Exports - partners:

US 62.1%, Guatemala 5.2%, El Salvador 5%, Mexico 4.1% (2008)

Imports:

$10.39 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 92 $8.82 billion (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

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

Imports - partners:

US 50%, Guatemala 7.6%, El Salvador 5.3%, Mexico 4.7%, Costa Rica 4.2% (2008)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$2.492 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 103 $2.546 billion (31 December 2007 est.)