Exports:
$98.31 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals;
live animals, animal products (1999)
Exports - partners:
US 20.5%, UK 18.1%, Belgium 12.6%, Germany 8.3%, France 6.1%,
Netherlands 5.1%, Italy 4.6% (2003)
Imports:
$57.54 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment,
chemicals; petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing
Imports - partners:
UK 34.9%, US 15.8%, Germany 7.9%, Netherlands 4.1% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$4.152 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
$11 billion (1998)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $283 million (2001)
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