Exports - partners:
Germany 29.5%, Italy 8.6%, US 4.3%, Switzerland 4.2% (2008)
Imports:
$179.2 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 24 $160.3 billion (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal goods, oil and oil products; foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
Germany 44.5%, Italy 7.1%, Switzerland 5.2%, Netherlands 4.1% (2008)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$16.7 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 57 $18.22 billion (31 December 2007 est.)