Exports - partners:
US 50.9%, Netherlands Antilles 7.2%, Canada 2.4% (2005)
Imports:
$28.81 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities:
raw materials, machinery and equipment, transport equipment,
construction materials
Imports - partners:
US 31.6%, Colombia 11%, Brazil 9.1%, Mexico 6.9% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$35.95 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$35.63 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$74 million (2000)
Currency (code):
bolivar (VEB)
Currency code:
VEB
Exchange rates:
bolivares per US dollar - 2,147 (2006), 2,089.8 (2005), 1,891.3
(2004), 1,607 (2003), 1,161 (2002)