Exports - commodities:
garments, jute and jute goods, leather, frozen fish and seafood
(2001)

Exports - partners:
US 23.9%, Germany 13.6%, UK 9.7%, France 5.9% (2003)

Imports:
$9.459 billion (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles,
foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement (2000)

Imports - partners:
India 15.4%, China 11.3%, Singapore 10.8%, Japan 5.9%, Hong Kong
4.5% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$2.624 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
$18.06 billion (2003)

Economic aid - recipient:
$1.575 billion (2000 est.)

Currency:
taka (BDT)

Currency code:
BDT