Exports - partners:
Germany 34.4%, Czech Republic 14.7%, Austria 8.2%, Italy 5.8%,
Poland 5.3%, US 4.5%, Hungary 4.3% (2004)

Imports:
$29.67 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment 41.1%, intermediate manufactured
goods 19.3%, fuels 12.3%, chemicals 9.8%, miscellaneous manufactured
goods 10.2% (2003)

Imports - partners:
Germany 26.1%, Czech Republic 21.3%, Russia 9.1%, Austria 6.6%,
Poland 4.9%, Italy 4.9% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$14.91 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$19.54 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$2.2 billion in available EU structural adjustment and cohesion
funds (2004-06)

Currency (code):
Slovak koruna (SKK)

Currency code:
SKK

Exchange rates:
koruny per US dollar - 32.257 (2004), 36.773 (2003), 45.327 (2002),
48.355 (2001), 46.035 (2000)