Exports - partners:
UK 31%, France 21.3%, US 17.6%, Madagascar 6.3% (2003)

Imports:
$2.136 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
manufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum
products, chemicals

Imports - partners:
South Africa 12.1%, France 12%, China 8.4%, India 8.2% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$1.598 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
$1.75 billion (2003 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$42 million (1997)

Currency:
Mauritian rupee (MUR)

Currency code:
MUR

Exchange rates:
Mauritian rupees per US dollar - 27.9015 (2003), 29.962 (2002),
29.1293 (2001), 26.2496 (2000), 25.1858 (1999)