Exports: $1.1 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
commodities: crude oil, cotton, coffee, hides, vegetables, dried and
salted fish
partners: US 17%, Japan 16%, Singapore 15%, China 13% (1994)
Imports: $1.8 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)
commodities: textiles and other manufactured consumer goods,
petroleum products, sugar, grain, flour, other foodstuffs, cement,
machinery, chemicals
partners: US 11%, UK 7%, France 7%, Germany 5%, Japan 5% (1994)
External debt: $8 billion (1996)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $148 million (1993)
Currency: Yemeni rial (new currency)
Exchange rates: Yemeni rials per US$1 - 12.010 (official fixed rate); 90 (market rate, December 1994)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation ———————
Railways: 0 km
Highways: total: 51,392 km paved: 4,831 km unpaved: 46,561 km (1992 est.)