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  Field Listing - Exports - commodities


This entry provides a rank ordering of exported products starting with the most important; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value.
Country
Exports - commodities
Afghanistan opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool, cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems
Albania textiles and footwear; asphalt, metals and metallic ores, crude oil; vegetables, fruits, tobacco
Algeria petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products 97%
American Samoa canned tuna 93%
Andorra tobacco products, furniture
Angola crude oil 90%, diamonds, refined petroleum products, gas, coffee, sisal, fish and fish products, timber, cotton
Anguilla lobster, fish, livestock, salt, concrete blocks, rum
Antigua and Barbuda petroleum products 48%, manufactures 23%, machinery and transport equipment 17%, food and live animals 4%, other 8%
Argentina edible oils, fuels and energy, cereals, feed, motor vehicles
Armenia diamonds, scrap metal, machinery and equipment, brandy, copper ore
Aruba live animals and animal products, art and collectibles, machinery and electrical equipment, transport equipment
Australia coal, gold, meat, wool, alumina, iron ore, wheat, machinery and transport equipment
Austria machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, paper and paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel; textiles, foodstuffs
Azerbaijan oil and gas 90%, machinery, cotton, foodstuffs
Bahamas, The fish and crawfish; rum, salt, chemicals; fruit and vegetables (1999)
Bahrain petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum, textiles
Bangladesh garments, jute and jute goods, leather, frozen fish and seafood
Barbados sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages, chemicals, electrical components, clothing
Belarus machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, textiles, foodstuffs, metals
Belgium machinery and equipment, chemicals, diamonds, metals and metal products
Belize sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood
Benin cotton, crude oil, palm products, cocoa
Bermuda reexports of pharmaceuticals
Bhutan electricity (to India), cardamom, gypsum, timber, handicrafts, cement, fruit, precious stones, spices
Bolivia soybeans, natural gas, zinc, gold, wood
Bosnia and Herzegovina miscellaneous manufactures, crude materials
Botswana diamonds 80%, copper, nickel, soda ash, meat, textiles (2001)
Brazil manufactures, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos
British Virgin Islands rum, fresh fish, fruits, animals; gravel, sand
Brunei crude oil, natural gas, refined products
Bulgaria clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels
Burkina Faso cotton, animal products, gold
Burma apparel 55%, foodstuffs 18%, wood products 13%, precious stones 2% (2000)
Burundi coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides
Cambodia timber, garments, rubber, rice, fish
Cameroon crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa beans, aluminum, coffee, cotton
Canada motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum
Cape Verde fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides
Cayman Islands turtle products, manufactured consumer goods
Central African Republic diamonds, timber, cotton, coffee, tobacco
Chad cotton, cattle, gum arabic
Chile copper, fish, fruits, paper and pulp, chemicals
China machinery and equipment; textiles and clothing, footwear, toys and sporting goods; mineral fuels
Christmas Island phosphate
Cocos (Keeling) Islands copra
Colombia petroleum, coffee, coal, apparel, bananas, cut flowers
Comoros vanilla, ylang-ylang, cloves, perfume oil, copra
Congo, Democratic Republic of the diamonds, copper, coffee, cobalt, crude oil
Congo, Republic of the petroleum 90%, lumber, plywood, sugar, cocoa, coffee, diamonds
Cook Islands copra, papayas, fresh and canned citrus fruit, coffee; fish; pearls and pearl shells; clothing
Costa Rica coffee, bananas, sugar; pineapples; textiles, electronic components, medical equipment
Cote d'Ivoire cocoa 33%, coffee, timber, petroleum, cotton, bananas, pineapples, palm oil, cotton, fish (1999)
Croatia transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
Cuba sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee
Cyprus Greek Cypriot area: citrus, potatoes, grapes, wine, cement, clothing and shoes; Turkish Cypriot area: citrus, potatoes, textiles
Czech Republic machinery and transport equipment 44%, intermediate manufactures 25%, chemicals 7%, raw materials and fuel 7% (2000)
Denmark machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, chemicals, furniture, ships, windmills
Djibouti reexports, hides and skins, coffee (in transit)
Dominica bananas, soap, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges
Dominican Republic ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods
East Timor coffee, sandalwood, marble; note - the potential for oil and vanilla exports
Ecuador petroleum, bananas, shrimp, coffee, cocoa, cut flowers, fish
Egypt crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals
El Salvador offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles, chemicals, electricity
Equatorial Guinea petroleum, timber, cocoa
Eritrea livestock, sorghum, textiles, food, small manufactures
Estonia machinery and equipment 24%, wood products 20%, textiles 17%, food products 9%, metals, chemical products (1999)
Ethiopia coffee, qat, gold, leather products, oilseeds
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) wool, hides, meat
Faroe Islands fish and fish products 94%, stamps, ships (1999)
Fiji sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses, coconut oil
Finland machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals; timber, paper, pulp
France machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages
French Guiana shrimp, timber, gold, rum, rosewood essence, clothing
French Polynesia cultured pearls 50%, coconut products, mother-of-pearl, vanilla, shark meat (1997)
Gabon crude oil 81%, timber, manganese, uranium (2000)
Gambia, The peanuts and peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels
Gaza Strip citrus, flowers
Georgia scrap metal, machinery, chemicals; fuel reexports; citrus fruits, tea, wine, other agricultural products
Germany machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles
Ghana gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum, manganese ore, diamonds
Gibraltar (principally reexports) petroleum 51%, manufactured goods 41%, other 8%
Greece food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
Greenland fish and fish products 94% (prawns 63%)
Grenada bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables, clothing, mace
Guadeloupe bananas, sugar, rum
Guam mostly transshipments of refined petroleum products; construction materials, fish, food and beverage products
Guatemala coffee, sugar, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom, meat, apparel, petroleum, electricity
Guernsey tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables
Guinea bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural products
Guinea-Bissau cashew nuts 70%, shrimp, peanuts, palm kernels, sawn lumber
Guyana sugar, gold, bauxite/alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber
Haiti manufactures, coffee, oils, cocoa
Honduras coffee, bananas, shrimp, lobster, meat; zinc, lumber
Hong Kong clothing, textiles, footwear, electrical appliances, watches and clocks, toys, plastics, precious stones
Hungary machinery and equipment 59.5%, other manufactures 29.4%, food products 6.9%, raw materials 2.4%, fuels and electricity 1.8% (2000)
Iceland fish and fish products 70%, animal products, aluminum, diatomite, ferrosilicon
India textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures
Indonesia oil and gas, electrical appliances, plywood, textiles, rubber
Iran petroleum 85%, carpets, fruits and nuts, iron and steel, chemicals
Iraq crude oil
Ireland machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products
Israel machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural products, chemicals, textiles and apparel
Italy engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals and nonferrous metals
Jamaica alumina, bauxite; sugar, bananas, rum
Japan motor vehicles, semiconductors, office machinery, chemicals
Jersey light industrial and electrical goods, foodstuffs, textiles
Jordan phosphates, fertilizers, potash, agricultural products, manufactures, pharmaceuticals
Kazakhstan oil and oil products 52.8%, ferrous metals 12.9%, machinery, chemicals, grain, wool, meat, coal (2000)
Kenya tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish, cement
Kiribati copra 62%, coconuts, seaweed, fish
Korea, North minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures (including armaments); agricultural and fishery products
Korea, South electronic products, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, steel, ships; textiles, clothing, footwear; fish
Kuwait oil and refined products, fertilizers
Kyrgyzstan cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium, hydropower; machinery; shoes
Laos wood products, garments, electricity, coffee, tin
Latvia wood and wood products, machinery and equipment, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
Lebanon foodstuffs and tobacco, textiles, chemicals, precious stones, metal and metal products, electrical equipment and products, jewelry, paper and paper products
Lesotho manufactures 75% (clothing, footwear, road vehicles), wool and mohair, food and live animals
Liberia rubber, timber, iron, diamonds, cocoa, coffee
Libya crude oil, refined petroleum products
Liechtenstein small specialty machinery, dental products, stamps, hardware, pottery
Lithuania mineral products 21%, textiles and clothing 19%, machinery and equipment 11%, chemicals 8%, wood and wood products 6%, foodstuffs 4% (2000)
Luxembourg machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber products, glass
Macau clothing, textiles, cement, electronics, cameras
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of food, beverages, tobacco; miscellaneous manufactures, iron and steel
Madagascar coffee, vanilla, shellfish, sugar; cotton cloth, chromite, petroleum products
Malawi tobacco, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts, wood products, apparel
Malaysia electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas, wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals
Maldives fish, clothing
Mali cotton 43%, gold 40%, livestock (2001 est.)
Malta machinery and transport equipment, manufactures
Man, Isle of tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb
Marshall Islands copra cake, coconut oil, handicrafts
Martinique refined petroleum products, bananas, rum, pineapples
Mauritania iron ore, fish and fish products, gold
Mauritius clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses
Mayotte ylang-ylang (perfume essence), vanilla, copra, coconuts, coffee, cinnamon
Mexico manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton
Micronesia, Federated States of fish, garments, bananas, black pepper
Moldova foodstuffs 42%, textiles and footwear, machinery (2000)
Mongolia copper, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
Montserrat electronic components, plastic bags, apparel, hot peppers, live plants, cattle
Morocco phosphates and fertilizers, food and beverages, minerals
Mozambique prawns 40%, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber; bulk electricity (2000)
Namibia diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins
Nauru phosphates
Nepal carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain
Netherlands machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels; foodstuffs
Netherlands Antilles petroleum products
New Caledonia ferronickels, nickel ore, fish
New Zealand dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
Nicaragua coffee, shrimp and lobster, cotton, tobacco, beef, sugar, bananas; gold
Niger uranium ore 65%, livestock products, cowpeas, onions (1998 est.)
Nigeria petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
Niue canned coconut cream, copra, honey, vanilla, passion fruit products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts
Norfolk Island postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados
Northern Mariana Islands garments
Norway petroleum and petroleum products, machinery and equipment, metals, chemicals, ships, fish
Oman petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles
Pakistan textiles (garments, cotton cloth, and yarn), rice, other agricultural products
Palau shellfish, tuna, copra, garments
Panama bananas, shrimp, sugar, coffee, clothing
Papua New Guinea oil, gold, copper ore, logs, palm oil, coffee, cocoa, crayfish, prawns
Paraguay electricity, soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils
Peru fish and fish products, gold, copper, zinc, crude petroleum and byproducts, lead, coffee, sugar, cotton
Philippines electronic equipment, machinery and transport equipment, garments, coconut products
Pitcairn Islands fruits, vegetables, curios, stamps
Poland machinery and transport equipment 30.2%, intermediate manufactured goods 25.5%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 20.9%, food and live animals 8.5% (1999)
Portugal clothing and footwear, machinery, chemicals, cork and paper products, hides
Puerto Rico pharmaceuticals, electronics, apparel, canned tuna, rum, beverage concentrates, medical equipment
Qatar petroleum products 80%, fertilizers, steel
Reunion sugar 63%, rum and molasses 4%, perfume essences 2%, lobster 3%, (1993)
Romania textiles and footwear 26%, metals and metal products 15%, machinery and equipment 11%, minerals and fuels 6% (1999)
Russia petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and wood products, metals, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures
Rwanda coffee, tea, hides, tin ore
Saint Helena fish (frozen, canned, and salt-dried skipjack, tuna), coffee, handicrafts
Saint Kitts and Nevis machinery, food, electronics, beverages, tobacco
Saint Lucia bananas 41%, clothing, cocoa, vegetables, fruits, coconut oil
Saint Pierre and Miquelon fish and fish products, soybeans, animal feed, mollusks and crustaceans, fox and mink pelts
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines bananas 39%, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot starch, tennis racquets
Samoa fish, coconut oil and cream, copra, taro, garments, beer
San Marino building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat, wine, baked goods, hides, ceramics
Sao Tome and Principe cocoa 90%, copra, coffee, palm oil
Saudi Arabia petroleum and petroleum products 90%
Senegal fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
Seychelles canned tuna, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports)
Sierra Leone diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish
Singapore machinery and equipment (including electronics), consumer goods, chemicals, mineral fuels
Slovakia machinery and transport equipment 39.4%, intermediate manufactured goods 27.5%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 13%, chemicals 8% (1999)
Slovenia manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food
Solomon Islands timber, fish, copra, palm oil, cocoa
Somalia livestock, bananas, hides, fish, charcoal, scrap metal (1999)
South Africa gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment
Spain machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, other consumer goods
Sri Lanka textiles and apparel 15%, tea, diamonds, coconut products, petroleum products
Sudan oil and petroleum products, cotton, sesame, livestock, groundnuts, gum arabic, sugar
Suriname alumina, crude oil, lumber, shrimp and fish, rice, bananas
Swaziland soft drink concentrates, sugar, wood pulp, cotton yarn, refrigerators, citrus and canned fruit
Sweden machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals
Switzerland machinery, chemicals, metals, watches, agricultural products
Syria crude oil 68%, textiles 7%, fruits and vegetables 6%, raw cotton 4% (1998 est.)
Taiwan machinery and electrical equipment 55%, metals, textiles, plastics, chemicals
Tajikistan aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
Tanzania gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton (2000)
Thailand computers, transistors, seafood, clothing, rice
Togo cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa
Tokelau stamps, copra, handicrafts
Tonga squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops
Trinidad and Tobago petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, steel products, fertilizer, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus, flowers
Tunisia textiles, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, agricultural products, hydrocarbons
Turkey apparel 24.8%, foodstuffs 12.8%, textiles 12.7%, metal manufactures 8.8%, transport equipment 8.5% (2000)
Turkmenistan gas 33%, oil 30%, cotton fiber 18%, textiles 8% (1999)
Turks and Caicos Islands lobster, dried and fresh conch, conch shells
Tuvalu copra, fish
Uganda coffee, fish and fish products, tea; gold, cotton, flowers, horticultural products
Ukraine ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products, machinery and transport equipment, food products
United Arab Emirates crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried fish, dates
United Kingdom manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco
United States capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products
Uruguay meat, rice, leather products, wool, vehicles, dairy products
Uzbekistan cotton 41.5%, gold 9.6%, energy products 9.6%, mineral fertilizers, ferrous metals, textiles, food products, automobiles (1998 est.)
Vanuatu copra, kava, beef, cocoa, timber, coffee
Venezuela petroleum, bauxite and aluminum, steel, chemicals, agricultural products, basic manufactures
Vietnam crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes
Virgin Islands refined petroleum products
Wallis and Futuna copra, chemicals, construction materials
West Bank olives, fruit, vegetables, limestone
Western Sahara phosphates 62%
World the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services
Yemen crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish
Yugoslavia manufactured goods, food and live animals, raw materials
Zambia copper 55%, cobalt, electricity, tobacco, flowers, cotton
Zimbabwe tobacco 30%, gold 11%, ferroalloys 9%, textile/clothing 3% (2000)

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