Exports: $10.1 billion f.o.b. (2002)
Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber
products, glass
Exports - partners:
Germany 23.9%, France 20.1%, Belgium 10.5%, UK 8.7%, Italy 6.1%,
Spain 4.5%, Netherlands 4.4% (2002)
Imports:
$13.25 billion c.i.f. (2002)
Imports - commodities:
minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods
Imports - partners:
Belgium 29.7%, Germany 23%, France 13.2%, Taiwan 6.7%, Netherlands
4.6% (2002)
Debt - external:
$NA
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $160 million (1999)
Currency:
euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the
euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of
member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole
currency for everyday transactions within the member countries
Currency code:
EUR