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)