Electricity—imports: 0 kWh (1996)
Agriculture—products: coffee, bananas, sugarcane, cotton, rice, corn, cassava (tapioca), citrus, beans; beef, veal, pork, poultry, dairy products
Exports: $704 million (f.o.b., 1997)
Exports—commodities: coffee, seafood, meat, sugar, gold, bananas
Exports—partners: US, Central America, Germany, Canada
Imports: $1.45 billion (c.i.f., 1997)
Imports—commodities: consumer goods, machinery and equipment, petroleum products
Imports—partners: Central America, US, Venezuela, Japan
Debt—external: $6 billion (1996 est.)
Economic aid—recipient: $839.9 million (1995)