Current account balance:
$-42.3 million (2005 est.)
Exports:
$1.726 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Exports - commodities:
coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber
Exports - partners:
US 73.2%, Guatemala 2.9%, El Salvador 2.9% (2005)
Imports:
$4.161 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials,
chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs (2000)
Imports - partners:
US 53.1%, Guatemala 6.5%, El Salvador 4.1% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.339 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$5.795 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$557.8 million (1999)