Exports - partners:
US 58.9%, Belgium 37%, Madagascar 1.2% (2008)
Imports:
$1.766 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 155 $1.572 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food; building materials, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum products
Imports - partners:
China 26.3%, Taiwan 20.1%, Hong Kong 16.4%, South Korea 14.1%, India 9.2% (2008)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$893 million (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 111 $988 million (31 December 2009 est.)