Current account balance:
$-718 million (2003)
Exports:
$2.45 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
oil and petroleum products; cotton, sesame, livestock, groundnuts,
gum arabic, sugar
Exports - partners:
China 40.9%, Saudi Arabia 17.2%, UAE 5.4% (2003)
Imports:
$2.383 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery and transport equipment,
medicines and chemicals, textiles, wheat
Imports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 16.3%, China 14.2%, UK 5%, Germany 4.9%, India 4.8%,
France 4.1% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$847.2 million (2003)
Debt - external:
$16.09 billion (2003 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$172 million (2001)