Exports:
$443.4 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Exports - commodities:
machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics,
chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages
Exports - partners:
Germany 14.7%, Spain 9.6%, Italy 8.7%, UK 8.3%, US 7.2%, Belgium
7.1% (2005)
Imports:
$473.3 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics,
chemicals
Imports - partners:
Germany 18.9%, Belgium 10.7%, Italy 8.2%, Spain 7%, Netherlands
6.5%, UK 5.9%, US 5.1% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$74.36 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$2.826 trillion (30 June 2005)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $5.4 billion (2002)
Currency (code):
euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the
euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of
member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole
currency for everyday transactions within the member countries