Current account balance:
$22.27 billion (2003)
Exports:
$86.53 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products 90%
Exports - partners:
US 20.6%, Japan 15.4%, South Korea 9.8%, China 5.5%, Taiwan 4.5%,
Singapore 4.1% (2003)
Imports:
$30.38 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles,
textiles
Imports - partners:
US 9.4%, Japan 7.7%, Germany 7.3%, UK 6.2%, China 4.4%, France 4.1%
(2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$22.86 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
$39.16 billion (2003)
Economic aid - donor:
pledged $100 million in 1993 to fund reconstruction of Lebanon;
since 2000, Saudi Arabia has committed $307 million for assistance
to the Palestinians; pledged $240 million to development in
Afghanistan; pledged $1 billion in export guarantees and soft loans
to Iraq