Oil - imports:
NA (2001)
Agriculture - products:
bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp
Exports:
$1.3 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
Exports - commodities:
coffee, bananas, shrimp, lobster, meat; zinc, lumber (2000)
Exports - partners:
US 69.5%, El Salvador 3%, Guatemala 2% (2002)
Imports:
$2.7 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials,
chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs (2000)
Imports - partners:
US 55.3%, El Salvador 4.3%, Mexico 4.2% (2002)
Debt - external:
$5.4 billion (2002)
Economic aid - recipient:
$557.8 million (1999)