The CIA World Factbook Edition 1997 Economy
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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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1 entryWorld
- 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 entriesAlgeria
- total value :
- $10.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- capital goods,
- food and beverages,
- consumer goods
- partners:
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:
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:
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:
Comoros
- total value:
- $40.9 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)
- commodities:
- rice and other foodstuffs,
- consumer goods;
- petroleum products,
- cement,
- transport equipment
- partners:
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:
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 :
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:
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:
Guinea-Bissau
- total value :
- $52.4 million (f.o.b., 1994)
- commodities:
- foodstuffs,
- transport equipment,
- petroleum products,
- machinery and equipment (1994)
- partners:
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:
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 :
- 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
Mayotte
- total value:
- $131.5 million (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- building materials,
- machinery and transportation equipment,
- metals,
- chemicals,
- rice,
- clothing,
- flour
- partners :
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 :
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:
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 :
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:
Tunisia
- total value:
- $7.7 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- industrial goods and equipment 57%,
- hydrocarbons 13%,
- food 12%,
- consumer goods
- partners:
Uganda
- total value:
- $1.18 billion (c.i.f., FY94/95)
- commodities:
- petroleum products,
- machinery,
- metals,
- transportation equipment,
- cotton piece goods,
- food
- partners:
Western Sahara
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- 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
Arctic Region
2 entriesAsia
22 entriesAfghanistan
- 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:
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
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:
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:
Nepal
- total value:
- $1.3 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- 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:
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 entriesAntigua 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:
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 :
Barbados
- total value:
- $763 million (c.i.f., 1995)
- commodities:
- consumer goods,
- machinery,
- foodstuffs,
- construction materials,
- chemicals,
- fuel,
- electrical components
- partners:
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:
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
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
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 :
Jamaica
- total value:
- $2.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- machinery and transport equipment,
- construction materials,
- fuel,
- food,
- chemicals
- partners:
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:
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:
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:
Trinidad and Tobago
- total value:
- $1.8 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
- commodities:
- machinery,
- transportation equipment,
- manufactured goods,
- food,
- live animals
- partners:
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 entriesAlbania
- 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:
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:
Czech Republic now Czechia
- total value:
- $27.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- 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 :
Estonia
- total value :
- $3.1 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
- commodities:
- partners:
- Finland,
- Russia,
- Sweden,
- Germany (1995)
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:
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:
- partners :
- EU 70% (Italy 18%, Germany 16%, France 8%, UK 6%) US 4% (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%
Italy
- total value:
- $205 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
- 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
- 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:
- 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:
Malta
- total value:
- $3 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
- commodities:
- food,
- petroleum,
- machinery and semimanufactured goods
- partners:
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:
- partners:
- other former Yugoslav republics,
- Germany,
- Bulgaria,
- Italy,
- Austria
Norway
- total value :
- $32.7 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
- commodities:
- partners:
- EU 71.0% (Sweden 15.4%, Germany 13.8%, UK 9.7%, Denmark 7.5%, Netherlands 4.4%), US 6.6% (1995)
Portugal
- total value:
- $34.2 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
- commodities:
- machinery and transport equipment,
- agricultural products,
- chemicals,
- petroleum,
- textiles
- partners:
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
Spain
- total value :
- $118.3 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
- commodities:
- machinery,
- transport equipment,
- fuels,
- semifinished goods,
- foodstuffs,
- consumer goods,
- chemicals (1994)
- partners:
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:
Switzerland
- total value :
- $80.05 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
- commodities:
- 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 entriesBahrain
- total value :
- $3.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- nonoil 63%, crude oil 37%
- partners:
Cyprus
- total value:
- Greek area: $4 billion (f.o.b., 1996);
- commodities:
- consumer goods,
- petroleum and lubricants,
- food and feed grains,
- machinery
- partners:
- 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
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 :
Oman
- total value:
- $5.5 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- machinery,
- transportation equipment,
- manufactured goods,
- food,
- livestock,
- lubricants
- partners :
Qatar
- total value:
- $4.4 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities :
- machinery and equipment,
- consumer goods,
- food,
- chemicals
- partners:
Saudi Arabia
- total value :
- $25.5 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- machinery and equipment,
- foodstuffs,
- chemicals,
- motor vehicles,
- textiles
- partners:
United Arab Emirates
- total value:
- $22.3 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
- commodities:
- manufactured goods,
- machinery and transport equipment,
- food
- partners :
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:
North America
5 entriesBermuda
- total value:
- $550 million (f.o.b., 1995)
- commodities:
- miscellaneous manufactured articles,
- machinery and transport equipment,
- food and live animals,
- chemicals
- partners:
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 :
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 entriesAustralia
- 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:
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:
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:
Kiribati
- total value :
- $38.6 million (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
- commodities:
- foodstuffs,
- machinery and equipment,
- miscellaneous manufactured goods,
- fuel
- partners:
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:
New Zealand
- total value :
- $14 billion (1995)
- commodities:
- machinery and equipment,
- vehicles and aircraft,
- petroleum,
- consumer goods,
- plastics
- partners:
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
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
Solomon Islands
- total value:
- $152 million (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
- commodities:
- plant and machinery,
- manufactured goods,
- food and live animals,
- fuel
- partners:
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:
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:
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 entriesArgentina
- total value:
- $23.7 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
- commodities:
- machinery and equipment,
- chemicals,
- metals,
- transport equipment,
- agricultural products
- partners:
Brazil
- total value:
- $53.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- crude oil,
- capital goods,
- chemical products,
- foodstuffs,
- coal
- partners :
Colombia
- total value:
- $12.4 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
- commodities:
- industrial equipment,
- transportation equipment,
- consumer goods,
- chemicals,
- paper products
- partners :
Ecuador
- total value:
- $3.7 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
- commodities:
- transport equipment,
- consumer goods,
- vehicles,
- machinery,
- chemicals
- partners:
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:
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 :
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:
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 entriesBrunei
- total value:
- $2 billion (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
- commodities :
- machinery and transport equipment,
- manufactured goods,
- food,
- chemicals
- partners:
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
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:
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:
Malaysia
- total value:
- $83.2 billion (1996)
- commodities:
- machinery and equipment,
- chemicals,
- food
- partners:
Philippines
- total value :
- $33.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996)
- commodities:
- crude petroleum,
- telecommunications equipment,
- electronics,
- plastics,
- cars,
- textiles
- partners:
Singapore
- total value:
- $151.1 billion (1996 est., including goods for reexport)
- commodities:
- aircraft,
- petroleum,
- chemicals,
- foodstuffs
- partners:
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
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1997, “Imports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/imports/1997.