Current account balance:
$73.59 billion (2004 est.)
Exports:
$893.3 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures,
foodstuffs, textiles
Exports - partners:
France 10.3%, US 8.8%, UK 8.3%, Italy 7.2%, Netherlands 6.2%,
Belgium 5.6%, Austria 5.4%, Spain 5% (2004)
Imports:
$716.7 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals
Imports - partners:
France 9%, Netherlands 8.3%, US 7%, Italy 6.1%, UK 5.9%, China
5.6%, Belgium 4.9%, Austria 4.2% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$96.84 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
NA
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $5.6 billion (1998)