Current account balance:
$-57.68 billion (2006 est.)
Exports:
$468.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Exports - commodities:
manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco
Exports - partners:
US 15.1%, Germany 10.5%, France 8.9%, Ireland 7.3%, Netherlands
5.5%, Belgium 5%, Spain 4.4% (2005)
Imports:
$603 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities:
manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
Germany 12.8%, US 8.7%, France 7.1%, Netherlands 6.6%, China 5%,
Norway 4.7%, Belgium 4.6%, Italy 4% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$38.83 billion (August 2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$8.28 trillion (30 June 2006)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $7.9 billion (2004)