machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:

US 52.4%, Guatemala 7.1%, El Salvador 5.2%, Mexico 4.5%, Costa Rica 4.2% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$680.8 million (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$2.546 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$3.411 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares: