Current account balance:
$196.8 million (2004 est.)
Exports:
$3.71 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
crude oil 77%, timber, manganese, uranium (2001)
Exports - partners:
US 53.3%, China 8.5%, France 7.4% (2004)
Imports:
$1.225 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction
materials
Imports - partners:
France 43.8%, US 6.3%, UK 5.9%, Netherlands 4% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$268.6 million (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$3.804 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$331 million (1995)