Exports - partners:
US 42.4%, Colombia 5.7%, Germany 5.6% (2003)
Imports:
$6.22 billion (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
consumer goods, industrial raw materials, capital goods
Imports - partners:
US 23.9%, Colombia 12.8%, Venezuela 7.1%, Brazil 6.1%, Chile 4.8%,
Japan 4.2% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$1.161 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
$15.69 billion (2003)
Economic aid - recipient:
$120 million (2001)
Currency:
US dollar (USD)
Currency code:
USD
Exchange rates:
Ecuador formally adopted the US dollar as legal tender in March 2000