Current account balance:
$-519 million (2005 est.)
Exports:
$1.644 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Exports - commodities:
cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing
Exports - partners:
South Africa 32.8%, China 7.4%, Japan 6.3%, Zambia 5.2%,
Netherlands 5%, US 4.6%, Italy 4.2%, Germany 4.1% (2005)
Imports:
$2.059 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals,
fuels
Imports - partners:
South Africa 42.9%, China 4.6%, Botswana 3.3% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$160 million (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$5.216 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$178 million; note - the EU and the US provide food aid on
humanitarian grounds (2000 est.)