Exports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment 39.4%, intermediate manufactured
goods 27.5%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 13%, chemicals 8%
(1999)

Exports - partners:
Germany 37.2%, Czech Republic 12%, Austria 9.8%, Italy 5.4%, Poland
4.7%, US 4.7%, Hungary 4.2% (2003)

Imports:
$21.9 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment 37.7%, intermediate manufactured
goods 18%, fuels 13%, chemicals 11%, miscellaneous manufactured
goods 9.5% (1999)

Imports - partners:
Germany 27.5%, Czech Republic 18.3%, Russia 10.8%, Austria 6.4%,
Italy 5.6%, Poland 4.1%, Hungary 4% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$11.74 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
$18.31 billion (2003 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
ODA $113 million (2000),; $92 million EU structural adjustment
funds (2000 est.)

Currency:
Slovak koruna (SKK)

Currency code:
SKK