Exports:
$546.9 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 7 $502.4 billion (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals, and nonferrous metals
Exports - partners:
Germany 12.8%, France 11.2%, Spain 6.6%, US 6.3%, UK 5.3% (2008)
Imports:
$546.9 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 8 $498.1 billion (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
engineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing; food, beverages, and tobacco