Exports - commodities:
crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish
Exports - partners:
China 36.5%, Chile 19.2%, Thailand 12.5%, Japan 5.4%, South Korea
4.4%, US 4.1% (2005)
Imports:
$4.19 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Imports - partners:
UAE 14.6%, Saudi Arabia 11.6%, China 9.1%, Kuwait 5%, India 4.5%
(2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$6.143 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$5.347 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$2.3 billion (2003-07 disbursements)
Currency (code):
Yemeni rial (YER)
Currency code:
YER