Exports - commodities:
bananas, shrimp, sugar, coffee, clothing (1999)
Exports - partners:
US 50.5%, Sweden 6.6%, Spain 5.1%, Netherlands 4.4%, Costa Rica
4.2% (2004)
Imports:
$7.164 billion f.o.b. (includes the Colon Free Zone) (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, chemicals
Imports - partners:
US 33.3%, Netherlands Antilles 8.1%, Japan 6%, Costa Rica 5.7%,
Mexico 4.6%, Colombia 4.2% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.076 billion (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$8.78 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$197.1 million (1995)
Currency (code):
balboa (PAB); US dollar (USD)
Currency code:
PAB; USD