Agriculture—products: grain, fruits, vegetables, qat (mildly narcotic shrub), coffee, cotton; dairy products, poultry, beef; fish
Exports: $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.)
Exports—commodities: crude oil, cotton, coffee, dried and salted
fish
Exports—partners: China 31%, South Korea 19%, Thailand 17%,
Thailand 5%, Brazil 5%, Japan 5% (1997)
Imports: $2.8 billion (c.i.f., 1998 est.)
Imports—commodities: food and live animals, machinery and
equipment, manufactured goods
Imports—partners: UAE 9%, Saudi Arabia 8%, US 7%, France 6%,
Brazil 5% (1997)
Debt—external: $4.9 billion (1998)
Economic aid—recipient: $176.1 million (1995)
Currency: Yemeni rial (YRl) (new currency)