Exports—commodities: the whole range of industrial and
agricultural goods and services

Exports—partners: in value, about 75% of exports from the
developed countries

Imports: $5 trillion (f.o.b., 1998 est.)

Imports—commodities: the whole range of industrial and
agricultural goods and services

Imports—partners: in value, about 75% of imports by the developed
countries

Debt—external: $2 trillion for less developed countries (1998
est.)

Economic aid—recipient: traditional worldwide foreign aid $50
billion (1995 est.)

Communications

Telephones: NA

Telephone system: domestic: NA international: NA