Exports - partners:
US 15.1%, Germany 10.5%, France 8.9%, Ireland 7.3%, Netherlands
5.5%, Belgium 5%, Spain 4.4% (2005)
Imports:
$483.7 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports - commodities:
manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
Germany 12.8%, US 8.7%, France 7.1%, Netherlands 6.6%, China 5%,
Norway 4.7%, Belgium 4.6%, Italy 4% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$48.66 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$7.107 trillion (30 June 2005)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $7.9 billion (2004)
Currency (code):
British pound (GBP)
Currency code:
GBP
Exchange rates:
British pounds per US dollar - 0.55 (2005), 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125
(2003), 0.6672 (2002), 0.6947 (2001)