Current account balance:
$211.9 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$34.41 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural
products, chemicals, textiles and apparel

Exports - partners:
US 36.8%, Belgium 7.5%, Hong Kong 4.9% (2004)

Imports:
$36.84 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough
diamonds, fuels, grain, consumer goods

Imports - partners:
US 15%, Belgium 10.1%, Germany 7.5%, Switzerland 6.5%, UK 6.1%
(2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$28.48 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$74.46 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$662 million from US (2003 est.)