Imports:
$387.7 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 14 $320.9 billion (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
raw materials, machinery and equipment, chemicals, raw diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, oil products
Imports - partners:
Netherlands 19.4%, Germany 17.2%, France 11%, UK 5.7%, US 5.6%,
China 4.2% (2008)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$15.65 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 58 $16.51 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$1.354 trillion (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 11 $1.539 trillion (31 December 2007)