan

Equatorial Guinea

total value:
$52.3 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities :
  • petroleum,
  • food,
  • beverages,
  • clothing,
  • machinery
partners:
  • Spain 51%,
  • Cameroon 21%,
  • France 6%,
  • US 4%

Eritrea

total value :
$404 million (1995 est.)
commodities:
  • processed goods,
  • machinery,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • Ethiopia,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • Italy,
  • United Arab Emirates

Swaziland now Eswatini

total value:
$831 million (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • motor vehicles,
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • petroleum products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • chemicals
partners :
  • South Africa 88%,
  • Japan,
  • UK,
  • US (FY94/95)

Ethiopia

total value:
$1.15 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • food and live animals,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • chemicals (1995)
partners :
  • Saudi Arabia 13.3%,
  • Italy 11.6%,
  • US 10.2%,
  • Germany 9.1%,
  • Japan (1993)

Gabon

total value:
$700 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • chemicals,
  • petroleum products,
  • construction materials
partners :
  • France 39%,
  • Cote d'Ivoire 13%,
  • US 6%,
  • Netherlands 5%,
  • Japan

The Gambia

total value:
$201 million (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • manufactures,
  • raw materials,
  • fuel,
  • machinery and transport equipment
partners:
  • China,
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • France,
  • UK,
  • Germany

Ghana

total value:
$1.84 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • capital equipment,
  • petroleum,
  • consumer goods,
  • foods,
  • intermediate goods
partners :
  • UK,
  • Nigeria,
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • Japan,
  • Netherlands

Guinea

total value:
$775 million (1995 est.)
commodities:
  • petroleum products,
  • metals,
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • textiles,
  • grain and other foodstuffs
partners:
  • France 20%,
  • Cote d'Ivoire 16%,
  • US 7%,
  • Belgium-Luxembourg 7%,
  • Hong Kong 6%,
  • Germany 4% (1994)

Guinea-Bissau

total value :
$52.4 million (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • transport equipment,
  • petroleum products,
  • machinery and equipment (1994)
partners:
  • Thailand 27%,
  • Portugal 23%,
  • Japan 6%,
  • Cote d'Ivoire 7% (1995)

Kenya

total value:
$2.6 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery and transportation equipment 53%,
  • petroleum and petroleum products 23.7%,
  • iron and steel 12.2%,
  • raw materials,
  • food and consumer goods (1989)
partners :
  • UK 21.3%,
  • UAE 18%,
  • Japan 14%,
  • Germany,
  • US

Lesotho

total value:
$1.1 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • corn,
  • clothing,
  • building materials,
  • vehicles,
  • machinery,
  • medicines,
  • petroleum products (1993)
partners:
  • South African Customs Union 83%,
  • Asia 12%,
  • EU 3% (1993)

Liberia

total value :
$5.8 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • mineral fuels,
  • chemicals,
  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • manufactured goods;
  • rice and other foodstuffs
partners:
  • US,
  • EU,
  • Japan,
  • China,
  • Netherlands,
  • ECOWAS,
  • South Korea

Libya

total value :
$7.3 billion (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • food,
  • manufactured goods
partners:
  • Italy,
  • Germany,
  • UK,
  • France,
  • Spain,
  • Turkey,
  • Tunisia,
  • Eastern Europe

Madagascar

total value:
$612 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities :
  • intermediate manufactures 30%,
  • capital goods 28%,
  • petroleum 15%,
  • consumer goods 14%,
  • food 13% (1995 est.)
partners:
  • France 40%,
  • Japan,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Singapore,
  • US (1995)

Malawi

total value:
$348 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • food,
  • petroleum products,
  • semimanufactures,
  • consumer goods,
  • transportation equipment
partners :
  • South Africa,
  • Zimbabwe,
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • UK,
  • Germany

Mali

total value :
$422 million (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • construction materials,
  • petroleum,
  • textiles
partners:
mostly franc zone and Western Europe

Mauritania

total value:
$365 million (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • petroleum products,
  • capital goods
partners:
  • Algeria 15%,
  • China 6%,
  • US 3%,
  • France,
  • Germany,
  • Spain,
  • Italy

Mauritius

total value:
$1.98 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities :
  • manufactured goods 50%,
  • capital equipment 17%,
  • foodstuffs 13%,
  • petroleum products 8%,
  • chemicals 7%
partners:
  • France 20%,
  • India 8%,
  • Hong Kong 7%,
  • UK 6%,
  • Germany 5%

Mayotte

total value:
$131.5 million (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • building materials,
  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • metals,
  • chemicals,
  • rice,
  • clothing,
  • flour
partners :
  • France 66%,
  • Africa 14%,
  • Southeast Asia 20%

Morocco

total value:
$9.8 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • capital goods 24%,
  • semiprocessed goods 22%,
  • raw materials 16%,
  • fuel and lubricants 16%,
  • food and beverages 13%,
  • consumer goods 9% (1995 est.)
partners:
  • EU 57%,
  • US 6.6%,
  • Saudi Arabia 5.3%,
  • Brazil 2.8% (1996 est.)

Mozambique

total value:
$784 million (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities :
  • food,
  • clothing,
  • farm equipment,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • South Africa 44%,
  • UK,
  • France,
  • Japan,
  • Portugal

Namibia

total value:
$1.55 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum products and fuel,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • South Africa 85%,
  • Germany,
  • US,
  • Japan (1994 est.)

Niger

total value :
$307 million (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • consumer goods,
  • primary materials,
  • machinery,
  • vehicles and parts,
  • petroleum,
  • cereals
partners:
  • France 23%,
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • China,
  • Belgium-Luxembourg

Nigeria

total value:
$10 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • chemicals,
  • food and animals
partners :
  • EU 50%,
  • US 13%,
  • Japan 7%

Reunion

total value:
$2.354 billion (c.i.f., 1994)
commodities :
manufactured goods, food, beverages, tobacco, machinery and transportation equipment, raw materials, and petroleum products
partners:
  • France,
  • Mauritius,
  • Bahrain,
  • South Africa,
  • Italy,
  • Madagascar

Rwanda

total value:
$237.3 million (f.o.b.,1995 est.)
commodities:
  • textiles,
  • foodstuffs,
  • machines and equipment,
  • capital goods,
  • steel,
  • petroleum products,
  • cement and construction material
partners:
  • US,
  • EU,
  • Kenya,
  • Tanzania

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total value:
$14.434 million (c.i.f., 1995)
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

total value :
$26.2 million (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery and electrical equipment,
  • food products,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • Portugal 32.2%,
  • France 16.8%,
  • Belgium 6.6%,
  • Japan,
  • Angola

Senegal

total value:
$1.22 billion (f.o.b., 1995.)
commodities:
  • foods and beverages,
  • consumer goods,
  • capital goods,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • France 30%,
  • other EU countries,
  • Nigeria,
  • Cameroon,
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • Algeria,
  • China,
  • Japan

Seychelles

total value:
$238 million (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • petroleum products,
  • tobacco,
  • beverages,
  • machinery and transportation equipment
partners:
  • China,
  • Singapore,
  • South Africa,
  • UK (1993)

Sierra Leone

total value:
$140 million (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • fuels and lubricants
partners:
  • Cote d'Ivoire,
  • EU countries,
  • India

Somalia

total value:
$269 million (1994 est.)
commodities :
  • manufactures,
  • petroleum products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • construction materials (1995)
partners:
  • Kenya 24%,
  • Djibouti 18%,
  • Pakistan 6% (1995 est.)

South Africa

total value :
$26.9 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery 32%,
  • transport equipment 15%,
  • chemicals 11%,
  • petroleum products,
  • textiles,
  • scientific instruments (1994)
partners:
  • Germany,
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • UK,
  • Italy

Sudan

total value:
$1 billion (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum products,
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • medicines and chemicals,
  • textiles
partners :
  • EU 29.4%,
  • US 17.6%,
  • Saudi Arabia 8.7%,
  • Egypt 6.3% (1995)

Tanzania

total value:
$1.69 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • cotton piece goods,
  • crude oil,
  • foodstuffs
partners :
  • UK,
  • Germany,
  • Italy,
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • Kenya,
  • China

Togo

total value:
$350 million (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities :
  • machinery and equipment,
  • consumer goods,
  • food,
  • chemical products
partners:
  • Ghana 17.1%,
  • China 13.3%,
  • France 12.5%,
  • Cameroon 6.0% (1995 est.)

Tunisia

total value:
$7.7 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • industrial goods and equipment 57%,
  • hydrocarbons 13%,
  • food 12%,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • EU countries 70%,
  • North African countries 6%,
  • US 5%,
  • Japan 2%,
  • Switzerland 1%

Uganda

total value:
$1.18 billion (c.i.f., FY94/95)
commodities:
  • petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • metals,
  • transportation equipment,
  • cotton piece goods,
  • food
partners:
  • Kenya 26%,
  • UK 12%,
  • Japan 8%,
  • Germany 8%,
  • India 5.5%

Western Sahara

$NA

commodities:
fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs
partners :
Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts

Zambia

total value:
$990 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • fuels,
  • petroleum products,
  • electricity,
  • miscellaneous manufactured goods
partners:
  • South Africa,
  • EU countries,
  • Japan,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • US

Zimbabwe

total value:
$2.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery and transportation equipment 41%,
  • other manufactures 16%,
  • chemicals 16%,
  • fuels 10% (1994 est.)
partners:
  • South Africa 41%,
  • UK 7%,
  • US 6%,
  • Japan 6% (1995 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total value:
$421 million (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment 25%,
  • manufactured goods 18%,
  • food and live animals 11%,
  • petroleum products 6%
partners :
  • Denmark 7.5%,
  • Iceland 3.8%,
  • Japan 3.3%,
  • Norway 3.1%,
  • US 2.4%,
  • Germany 2.4%,
  • Sweden 1.8%

Iceland

total value:
$1.62 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • petroleum products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Germany 11%,
  • Norway 10%,
  • UK 10%,
  • Denmark 9%,
  • US 8%,
  • Sweden 7% (1995)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total value :
$150 million (1996 est.)
commodities:
food and petroleum products; most consumer goods
partners:
  • FSU,
  • Pakistan,
  • Iran,
  • Japan,
  • Singapore,
  • India,
  • South Korea,
  • Germany

Armenia

total value :
$830 million (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities:
  • grain,
  • other foods,
  • fuel,
  • other energy
partners:
  • Iran,
  • Russia,
  • Turkmenistan,
  • Georgia,
  • US,
  • EU

Azerbaijan

total value:
$900 million (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities :
  • machinery and parts,
  • consumer durables,
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles
partners:
  • CIS,
  • European countries,
  • Turkey

Bangladesh

total value:
$6.8 billion (FY95/96 est.)
commodities:
  • capital goods,
  • textiles,
  • food,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • India 21%,
  • China 10%,
  • Western Europe 8%,
  • Hong Kong 7%,
  • Singapore 6% (FY95/96 est.)

Bhutan

total value:
$113.6 million (c.i.f., FY94/95 est.)
commodities :
  • fuel and lubricants,
  • grain,
  • machinery and parts,
  • vehicles,
  • fabrics,
  • rice
partners:
  • India 77%,
  • Japan,
  • UK,
  • Germany,
  • US

China

total value :
$138.83 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities:
  • plastics,
  • fabrics,
  • telecommunications equipment,
  • electrical machinery and switchgear,
  • transistors,
  • other industrial machinery (1995)
partners:
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • Taiwan,
  • South Korea,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Germany,
  • Russia (1995)

Georgia

total value:
$647 million (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • fuel,
  • grain and other foods,
  • machinery and parts,
  • transport equipment
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Turkey,
  • Azerbaijan (1996);
  • note - EU and US send humanitarian food shipments

India

total value:
$34.5 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • crude oil and petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • gems,
  • fertilizer,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • UK,
  • Belgium,
  • Japan

Japan

total value:
$329 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • manufactures 54%,
  • foodstuffs and raw materials 28%,
  • fossil fuels 16%
partners:
  • Southeast Asia 24%,
  • US 22%,
  • Western Europe 15%,
  • China 12%

Kazakstan now Kazakhstan

total value :
$6 billion (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery and parts,
  • industrial materials,
  • oil and gas
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Ukraine,
  • Uzbekistan,
  • Turkey,
  • Germany

Korea, North now North Korea

total value:
$1.24 billion (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities :
  • petroleum,
  • grain,
  • coking coal,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • China,
  • Japan,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Germany,
  • Russia,
  • Singapore

Korea, South now South Korea

total value:
$150.2 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities :
  • machinery,
  • electronics and electronic equipment,
  • oil,
  • steel,
  • transport equipment,
  • textiles,
  • organic chemicals,
  • grains
partners:
  • US 22%,
  • Japan 21%,
  • EU 13%

Kyrgyzstan

total value:
$890 million (1996)
commodities:
  • grain,
  • lumber,
  • industrial products,
  • ferrous metals,
  • fuel,
  • machinery,
  • textiles,
  • footwear
partners:
  • US,
  • China,
  • FSU

Maldives

total value :
$268 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • consumer goods,
  • intermediate and capital goods,
  • petroleum products
partners :
  • Singapore,
  • India,
  • Sri Lanka,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Japan,
  • Thailand

Mongolia

total value:
$473 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities :
  • machinery and equipment,
  • fuels,
  • food products,
  • industrial consumer goods,
  • chemicals,
  • building materials,
  • sugar,
  • tea
partners:
  • former CMEA countries 56%,
  • China 9%,
  • EU 8% (1995)

Nepal

total value:
$1.3 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • petroleum products 20%,
  • fertilizer 11%,
  • machinery 10%
partners:
  • India,
  • Singapore,
  • Japan,
  • Germany

Pakistan

total value:
$12 billion (FY95/96)
commodities :
  • petroleum,
  • petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • vegetable oils,
  • animal fats,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Japan,
  • US,
  • Germany,
  • UK,
  • Saudi Arabia,
  • Malaysia,
  • South Korea

Russia

total value:
$59.8 billion (1996)
commodities :
  • machinery and equipment,
  • consumer goods,
  • medicines,
  • meat,
  • grain,
  • sugar,
  • semifinished metal products
partners:
  • Europe,
  • North America,
  • Japan,
  • Third World countries

Sri Lanka

total value:
$5 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • textiles,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • transport equipment,
  • petroleum,
  • building materials,
  • sugar (1994)
partners:
  • Japan 11.0%,
  • India 8.5%,
  • South Korea 6.8%,
  • Hong Kong 6.6%,
  • Taiwan 5.2%,
  • Singapore 4.9% (1994)

Tajikistan

total value:
$657 million (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • fuel,
  • chemicals,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • textiles,
  • foodstuffs
partners :
  • FSU 55%,
  • Switzerland,
  • UK (1994)

Turkmenistan

total value :
$1.3 billion from states outside the FSU (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery and parts,
  • grain and food,
  • plastics and rubber,
  • consumer durables,
  • textiles
partners:
  • FSU,
  • Germany,
  • Poland,
  • Czech Republic,
  • Turkey

Uzbekistan

total value:
$3.2 billion (1996)
commodities :
  • grain,
  • machinery and parts,
  • consumer durables,
  • other foods
partners:
  • principally other FSU,
  • Czech Republic,
  • Western Europe

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

total value:
$39.8 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
NA
partners:
NA

Antigua and Barbuda

total value:
$350.8 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • food and live animals,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactures,
  • chemicals,
  • oil
partners:
  • US 27%,
  • UK 16%,
  • Canada 4%,
  • OECS 3%,
  • other 50%

Aruba

total value:
$1.8 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • food,
  • consumer goods,
  • manufactures,
  • petroleum products,
  • crude oil for refining and reexport
partners:
US 8%, EU

The Bahamas

total value :
$1.17 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • manufactured goods,
  • crude oil,
  • vehicles,
  • electronics
partners :
  • US 29%,
  • Finland 10%,
  • Iran 10%,
  • Denmark 8%

Barbados

total value:
$763 million (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • consumer goods,
  • machinery,
  • foodstuffs,
  • construction materials,
  • chemicals,
  • fuel,
  • electrical components
partners:
  • US 36%,
  • UK 11%,
  • Trinidad and Tobago 11%,
  • Japan 3%

Belize

total value:
$264 million (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • food,
  • manufactured goods,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals,
  • pharmaceuticals
partners :
  • US 53%,
  • UK,
  • other EU,
  • Mexico (1994)

British Virgin Islands

total value:
$11.5 million (c.i.f., 1988)
commodities:
  • building materials,
  • automobiles,
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery
partners:
  • Virgin Islands (US),
  • Puerto Rico,
  • US

Cayman Islands

total value:
$329 million (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities:
foodstuffs, manufactured goods
partners:
  • US,
  • Trinidad and Tobago,
  • UK,
  • Netherlands Antilles,
  • Japan

Costa Rica

total value:
$3.857 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities :
  • raw materials,
  • consumer goods,
  • capital equipment,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • Mexico,
  • Guatemala,
  • Venezuela,
  • Germany

Cuba

total value:
$3.5 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities :
  • petroleum,
  • food,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Russia 14%,
  • Spain 13%,
  • Mexico 11% (1996 est.)

Dominica

total value:
$122 million (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities :
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • food,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US 25%,
  • Caricom,
  • UK,
  • Japan,
  • Canada

Dominican Republic

total value:
$5.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum,
  • cotton and fabrics,
  • chemicals and pharmaceuticals
partners:
  • US 44%,
  • EU 16%,
  • Venezuela 11%,
  • Netherlands Antilles,
  • Mexico,
  • Japan (1995)

El Salvador

total value:
$3.2 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities :
  • raw materials,
  • consumer goods,
  • capital goods
partners:
  • US,
  • Guatemala,
  • Mexico,
  • Panama,
  • Venezuela,
  • Japan

Grenada

total value:
$128 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • food 25%,
  • manufactured goods 22%,
  • machinery 20%,
  • chemicals 10%,
  • fuel 6% (1989)
partners:
  • US 31.2%,
  • Caricom 23.6%,
  • UK 13.8%,
  • Japan 7.1% (1991)

Guadeloupe

total value:
$1.6 billion (c.i.f., 1994)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • fuels,
  • vehicles,
  • clothing and other consumer goods,
  • construction materials
partners :
  • France 60%,
  • EC,
  • US,
  • Japan (1991)

Guatemala

total value :
$3.11 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • fuel and petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • grain,
  • fertilizers,
  • motor vehicles
partners:
  • US 44%,
  • Mexico,
  • Venezuela,
  • Japan,
  • Germany

Haiti

total value :
$666 million (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • machines and manufactures 34%,
  • food and beverages 22%,
  • petroleum products 14%,
  • chemicals 10%,
  • fats and oils 9%
partners:
US 65.0%, EU 13.9% (1995)

Honduras

total value:
$3.133 billion (c.i.f. 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • industrial raw materials,
  • chemical products,
  • manufactured goods,
  • fuel and oil,
  • foodstuffs
partners :
  • US 50%,
  • Guatemala 5%,
  • Japan 5%,
  • Mexico 3%,
  • El Salvador 3%

Jamaica

total value:
$2.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996 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

total value :
$1.6 billion (c.i.f., 1994)
commodities:
  • petroleum products,
  • crude oil,
  • foodstuffs,
  • construction materials,
  • vehicles,
  • clothing and other consumer goods
partners:
  • France 62%,
  • UK,
  • Italy,
  • Germany,
  • Japan,
  • US (1991)

Montserrat

total value:
$29.9 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
commodities :
machinery and transportation equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels, lubricants, and related materials
partners:
NA

Netherlands Antilles

total value:
$1.8 billion (f.o.b., 1993)
commodities :
  • crude petroleum 64%,
  • food,
  • manufactures
partners:
  • Venezuela 26%,
  • US 18%,
  • Colombia 6%,
  • Netherlands 6%,
  • Japan 5%

Nicaragua

total value :
$1.188 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities:
  • consumer goods,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • petroleum products
partners:
  • Central America,
  • US,
  • Venezuela,
  • Japan

Panama

total value:
$2.512 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • capital goods 21%,
  • crude oil 11%,
  • foodstuffs 9%,
  • consumer goods,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US 40%,
  • EU,
  • Central America and Caribbean,
  • Japan

Puerto Rico

total value:
$19.1 billion (c.i.f. 1996)
commodities:
  • chemicals,
  • clothing,
  • food,
  • fish,
  • petroleum products
partners :
US 62% (1995 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total value :
$112.4 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery,
  • manufactures,
  • food,
  • fuels
partners:
US 45%, Caricom nations 18.8%, UK 12.5%, Canada 4.2%, Japan 4.2%, (1994)

Saint Lucia

total value:
$270.5 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • manufactured goods 21%,
  • machinery and transportation equipment 21%,
  • food and live animals,
  • chemicals,
  • fuels
partners:
  • US 34%,
  • Caricom countries 17%,
  • UK 14%,
  • Japan 7%,
  • Canada 4% (1991)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total value :
$122 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals and fertilizers,
  • minerals and fuels
partners:
  • US 35%,
  • Caricom countries 27%,
  • UK 12% (1994)

Trinidad and Tobago

total value:
$1.8 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • live animals
partners:
  • US 47.7%,
  • Venezuela 10%,
  • UK 8.3%,
  • other EU 8% (1994)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total value:
$42.8 million (1993)
commodities:
  • food and beverages,
  • tobacco,
  • clothing,
  • manufactures,
  • construction materials
partners:
US, UK

Virgin Islands

total value:
$2.2 billion (c.i.f., 1992)
commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • building materials
partners:
US, Puerto Rico

Europe

45 entries

Albania

total value:
$680 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities :
  • machinery,
  • consumer goods,
  • grains
partners:
  • Italy,
  • Greece,
  • Bulgaria,
  • Turkey,
  • The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Andorra

total value:
$1 billion (1995)
commodities:
consumer goods, food
partners:
  • France,
  • Spain,
  • US 4.2%

Austria

total value :
$65.8 billion (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • petroleum,
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • vehicles,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles and clothing,
  • pharmaceuticals
partners:
  • EU 68.4% (Germany 40%, Italy 8.8%),
  • Eastern Europe 6.55%,
  • Japan 4.3%,
  • US 4.4% (1994)

Belarus

total value:
$6.8 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities:
  • fuel,
  • natural gas,
  • industrial raw materials,
  • textiles,
  • sugar
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Ukraine,
  • Poland,
  • Germany

Belgium

total value:
$140 billion (c.i.f., 1994) Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union
commodities:
  • fuels,
  • grains,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • EU 68% (Germany 22.1%),
  • US 8.8%,
  • former Communist countries 0.8% (1994)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total value :
$1.1 billion (1995 est.)
commodities:
NA
partners:
NA

Bulgaria

total value:
$4.1 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • fuels, minerals, and raw materials 30.1%;
  • machinery and equipment 23.6%;
  • textiles and apparel 11.6%;
  • agricultural products 10.8%;
  • metals and ores 6.8%;
  • chemicals 12.3%;
  • other 4.8% (1995)
partners :
  • OECD 45.5% (EU 38.1%);
  • CIS and Central and Eastern European countries 41.1%;
  • Arab countries 1.8%;
  • other 11.6% (1995)

Croatia

total value:
$7.6 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment 23.1%,
  • fuels and lubricants 8.8%,
  • food and live animals 9.0%,
  • chemicals 14.2%,
  • miscellaneous manufactured articles 16.0%,
  • raw materials 3.5%,
  • beverages and tobacco 1.4% (1993)
partners :
  • Germany 21%,
  • Italy 19%,
  • Slovenia 10% (1994)

Czech Republic now Czechia

total value:
$27.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment 35.6%,
  • manufactured goods 17.9%,
  • chemicals 13.2%,
  • raw materials and fuels 14.4% (1994)
partners :
EU 56.4%, Eastern Europe, excluding Slovakia, and CIS countries 15.7%, Slovakia 13.1%, developing countries 6.0%, EFTA 2.5% (1995)

Denmark

total value:
$42.4 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • petroleum 25%,
  • chemicals,
  • grain and foodstuffs,
  • textiles,
  • paper
partners :
  • Germany 21.7%,
  • Sweden 11.7%,
  • Netherlands 7.0%,
  • UK 6.6%,
  • France 5.2%,
  • Norway 4.9%,
  • US 4.7%,
  • Japan 3.5%,
  • FSU 1.7% (1995)

Estonia

total value :
$3.1 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery and equipment 29%,
  • foodstuffs 14%,
  • minerals 13%,
  • textiles 13%,
  • metals 12% (1995)
partners:
  • Finland,
  • Russia,
  • Sweden,
  • Germany (1995)

Faroe Islands

total value:
$315.6 (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment 17.0%,
  • consumer goods 33%,
  • raw materials and semi-manufactures 26.9%,
  • fuels 11.4%,
  • fish and salt 6.7%
partners :
  • Denmark 34.5%,
  • Norway 15.9%,
  • UK 8.4% Germany 7.8%,
  • Sweden 5.8%,
  • US 1.5%

Finland

total value :
$23.2 billion (c.i.f., 1994)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • chemicals,
  • transport equipment,
  • iron and steel,
  • machinery,
  • textile yarn and fabrics,
  • fodder grains
partners :
EU 44% (Germany 15%, UK 8.3%), Sweden 10.4%, US 7.6%, Japan 6.5%, FSU 10.3 (1994)

France

total value:
$255.5 billion f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • agricultural products,
  • chemicals,
  • iron and steel products
partners:
  • Germany 17%,
  • Italy 10%,
  • US 8%,
  • Belgium-Luxembourg 8%,
  • UK 8%,
  • Spain 7%,
  • Netherlands 5%,
  • Japan 3%,
  • Russia 1.5% (1996)

Germany

total value:
$430.7 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • manufactures 74.2%,
  • agricultural products 9.9%,
  • fuels 6.4%,
  • raw materials 5.9%,
  • other 3.6% (1995)
partners :
  • EU 55.5% (France 10.8%, Netherlands 8.6%, Italy 8.4%, Belgium-Luxembourg 6.6%, UK 6.4%, Austria 3.9%),
  • Eastern Europe 8.7%,
  • other West European countries 7.2%,
  • US 6.8%,
  • Japan 5.3%,
  • NICs 5.3%,
  • China 2.4%,
  • OPEC 1.7%,
  • other 7.1% (1995)

Gibraltar

total value:
$708 million (c.i.f., 1993)
commodities:
fuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs
partners:
  • UK,
  • Spain,
  • Japan,
  • Netherlands

Greece

total value:
$20.3 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • manufactured goods 72%,
  • foodstuffs 15%,
  • fuels 10% (1994)
partners :
EU 70% (Italy 18%, Germany 16%, France 8%, UK 6%) US 4% (1995)

Guernsey

$NA

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

Hungary

total value :
$16.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • raw materials 42.3%,
  • consumer goods 20.9%,
  • machinery and equipment 20.1%,
  • fuels and electricity 10.8%,
  • agricultural and food products 5.9% (1995)
partners:
  • EU 61.6% (Germany 23.6%, Austria 11.9%),
  • Eastern Europe 22.2%,
  • Russia 14.7% (1995)

Ireland

total value:
$32.7 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities :
  • food,
  • animal feed,
  • data processing equipment,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • textiles,
  • clothing
partners:
EU 58% (UK 37%, Germany 7%, France 4%), US 17%

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

$NA

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

Italy

total value:
$205 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities :
  • industrial machinery,
  • chemicals,
  • transport equipment,
  • petroleum,
  • metals,
  • food,
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • EU 56.3%,
  • OPEC 5.3%,
  • US 4.6%

Jersey

$NA

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

Latvia

total value:
$2.4 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities :
  • fuels,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Russia,
  • other CIS,
  • Germany,
  • Sweden,
  • UK,
  • Finland

Liechtenstein

total value :
$852.3 million (1994)
commodities:
  • machinery,
  • metal goods,
  • textiles,
  • foodstuffs,
  • motor vehicles
partners :
EU countries, Switzerland (1996)

Lithuania

total value:
$4.56 billion (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • oil 25%,
  • machinery 17%,
  • textiles 10%,
  • chemicals 9% (1995)
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Germany,
  • Ukraine,
  • Poland,
  • Belarus

Luxembourg

total value:
$9.1 million (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • minerals,
  • metals,
  • foodstuffs,
  • quality consumer goods
partners:
  • Belgium 38%,
  • Germany 25%,
  • France 11%,
  • Netherlands 4%

Malta

total value:
$3 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • food,
  • petroleum,
  • machinery and semimanufactured goods
partners:
  • Italy 27%,
  • Germany 14%,
  • UK 13%,
  • US 9%

Moldova

total value:
$1.048 billion (1996)
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 Monegasque trade duties;
  • also participates in EU market system through customs union with France

Netherlands

total value:
$159.7 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities :
  • raw materials and semifinished products,
  • consumer goods,
  • transportation equipment,
  • crude oil,
  • food products
partners:
EU 61% (Germany 24%, Belgium-Luxembourg 12%, UK 9%), US 8% (1994)

Macedonia, now North Macedonia

total value:
$1.4 billion (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery and equipment 19%,
  • chemicals 14%,
  • fuels 12%
partners:
  • other former Yugoslav republics,
  • Germany,
  • Bulgaria,
  • Italy,
  • Austria

Norway

total value :
$32.7 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • machinery and equipment and manufactured consumer goods 54%,
  • chemicals and other industrial inputs 39%,
  • foodstuffs 6%
partners:
EU 71.0% (Sweden 15.4%, Germany 13.8%, UK 9.7%, Denmark 7.5%, Netherlands 4.4%), US 6.6% (1995)

Poland

total value:
$34.6 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment 32%,
  • intermediate goods 20%,
  • chemicals 15%,
  • consumer goods 9%,
  • food 9%,
  • fuels 8% (1996 est.)
partners:
  • Germany 27.5%,
  • Italy 8.4%,
  • Russia 6.8%,
  • UK 5.3% (1994)

Portugal

total value:
$34.2 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • agricultural products,
  • chemicals,
  • petroleum,
  • textiles
partners:
  • EU 72%,
  • other developed countries 8% (US 3%),
  • less developed countries 17%

Romania

total value :
$93.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • fuels and minerals 25.1%,
  • machinery and transport equipment 19.4%,
  • food and agricultural goods 6.1%,
  • chemicals 9.0%,
  • other 40.4% (1995)
partners:
  • Germany 17.1%,
  • Italy 13.2%,
  • Russia 12.6%,
  • France 5.2%,
  • US 4.2%,
  • Egypt 4.1% (1995)

San Marino

trade data are included with the statistics for Italy;

commodities:
wide variety of consumer manufactures, food

Serbia and Montenegro

total value:
$2.4 billion (1995 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • fuels and lubricants,
  • manufactured goods,
  • chemicals,
  • food and live animals,
  • raw materials
partners :
  • Germany,
  • Italy,
  • Russia

Slovakia

total value :
$9.6 billion (f.o.b., January-November 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment 29.0%;
  • fuels 18.0%;
  • intermediate manufactured goods 17.6%;
  • miscellaneous manufactured goods 8.0% (1995)
partners:
  • EU 34.7%,
  • Central Europe Free Trade Agreement 32.9% (Czech Republic 27.5%),
  • FSU 19.5% (1995)

Slovenia

total value :
$9.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment 33.8%,
  • manufactured goods 30.4%,
  • chemicals 12.1%,
  • fuels and lubricants 6.6%,
  • food 8.4% (1995)
partners:
  • Germany 22.3%,
  • Italy 17.1%,
  • former Yugoslavia 7.4%,
  • France 9.2%,
  • Austria 9.1%,
  • US 3.2% (January-July 1996 est.)

Spain

total value :
$118.3 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • fuels,
  • semifinished goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • chemicals (1994)
partners:
  • EU 65.6%,
  • US 6.6%,
  • other developed countries 11.5%,
  • Middle East 6.2% (1996)

Sweden

total value :
$64.4 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • machinery,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • chemicals,
  • motor vehicles,
  • foodstuffs,
  • iron and steel,
  • clothing
partners:
  • EU 62.6% (Germany 18.4%, UK 9.5%, Denmark 6.6%, France 5.5%),
  • Finland 6.3%,
  • Norway 6.1%,
  • US 8.5% (1994)

Switzerland

total value :
$80.05 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • manufactures 86.81%,
  • agricultural products 6.44%,
  • raw materials 3.65%,
  • fuels 2.93% (1995)
partners:
EU 80.2%, US 6.6% (1996 est.)

Ukraine

total value :
$19.4 billion (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • energy,
  • machinery and parts,
  • transportation equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Russia,
  • Turkmenistan,
  • Belarus,
  • Germany,
  • Switzerland

United Kingdom

total value :
$258.8 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery,
  • semifinished goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods
partners:
EU countries 54.9% (Germany 14.6%, France 10.0%, Netherlands 6.7%), US 12.2% (1994)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total value :
$3.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
nonoil 63%, crude oil 37%
partners:
  • Saudi Arabia 40%,
  • US 13%,
  • UK 7%,
  • Japan 5%,
  • Switzerland 5% (1995)

Cyprus

total value:
Greek area: $4 billion (f.o.b., 1996);
commodities:
  • consumer goods,
  • petroleum and lubricants,
  • food and feed grains,
  • machinery
partners:
  • US 16%,
  • UK 11%,
  • Italy 9%,
  • Germany 7%,
  • Greece 7%,
  • Japan 6%
total value :
Turkish area: $330 million (f.o.b., 1996);
commodities:
  • food,
  • minerals,
  • chemicals,
  • machinery
partners:
Turkey 53%, UK 13%

Gaza Strip

total value :
$1.55 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.) (includes West Bank)
commodities:
  • food,
  • consumer goods,
  • construction materials
partners:
  • Israel,
  • Egypt,
  • West Bank

Iran

total value:
$13.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities :
  • machinery,
  • military supplies,
  • metal works,
  • foodstuffs,
  • pharmaceuticals,
  • technical services,
  • refined oil products
partners:
  • Germany,
  • Japan,
  • Italy,
  • UK,
  • UAE,
  • Russia,
  • France

Iraq

$NA

commodities:
manufactures, food
partners:
  • France,
  • Turkey,
  • Jordan,
  • Vietnam,
  • Australia (1996)

Israel

total value:
$28.3 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities :
  • military equipment,
  • investment goods,
  • rough diamonds,
  • oil,
  • other productive inputs,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • EU,
  • US,
  • Japan

Jordan

total value:
$4.1 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities :
  • crude oil,
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • food,
  • live animals,
  • manufactured goods
partners:
  • EU,
  • US,
  • Iraq,
  • Japan,
  • Turkey

Kuwait

total value:
$8.4 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • food,
  • construction materials,
  • vehicles and parts,
  • clothing
partners :
  • US 24%,
  • UK 14%,
  • France 13%,
  • Japan 10%,
  • Germany 8% (1995 est.)

Lebanon

total value:
$7 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities :
  • machinery and transport equipment 28%,
  • foodstuffs 20%,
  • consumer goods 19%,
  • chemicals 9%,
  • textiles 5%,
  • metals 5%,
  • fuels 3% (1995)
partners:
  • Italy 19%,
  • France 13%,
  • US 12%,
  • Germany 11%,
  • UK 6%,
  • Belgium 5%,
  • Turkey 3% (1995)

Oman

total value:
$5.5 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • livestock,
  • lubricants
partners :
  • UAE 25% (largely reexports),
  • UK 16%,
  • Japan 16%,
  • France 11%,
  • US 5% (1995)

Qatar

total value:
$4.4 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities :
  • machinery and equipment,
  • consumer goods,
  • food,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Italy 16%,
  • Germany 11%,
  • Japan 10%,
  • UK 9%,
  • France 9% (1995 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total value :
$25.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • chemicals,
  • motor vehicles,
  • textiles
partners:
  • US 21%,
  • UK 9%,
  • Germany 8%,
  • Japan 8%,
  • Switzerland 5%,
  • France 5% (1995 est.)

Syria

total value :
$5.2 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery 25%,
  • food and live animals 15%,
  • transport equipment 12%,
  • chemicals 8% (1994 est.)
partners:
  • EU 33% (Italy 9%, Germany 8%, France 4%),
  • South Korea 4.5%,
  • US 4%,
  • Japan 3% (1995 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total value:
$42 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities :
  • machinery 23%,
  • fuels 13%,
  • raw materials 11%,
  • foodstuffs 7% (1995)
partners:
  • Germany 16%,
  • US 10%,
  • Italy 9%,
  • France 6%,
  • UK 5% (1995)

United Arab Emirates

total value:
$22.3 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • food
partners :
  • Japan 9%,
  • US 8%,
  • UK 8%,
  • Italy 7%,
  • Germany 7%,
  • South Korea 5% (1995)

West Bank

total value:
$1.55 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.) (includes Gaza Strip)
commodities:
  • food,
  • consumer goods,
  • construction materials
partners :
Jordan, Israel

Yemen

total value:
$2.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • textiles and other manufactured consumer goods,
  • petroleum products,
  • sugar,
  • grain,
  • flour,
  • other foodstuffs,
  • cement,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • UAE 14%,
  • Saudi Arabia 10%,
  • US 8%,
  • Malaysia 6%,
  • UK 5% (1995)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total value:
$550 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities:
  • miscellaneous manufactured articles,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • food and live animals,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US 73%,
  • UK 5%,
  • Canada 5% (1995 est.)

Canada

total value:
$169.5 billion (c.i.f., 1996 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

total value :
$88.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996 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 74.8%,
  • Japan 5.1%,
  • Germany 3.65%,
  • Canada 1.4%,
  • France 1.1% (1996 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total value:
$70.2 million (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • meat,
  • clothing,
  • fuel,
  • electrical equipment,
  • machinery,
  • building materials
partners :
  • Canada,
  • France,
  • US,
  • Netherlands,
  • UK

United States

total value:
$771 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • crude oil and refined petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • automobiles,
  • consumer goods,
  • industrial raw materials,
  • food and beverages
partners :
  • Canada,
  • 20%,
  • Western Europe 18%,
  • Japan 16.5%,
  • Mexico 8% (1995)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

total value:
$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

total value :
$59.7 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • computers and office machines,
  • telecommunication equipment and parts;
  • crude oil and petroleum products
partners:
  • US 22%,
  • Japan 17%,
  • UK 6%,
  • China 5%,
  • NZ 5% (1994/95)

Cook Islands

total value :
$67 million (c.i.f., 1993)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles,
  • fuels,
  • timber
partners:
  • NZ 49%,
  • Italy,
  • Australia

Fiji

total value:
$864 million (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • petroleum products,
  • food,
  • consumer goods,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Australia 30%,
  • NZ 17%,
  • Japan 13%,
  • EU 6%,
  • US 6%

French Polynesia

total value:
$967 million (c.i.f., 1994)
commodities :
  • fuels,
  • foodstuffs,
  • equipment
partners:
France 44.7%, US 13.9% (1994)

Guam

total value:
$493 million (c.i.f., 1984)
commodities:
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • food,
  • manufactured goods
partners:
  • US 23%,
  • Japan 19%,
  • other 58%

Kiribati

total value :
$38.6 million (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • miscellaneous manufactured goods,
  • fuel
partners:
  • Australia 40%,
  • Japan 13%,
  • Fiji 10%,
  • NZ 6%,
  • US 4% (1994)

Marshall Islands

total value:
$69.9 million (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • fuels,
  • beverages and tobacco
partners:
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • Australia

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total value:
$141.1 million (c.i.f., 1994 est.)
commodities:
  • food,
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • beverages
partners:
  • US,
  • Japan,
  • Australia

Nauru

total value:
$21.1 million (c.i.f., 1991)
commodities:
  • food,
  • fuel,
  • manufactures,
  • building materials,
  • machinery
partners:
  • Australia,
  • UK,
  • NZ,
  • Japan

New Caledonia

total value :
$980 million (c.i.f., 1992)
commodities:
  • foods,
  • fuels,
  • minerals,
  • machines,
  • electrical equipment
partners:
  • France 46.3%,
  • ECE 14.9%,
  • Australia 10.2%,
  • Japan 6.3%,
  • New Zealand 4.4%

New Zealand

total value :
$14 billion (1995)
commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • vehicles and aircraft,
  • petroleum,
  • consumer goods,
  • plastics
partners:
  • Australia 21%,
  • US 18%,
  • Japan 16%,
  • UK 6%

Niue

total value:
$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

total value :
$17.9 million (c.i.f., FY91/92)
commodities:
NA
partners:
  • Australia,
  • other Pacific island countries,
  • NZ,
  • Asia,
  • Europe

Northern Mariana Islands

NA

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

Palau

total value :
$24.6 million (c.i.f., 1989)
commodities:
NA
partners:
US

Papua New Guinea

total value:
$1.3 billion (c.i.f., 1995 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

total value:
$91 million (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • intermediate goods 58%,
  • food 17%,
  • capital goods 12%
partners :
  • New Zealand 37%,
  • Australia 21%,
  • US/American Samoa 13%

Solomon Islands

total value:
$152 million (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • plant and machinery,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food and live animals,
  • fuel
partners:
  • Australia 34%,
  • Japan 16%,
  • Singapore 14%,
  • NZ 9%

Tokelau

total value :
$323,400 (c.i.f., 1983)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • building materials,
  • fuel
partners:
NZ

Tonga

total value:
$80.3 million (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities :
  • food products,
  • live animals,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactures,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • NZ 38%,
  • Australia 28%,
  • US 10%,
  • Fiji 7.5% (1995)

Tuvalu

total value:
$4.4 million (c.i.f., 1989)
commodities :
  • food,
  • animals,
  • mineral fuels,
  • machinery,
  • manufactured goods
partners:
  • Fiji,
  • Australia,
  • NZ

Vanuatu

total value:
$93 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • machines and vehicles,
  • food and beverages,
  • basic manufactures,
  • raw materials and fuels,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Australia 41%,
  • France 15%,
  • NZ 11%,
  • Japan 9%,
  • Fiji 6% (1992)

Wallis and Futuna

total value:
$13.5 million (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • manufactured goods,
  • transportation equipment,
  • fuel,
  • clothing
partners :
  • France,
  • Australia,
  • New Zealand

South America

14 entries

Argentina

total value:
$23.7 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • metals,
  • transport equipment,
  • agricultural products
partners:
  • Brazil 20.8%,
  • US 20.7%,
  • Italy 6.3%,
  • Germany 6.2%,
  • France 5.2% (1995)

Bolivia

total value :
$1.4 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • capital goods 48%,
  • chemicals 11%,
  • petroleum 5%,
  • food 5% (1993 est.)
partners:
  • US 18%,
  • Brazil 15%,
  • Japan 13%,
  • Argentina 8% (1995)

Brazil

total value:
$53.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • crude oil,
  • capital goods,
  • chemical products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • coal
partners :
  • EU 26%,
  • US 24%,
  • Argentina 11%,
  • Japan 5% (1995)

Chile

total value :
$16.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • capital goods 25.2%,
  • spare parts 24.8%,
  • raw materials 15.4%,
  • petroleum 10%,
  • foodstuffs 5.7% (1994)
partners:
  • EU 18%,
  • US 25%,
  • Asia 16%,
  • Latin America 26% (1995 est.)

Colombia

total value:
$12.4 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
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

total value:
$3.7 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • transport equipment,
  • consumer goods,
  • vehicles,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • US 32%,
  • EU 19%,
  • Latin America 35%,
  • Asia 11%

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total value :
$24.7 million (1995)
commodities:
food, clothing, timber, and machinery
partners :
  • UK,
  • Netherlands Antilles (Curacao),
  • Japan (1992)

French Guiana

total value:
$610 million (c.i.f., 1994)
commodities :
  • food (grains, processed meat),
  • other consumer goods,
  • producer goods,
  • petroleum
partners:
  • France 77%,
  • Germany 11%,
  • US 5% (1992)

Guyana

total value:
$589 million (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • manufactures,
  • machinery,
  • petroleum,
  • food
partners :
US 29%, Trinidad and Tobago 17%, Netherlands Antilles 17%, UK 11%, (1994 est.)

Paraguay

total value:
$2.871 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities:
  • capital goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • raw materials,
  • fuels
partners :
  • Brazil 30%,
  • EU 20%,
  • US 18%,
  • Argentina 8%,
  • Japan 7%

Peru

total value :
$7.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum,
  • iron and steel,
  • chemicals,
  • pharmaceuticals
partners:
  • US 21%,
  • Colombia,
  • Chile,
  • Argentina,
  • Japan,
  • Germany,
  • Brazil (1995)

Suriname

total value:
$418 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities :
  • capital equipment,
  • petroleum,
  • foodstuffs,
  • cotton,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • US 40%,
  • Netherlands 24%,
  • Trinidad and Tobago 11%,
  • Japan 3% (1994)

Uruguay

total value:
$3.3 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • vehicles,
  • chemicals,
  • minerals,
  • plastics,
  • oil
partners:
  • Brazil,
  • Argentina,
  • US,
  • Nigeria

Venezuela

total value :
$10.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • raw materials,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • transport equipment,
  • construction materials
partners:
  • US 40%,
  • Germany,
  • Japan,
  • Netherlands,
  • Canada

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

total value:
$2 billion (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities :
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • chemicals
partners:
  • Singapore 29%,
  • UK 19%,
  • US 13%,
  • Malaysia 9%,
  • Japan 5% (1994 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total value :
$2 billion (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • construction materials,
  • food products,
  • consumer goods
partners:
  • Singapore,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Japan,
  • China,
  • Malaysia,
  • Thailand

Cambodia

total value:
$1.4 billion (1996 est.)
commodities:
  • cigarettes,
  • construction materials,
  • petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • motor vehicles
partners :
  • Singapore,
  • Vietnam,
  • Japan,
  • Australia,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Indonesia

Christmas Island

$NA

commodities :
consumer goods
partners:
principally Australia

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$NA

commodities:
foodstuffs
partners:
Australia

Hong Kong

total value:
$217.2 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • foodstuffs,
  • transport equipment,
  • raw materials,
  • semimanufactures,
  • petroleum;
  • a large share is reexported
partners:
  • China 36%,
  • Japan 15%,
  • Taiwan 9%,
  • US 8%,
  • Singapore 5%,
  • South Korea 5% (1995)

Indonesia

total value :
$42.9 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • manufactures 75.3%,
  • raw materials 9.0%,
  • foodstuffs 7.8%,
  • fuels 7.7%
partners:
  • Japan 22.7%,
  • US 11.7%,
  • Germany 6.9%,
  • South Korea 6.0%,
  • Singapore 5.8%,
  • Australia 5.0%,
  • Taiwan 4.5% (1995)

Laos

total value:
$570 million (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • food,
  • fuel oil,
  • consumer goods,
  • manufactures
partners:
  • Thailand,
  • China,
  • Japan,
  • France,
  • US

Macau

total value :
$1.99 billion (c.i.f.,1996 est.)
commodities:
  • raw materials,
  • foodstuffs,
  • capital goods
partners:
  • Hong Kong 33%,
  • China 20%,
  • Japan 18% (1992 est.)

Malaysia

total value:
$83.2 billion (1996)
commodities:
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • food
partners:
  • Japan 27%,
  • US 16%,
  • Singapore 12%,
  • Taiwan 5%,
  • Germany 4%,
  • South Korea 4% (1995)

Philippines

total value :
$33.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities:
  • crude petroleum,
  • telecommunications equipment,
  • electronics,
  • plastics,
  • cars,
  • textiles
partners:
  • Japan 22%,
  • US 18%,
  • Saudi Arabia 6%,
  • Taiwan 5%,
  • South Korea 5% Singapore 4% (1995)

Singapore

total value:
$151.1 billion (1996 est., including goods for reexport)
commodities:
  • aircraft,
  • petroleum,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs
partners:
  • Japan 21%,
  • Malaysia 15%,
  • US 15%,
  • Thailand 5%,
  • Taiwan 4%,
  • South Korea 4% (1995)

Taiwan

total value:
$102.4 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities:
  • machinery and electrical equipment 35.5%,
  • chemicals 10.9%,
  • basic metals and articles 10.3%,
  • minerals 9.2% (1996 est.)
partners:
  • Japan 30.1%,
  • US 21.7%,
  • EU countries 17.6% (1993 est.)

Thailand

total value:
$72.4 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities:
  • manufactures 80%,
  • fuels 6.9%,
  • raw materials 6.6%,
  • foodstuffs 4.3%
partners:
  • Japan 30.4%,
  • US 11.9%,
  • Singapore 6.3%,
  • Germany 5.8%,
  • Taiwan 5.1%,
  • Malaysia 4.9%,
  • South Korea 3.7%,
  • China 2.6%

Vietnam

total value:
$11.1 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities:
  • petroleum products,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • steel products,
  • fertilizer,
  • raw cotton,
  • grain,
  • cement,
  • motorcycles
partners:
  • Singapore,
  • South Korea,
  • Japan,
  • France,
  • Hong Kong,
  • Taiwan

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1997, “Imports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/imports/1997.

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