Current account balance:
$-264.6 million (2006 est.)
Exports:
$1.766 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Exports - commodities:
cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing
Exports - partners:
South Africa 27%, China 7.9%, Japan 6.8%, Zambia 5.6%, Netherlands
5.4%, US 4.9%, Italy 4.5%, Germany 4.4% (2005)
Imports:
$2.055 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals,
fuels
Imports - partners:
South Africa 52.5%, China 5.7%, Botswana 4.1% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$140 million (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$5.26 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$178 million; note - the EU and the US provide food aid on
humanitarian grounds (2000 est.)