Current account balance:
$-58 million (2003)
Exports:
$455 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
tobacco 60%, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts, wood products,
apparel
Exports - partners:
South Africa 23.3%, US 13.4%, Germany 11.3%, Egypt 5.7%, Portugal
4.8%, Japan 4.5%, Netherlands 4.1% (2003)
Imports:
$505 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food, petroleum products, semimanufactures, consumer goods,
transportation equipment
Imports - partners:
South Africa 53.7%, India 4.9%, Tanzania 3.9% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$132 million (2003)
Debt - external:
$3.026 billion (2003)
Economic aid - recipient:
$540 million (1999)