Oil - proved reserves:
1.6 billion bbl (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
99.11 billion cu m (2004)

Current account balance:
$-763.6 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$3.395 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
oil and petroleum products; cotton, sesame, livestock, groundnuts,
gum arabic, sugar

Exports - partners:
China 66.9%, Japan 10.7%, Saudi Arabia 4.4% (2004)

Imports:
$3.496 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery and transport equipment,
medicines and chemicals, textiles, wheat

Imports - partners:
China 13%, Saudi Arabia 11.5%, UAE 5.9%, Egypt 5.1%, India 4.8%,
Germany 4.5%, Australia 4.1%, Japan 4% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.652 billion (2004 est.)