Current account balance:
$-790 million (2005 est.)
Exports:
$2.911 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Exports - commodities:
gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore,
diamonds
Exports - partners:
Netherlands 12.6%, UK 8.3%, US 6.7%, Belgium 5.8%, France 5.7%,
Germany 4.5% (2005)
Imports:
$4.273 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports - commodities:
capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
Nigeria 15.4%, China 12.7%, US 6.4%, UK 5.3%, Netherlands 4.1%,
South Africa 4.1% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.897 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$6.999 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$6.9 billion (1999)