Oil - imports:
NA (2001)
Agriculture - products: bananas, rice, corn, coffee, sugarcane, vegetables; livestock; shrimp
Exports:
$5.8 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
Exports - commodities:
bananas, shrimp, sugar, coffee, clothing (1999)
Exports - partners:
US 47.8%, Sweden 5.8%, Costa Rica 4.8%, Honduras 4.4% (2002)
Imports:
$6.7 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
Imports - commodities:
capital goods, crude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, chemicals
(1999)
Imports - partners:
US 34.3%, Colombia 5.9%, Japan 5.4%, Costa Rica 4.2%, Venezuela
4.2% (2002)
Debt - external:
$7 billion (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$197.1 million (1995)