Agriculture: coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum; wood
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana en
route to the US and Europe
Exports: $161 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities: light manufactures 65%, coffee 19%, other agriculture
8%, other 8%
partners: US 81%, Europe 12% (1993)
Imports: $537 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
commodities: machines and manufactures 34%, food and beverages 22%,
petroleum products 14%, chemicals 10%, fats and oils 9%
partners: US 51%, Europe 16%, Latin America 18% (1993)
External debt: $827 million (September 1995 est.)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA
Currency: 1 gourde (G) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: gourdes (G) per US$1 - 16.783 (January 1996), 16.160 (1995), 12.947 (1994), 12.805 (1993), 10.953 (1992), 8.240 (1991)
Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September
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