Current account balance:
$-444.4 million (2006 est.)
Exports:
$2.429 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Exports - commodities:
aluminum, prawns, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber; bulk
electricity
Exports - partners:
Netherlands 59.7%, South Africa 16.2%, Zimbabwe 2.9% (2005)
Imports:
$2.815 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products,
foodstuffs, textiles
Imports - partners:
South Africa 42.9%, Netherlands 11.5%, Portugal 3.6% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.353 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$2.392 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$632.8 million (2001)