Exports - commodities:
offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles,
chemicals, electricity
Exports - partners:
US 65.6%, Guatemala 11.8%, Honduras 6.3% (2004)
Imports:
$5.968 billion (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs,
petroleum, electricity
Imports - partners:
US 46.3%, Guatemala 8.1%, Mexico 6% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.888 billion (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$4.792 billion (September 2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$125 million of which, $53 million from US (2003)
Currency (code):
US dollar (USD)
Currency code:
USD