Exports:
$495 million f.o.b. (2002)
Exports - commodities:
alumina, crude oil, lumber, shrimp and fish, rice, bananas
Exports - partners:
Norway 29.3%, US 15.1%, Canada 12.5%, Belgium 10.2%, France 8.4%,
UAE 6.1%, Iceland 4.3% (2004)
Imports:
$604 million f.o.b. (2002)
Imports - commodities:
capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, cotton, consumer goods
Imports - partners:
US 26.2%, Netherlands 19.3%, Trinidad and Tobago 13.5%, Japan 6.6%,
China 4.6%, Brazil 4.2% (2004)
Debt - external:
$321 million (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
Netherlands provided $37 million for project and program
assistance, European Development Fund $4 million, Belgium $2 million
(1998)
Currency (code):
Surinam dollar (SRD)
Currency code:
SRG