The World Factbook. 2008.
Importscommodities
Country | Imports—commodities |
Afghanistan | capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products |
Albania | machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, chemicals |
Algeria | capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods |
American Samoa | materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6% (2004 est.) |
Andorra | consumer goods, food, electricity |
Angola | machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts; medicines, food, textiles, military goods |
Anguilla | fuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles |
Antigua and Barbuda | food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil |
Argentina | machinery, motor vehicles, petroleum and natural gas, organic chemicals, plastics |
Armenia | natural gas, petroleum, tobacco products, foodstuffs, diamonds |
Aruba | machinery and electrical equipment, crude oil for refining and reexport, chemicals; foodstuffs |
Australia | machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products |
Austria | machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal goods, oil and oil products; foodstuffs |
Azerbaijan | machinery and equipment, oil products, foodstuffs, metals, chemicals |
Bahamas, The | machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, mineral fuels; food and live animals |
Bahrain | crude oil, machinery, chemicals |
Bangladesh | machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement |
Barbados | consumer goods, machinery, foodstuffs, construction materials, chemicals, fuel, electrical components |
Belarus | mineral products, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs, metals |
Belgium | machinery and equipment, chemicals, diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, oil products |
Belize | machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods; fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; food, beverages, tobacco |
Benin | foodstuffs, capital goods, petroleum products |
Bermuda | clothing, fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, chemicals, food and live animals |
Bhutan | fuel and lubricants, grain, aircraft, machinery and parts, vehicles, fabrics, rice |
Bolivia | petroleum products, plastics, paper, aircraft and aircraft parts, prepared foods, automobiles, insecticides, soybeans |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs |
Botswana | foodstuffs, machinery, electrical goods, transport equipment, textiles, fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper products, metal and metal products |
Brazil | machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil, automotive parts, electronics |
British Virgin Islands | building materials, automobiles, foodstuffs, machinery |
Brunei | machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals |
Bulgaria | machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials |
Burkina Faso | capital goods, foodstuffs, petroleum |
Burma | fabric, petroleum products, fertilizer, plastics, machinery, transport equipment; cement, construction materials, crude oil; food products, edible oil |
Burundi | capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs |
Cambodia | petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products |
Cameroon | machinery, electrical equipment, transport equipment, fuel, food |
Canada | machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods |
Cape Verde | foodstuffs, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels |
Cayman Islands | foodstuffs, manufactured goods |
Central African Republic | food, textiles, petroleum products, machinery, electrical equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals |
Chad | machinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods, foodstuffs, textiles |
Chile | petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, electrical and telecommunications equipment, industrial machinery, vehicles, natural gas |
China | machinery and equipment, oil and mineral fuels, plastics, LED screens, data processing equipment, optical and medical equipment, organic chemicals, steel, copper |
Christmas Island | consumer goods |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | foodstuffs |
Colombia | industrial equipment, transportation equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, paper products, fuels, electricity |
Comoros | rice and other foodstuffs, consumer goods, petroleum products, cement, transport equipment |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels |
Congo, Republic of the | capital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs |
Cook Islands | foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber, capital goods |
Costa Rica | raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum, construction materials |
Cote d’Ivoire | fuel, capital equipment, foodstuffs |
Croatia | machinery, transport and electrical equipment; chemicals, fuels and lubricants; foodstuffs |
Cuba | petroleum, food, machinery and equipment, chemicals |
Cyprus | area under government control: consumer goods, petroleum and lubricants, intermediate goods, machinery, transport equipment area administered by Turkish Cypriots: vehicles, fuel, cigarettes, food, minerals, chemicals, machinery |
Czech Republic | machinery and transport equipment 46%, raw materials and fuels 15%, chemicals 10% (2003) |
Denmark | machinery and equipment, raw materials and semimanufactures for industry, chemicals, grain and foodstuffs, consumer goods |
Djibouti | foods, beverages, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum products |
Dominica | manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals |
Dominican Republic | foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals |
Ecuador | industrial materials, fuels and lubricants, nondurable consumer goods |
Egypt | machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, wood products, fuels |
El Salvador | raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity |
Equatorial Guinea | petroleum sector equipment, other equipment |
Eritrea | machinery, petroleum products, food, manufactured goods |
Estonia | machinery and equipment 33.5%, chemical products 11.6%, textiles 10.3%, foodstuffs 9.4%, transportation equipment 8.9% (2001) |
Ethiopia | food and live animals, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles, cereals, textiles |
European Union | machinery, vehicles, aircraft, plastics, crude oil, chemicals, textiles, metals, foodstuffs, clothing |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | fuel, food and drink, building materials, clothing |
Faroe Islands | consumer goods 36%, raw materials and semi-manufactures 32%, machinery and transport equipment 29%, fuels, fish, salt (1999) |
Fiji | manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, food, chemicals |
Finland | foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and fabrics, grains |
France | machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals |
French Polynesia | fuels, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment |
Gabon | machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction materials |
Gambia, The | foodstuffs, manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport equipment |
Gaza Strip | food, consumer goods, construction materials |
Georgia | fuels, vehicles, machinery and parts, grain and other foods, pharmaceuticals |
Germany | machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals |
Ghana | capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs |
Gibraltar | fuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs |
Greece | machinery, transport equipment, fuels, chemicals |
Greenland | machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, petroleum products |
Grenada | food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel |
Guam | petroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured goods |
Guatemala | fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity |
Guernsey | coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment |
Guinea | petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, textiles, grain and other foodstuffs |
Guinea-Bissau | foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products |
Guyana | manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food |
Haiti | food, manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, raw materials |
Honduras | machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs |
Hong Kong | raw materials and semi-manufactures, consumer goods, capital goods, foodstuffs, fuel (most is re-exported) |
Hungary | machinery and equipment 51.6%, other manufactures 35.7%, fuels and electricity 7.7%, food products 3.1%, raw materials 2.0% (2003) |
Iceland | machinery and equipment, petroleum products, foodstuffs, textiles |
India | crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals |
Indonesia | machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs |
Iran | industrial raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services |
Iraq | food, medicine, manufactures |
Ireland | data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing |
Isle of Man | timber, fertilizers, fish |
Israel | raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough diamonds, fuels, grain, consumer goods |
Italy | engineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing; food, beverages, and tobacco |
Jamaica | food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, parts and accessories of capital goods, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials |
Japan | machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, raw materials |
Jersey | machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals |
Jordan | crude oil, textile fabrics, machinery, transport equipment, manufactured goods |
Kazakhstan | machinery and equipment 41%, metal products 28%, foodstuffs 8% (2001) |
Kenya | machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics |
Kiribati | foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, miscellaneous manufactured goods, fuel |
Korea, North | petroleum, coking coal, machinery and equipment, textiles, grain |
Korea, South | machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, organic chemicals, plastics |
Kosovo | NA |
Kosovo | petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery and electrical equipment |
Kuwait | food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing |
Kyrgyzstan | oil and gas, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs |
Laos | machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, consumer goods |
Latvia | machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, vehicles |
Lebanon | petroleum products, cars, medicinal products, clothing, meat and live animals, consumer goods, paper, textile fabrics, tobacco, electrical machinery |
Lesotho | food; building materials, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum products |
Liberia | fuels, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods; foodstuffs |
Libya | machinery, semi-finished goods, food, transport equipment, consumer products |
Liechtenstein | agricultural products, raw materials, energy products, machinery, metal goods, textiles, foodstuffs, motor vehicles |
Lithuania | mineral products, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, chemicals, textiles and clothing, metals |
Luxembourg | minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods |
Macau | raw materials and semi-manufactured goods, consumer goods (foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco), capital goods, mineral fuels and oils |
Macedonia | machinery and equipment, automobiles, chemicals, fuels, food products |
Madagascar | capital goods, petroleum, consumer goods, food |
Malawi | food, petroleum products, semimanufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment |
Malaysia | electronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics, vehicles, iron and steel products, chemicals |
Maldives | petroleum products, ships, foodstuffs, clothing, intermediate and capital goods |
Mali | petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles |
Malta | machinery and transport equipment, manufactured and semi-manufactured goods; food, drink, tobacco |
Marshall Islands | foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels, beverages and tobacco |
Mauritania | machinery and equipment, petroleum products, capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods |
Mauritius | manufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals |
Mayotte | food, machinery and equipment, transportation equipment, metals, chemicals |
Mexico | metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts |
Micronesia, Federated States of | food, manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, beverages |
Moldova | mineral products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals, textiles |
Mongolia | machinery and equipment, fuel, cars, food products, industrial consumer goods, chemicals, building materials, sugar, tea |
Montserrat | machinery and transportation equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels, lubricants, and related materials |
Morocco | crude petroleum, textile fabric, telecommunications equipment, wheat, gas and electricity, transistors, plastics |
Mozambique | machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles |
Namibia | foodstuffs; petroleum products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals |
Nauru | food, fuel, manufactures, building materials, machinery |
Nepal | gold, machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer |
Netherlands | machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs, clothing |
Netherlands Antilles | crude petroleum, food, manufactures |
New Caledonia | machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs |
New Zealand | machinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft, petroleum, electronics, textiles, plastics |
Nicaragua | consumer goods, machinery and equipment, raw materials, petroleum products |
Niger | foodstuffs, machinery, vehicles and parts, petroleum, cereals |
Nigeria | machinery, chemicals, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals |
Niue | food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs |
Norfolk Island | NA |
Northern Mariana Islands | food, construction equipment and materials, petroleum products |
Norway | machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals, foodstuffs |
Oman | machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, livestock, lubricants |
Pakistan | petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, plastics, transportation equipment, edible oils, paper and paperboard, iron and steel, tea |
Palau | machinery and equipment, fuels, metals; foodstuffs |
Panama | capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, chemicals |
Papua New Guinea | machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemicals |
Paraguay | road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery, tractors, chemicals, vehicle parts |
Peru | petroleum and petroleum products, plastics, machinery, vehicles, iron and steel, wheat, paper |
Philippines | electronic products, mineral fuels, machinery and transport equipment, iron and steel, textile fabrics, grains, chemicals, plastic |
Pitcairn Islands | fuel oil, machinery, building materials, flour, sugar, other foodstuffs |
Poland | machinery and transport equipment 38%, intermediate manufactured goods 21%, chemicals 14.8%, minerals, fuels, lubricants, and related materials 9.1% (2003) |
Portugal | machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum, textiles, agricultural products |
Puerto Rico | chemicals, machinery and equipment, clothing, food, fish, petroleum products |
Qatar | machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals |
Romania | machinery and equipment, fuels and minerals, chemicals, textile and products, metals, agricultural products |
Russia | machinery and equipment, consumer goods, medicines, meat, sugar, semifinished metal products |
Rwanda | foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction material |
Saint Helena | food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed, building materials, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and parts |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | machinery, manufactures, food, fuels |
Saint Lucia | food 23%, manufactured goods 21%, machinery and transportation equipment 19%, chemicals, fuels |
Saint Martin | crude petroleum, food, manufactured items |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | meat, clothing, fuel, electrical equipment, machinery, building materials |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels |
Samoa | machinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs |
San Marino | wide variety of consumer manufactures, food |
Sao Tome and Principe | machinery and electrical equipment, food products, petroleum products |
Saudi Arabia | machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles, textiles |
Senegal | food and beverages, capital goods, fuels |
Seychelles | machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals |
Sierra Leone | foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels and lubricants, chemicals |
Singapore | machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs |
Slovakia | machinery and transport equipment 41.1%, intermediate manufactured goods 19.3%, fuels 12.3%, chemicals 9.8%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 10.2% (2003) |
Slovenia | machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, food |
Solomon Islands | food, plant and equipment, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals |
Somalia | manufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials, qat |
South Africa | machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs |
Spain | machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, measuring and medical control instruments |
Sri Lanka | textile fabrics, mineral products, petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery and transportation equipment |
Sudan | foodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery and transport equipment, medicines and chemicals, textiles, wheat |
Suriname | capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, cotton, consumer goods |
Swaziland | motor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals |
Sweden | machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel; foodstuffs, clothing |
Switzerland | machinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals; agricultural products, textiles |
Syria | machinery and transport equipment, electric power machinery, food and livestock, metal and metal products, chemicals and chemical products, plastics, yarn, paper |
Taiwan | electronic and electrical products, machinery, petroleum, precision instruments, organic chemicals, metals (2002) |
Tajikistan | electricity, petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs |
Tanzania | consumer goods, machinery and transportation equipment, industrial raw materials, crude oil |
Thailand | capital goods, intermediate goods and raw materials, consumer goods, fuels |
Timor-Leste | food, gasoline, kerosene, machinery |
Togo | machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products |
Tokelau | foodstuffs, building materials, fuel |
Tonga | foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, chemicals |
Trinidad and Tobago | mineral fuels, lubricants, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, live animals, grain |
Tunisia | textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, foodstuffs |
Turkey | machinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport equipment |
Turkmenistan | machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs |
Turks and Caicos Islands | food and beverages, tobacco, clothing, manufactures, construction materials |
Tuvalu | food, animals, mineral fuels, machinery, manufactured goods |
Uganda | capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals |
Ukraine | energy, machinery and equipment, chemicals |
United Arab Emirates | machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food |
United Kingdom | manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs |
United States | agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers, telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power machinery), consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys) (2003) |
Uruguay | crude petroleum and petroleum products, machinery, chemicals, road vehicles, paper, plastics |
Uzbekistan | machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, ferrous and non-ferrous metals |
Vanuatu | machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, fuels |
Venezuela | raw materials, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, construction materials |
Vietnam | machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles |
Virgin Islands | crude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, building materials |
Wallis and Futuna | chemicals, machinery, passenger ships, consumer goods |
West Bank | food, consumer goods, construction materials |
Western Sahara | fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs |
World | the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services top ten – share of world trade: see listing for exports |
Yemen | food and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals |
Zambia | machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing |
Zimbabwe | machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels |