Imports:
$9.365 billion f.o.b. (includes the Colon Free Zone) (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities:
capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, chemicals
Imports - partners:
US 27.5%, Netherlands Antilles 11.4%, Costa Rica 4.7%, Japan 4.5%
(2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.236 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$9.993 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$197.1 million (1995)
Currency (code):
balboa (PAB); US dollar (USD)
Currency code:
PAB; USD
Exchange rates:
balboas per US dollar - 1 (2006), 1 (2005), 1 (2004), 1 (2003), 1
(2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year