Imports:
$363.6 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
Germany 13.5%, US 10.2%, France 8.1%, Netherlands 6.3%, Belgium
4.9%, Italy 4.7% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$46.05 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
NA (2002 est.)

Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $4.5 billion (2000)

Currency:
British pound (GBP)

Currency code:
GBP

Exchange rates:
British pounds per US dollar - 0.55 (2004), 0.61 (2003), 0.67
(2002), 0.69 (2001), 0.66 (2000), 0.62 (1999)

Fiscal year:
6 April - 5 April