Current account balance:
$-101 million (2003)
Exports:
$2.891 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
crude oil 77%, timber, manganese, uranium (2001)
Exports - partners:
US 51.5%, France 8.7%, China 7.5%, Japan 4% (2003)
Imports:
$1.079 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction
materials
Imports - partners:
France 49.9%, US 5.3%, UK 4.6% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$201.9 million (2003)
Debt - external:
$3.284 billion (2003 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$331 million (1995)