Exports:
$365.1 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels; foodstuffs
Exports - partners:
Germany 24.9%, Belgium 13%, France 9.4%, UK 9.1%, Italy 5.7%, US
4.3%, Spain 4.1% (2005)
Imports:
$326.6 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs,
clothing
Imports - partners:
Germany 16.6%, Belgium 9.3%, China 8.8%, US 7.6%, UK 5.8%, France
4.7%, Russia 4.4% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$20.54 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$1.645 trillion (30 June 2005)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $4 billion (2003 est.)
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