Exports - partners:
Spain 38.2%, Portugal 33.2%, US 9.2%, Morocco 5.4% (2005)
Imports:
$500 million f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels
Imports - partners:
Portugal 41.5%, Italy 8%, Netherlands 7.3%, Spain 5.5%, France
4.8%, Belgium 4.7%, Brazil 4.3% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$150 million (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$325 million (2002)
Economic aid - recipient:
$136 million (1999)
Currency (code):
Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)
Currency code:
CVE
Exchange rates:
Cape Verdean escudos (CVE) per US dollar - 88.67 (2005), 88.808
(2004), 97.703 (2003), 117.168 (2002), 123.228 (2001)