Current account balance:
$-35.36 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$490 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics,
chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages

Exports - partners:
Germany 14.7%, Spain 9.7%, Italy 8.7%, UK 8.3%, Belgium 7.1%, US
7.1% (2005)

Imports:
$529.1 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics,
chemicals

Imports - partners:
Germany 18.9%, Belgium 10.7%, Italy 8.3%, Spain 7%, Netherlands
6.6%, UK 5.9%, US 5.1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$39.98 billion (August 2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$3.461 trillion (30 June 2006)

Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $5.4 billion (2002)