Exports - partners:
US 16.4%, Germany 7.9%, UK 5.2%, France 5.1%, China 5%, Japan 4.6%
(2003)
Imports:
$6.531 trillion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
Imports - commodities:
the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services
Imports - partners:
US 9.9%, Germany 9.4%, China 7.9%, Japan 6.7%, France 4.7% (2003)
Debt - external:
$2 trillion for less developed countries (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
official development assistance (ODA) $50 billion
Communications World
Telephones - main lines in use:
843,923,500 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
NA
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: NA