Current account balance:
$-72.69 million (2003)
Exports:
$905.6 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
soft drink concentrates, sugar, wood pulp, cotton yarn,
refrigerators, citrus and canned fruit
Exports - partners:
South Africa 72%, EU 14.2%, Mozambique 3.7%, US 3.5% (1999)
Imports:
$1.088 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
motor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs,
petroleum products, chemicals
Imports - partners:
South Africa 88.8%, EU 5.6%, Japan 0.6%, Singapore 0.4% (1999)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$277.5 million (2003)
Debt - external:
$320 million (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$104 million (2001)