Oil - imports:
NA (2001)
Current account balance:
$-859 million (2003)
Exports:
$632 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
coffee, shrimp and lobster, cotton, tobacco, bananas, beef, sugar,
gold
Exports - partners:
US 35.9%, El Salvador 17.2%, Costa Rica 8.1%, Honduras 7.3%, Mexico
4.6%, Guatemala 4.3% (2003)
Imports:
$1.658 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, raw materials, petroleum products,
consumer goods
Imports - partners:
US 24.9%, Venezuela 9.7%, Costa Rica 9%, Mexico 8.4%, Guatemala
7.3%, El Salvador 4.9%, Japan 4.3% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$502 million (2003)
Debt - external:
$5.833 billion (2003 est.)