Current account balance:
$-734 million (2003)
Exports:
$3.162 billion (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles,
chemicals, electricity
Exports - partners:
US 67.8%, Guatemala 11.5%, Honduras 5.9% (2003)
Imports:
$5.466 billion (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs,
petroleum, electricity
Imports - partners:
US 50%, Guatemala 8.1%, Mexico 5.5% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$2.061 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
$6.575 billion (2003 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
total $252 million; $57 million from US (1995)