Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2002)
Current account balance:
$-281.9 million (2004 est.)
Exports:
$868.2 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
coffee, vanilla, shellfish, sugar; cotton cloth, chromite,
petroleum products
Exports - partners:
US 35.8%, France 30.8%, Germany 7.7% (2004)
Imports:
$1.147 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
capital goods, petroleum, consumer goods, food
Imports - partners:
France 17.2%, China 9.7%, Hong Kong 6.6%, Iran 6.4%, Mauritius
6.2%, South Africa 5.6% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$500.3 million (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$4.6 billion (2002)