Current account balance:
$-268.4 million (2005 est.)
Exports:
$612.1 million f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Exports - commodities:
bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural
products
Exports - partners:
Russia 14.6%, South Korea 11.3%, Spain 10.2%, Ukraine 7.9%, US
6.1%, Ireland 6%, France 5.7%, Germany 5%, Belgium 4.5% (2005)
Imports:
$680 million f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports - commodities:
petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment,
textiles, grain and other foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
China 8.5%, US 7.3%, France 7.2%, Cote d'Ivoire 5.2%, Italy 4.7%,
Belgium 4.1% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$69.83 million (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$3.46 billion (2003 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$237.5 million (2003)