Exports: $11.4 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
Exports—commodities: vanilla, ylang-ylang, cloves, perfume oil, copra
Exports—partners: France 43%, US 43%, Germany 7% (1996)
Imports: $70 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
Imports—commodities: rice and other foodstuffs, consumer goods; petroleum products, cement, transport equipment
Imports—partners: France 59%, South Africa 15%, Kenya 6% (1996)
Debt—external: $219 million (1996 est.)
Economic aid—recipient: $43.3 million (1995)
Currency: 1 Comoran franc (CF) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: Comoran francs (CF) per US$1—420.01 (December 1998), 442.46 (1998), 437.75 (1997), 383.66 (1996), 374.36 (1995), 416.40 (1994)