Exports - partners:
US 55.6%, Netherlands Antilles 4.7%, Dominican Republic 2.8% (2004)
Imports:
$14.98 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
raw materials, machinery and equipment, transport equipment,
construction materials
Imports - partners:
US 28.8%, Colombia 9.9%, Brazil 7%, Mexico 4.1% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$25.75 billion (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$33.29 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$74 million (2000)
Currency (code):
bolivar (VEB)
Currency code:
VEB
Exchange rates:
bolivares per US dollar - 1,891.3 (2004), 1,607 (2003), 1,161
(2002), 723.7 (2001), 680 (2000)