Exports - partners:
Germany 22.1%, France 20.1%, Belgium 10.2%, UK 8.4%, Italy 7.3%,
Spain 5.9%, Netherlands 4.3% (2004)
Imports:
$16.3 billion c.i.f. (2003)
Imports - commodities:
minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods
Imports - partners:
Belgium 29.8%, Germany 22.6%, China 12.6%, France 12%, Netherlands
4.2% (2004)
Debt - external:
$NA
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $147 million (2002)
Currency (code):
euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the
euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of
member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole
currency for everyday transactions within the member countries
Currency code:
EUR
Exchange rates:
euros per US dollar - 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002),
1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000)
Fiscal year:
calendar year