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Trade Eritrea
Weights and Measures
The metric system is in use.
Imports
Machinery and transportation equipment, food, livestock, chemicals, petroleum
products.
Total Imports
$425,000,000 (1997); $425,000,000 (1996).
Exports
Food, livestock, chemicals, tobacco, beverages, sorghum.
Total Exports
$52,000,000 (1997); $72,000,000 (1996).
Trading Partners
(Imports) Saudi Arabia - 15.7%; Italy - 13.7%; United Arab Emirates - 13.1%;
Ethiopia - 9.0%; Germany - 5.5% (1997).
(Exports) Ethiopia - 63.4%; Sudan - 16.6%; Italy - 4.9%; Saudi Arabia - 1.9%;
United States - 0.9% (1997).
Balance of Payments
1997: +$4,900,000
1996: -$50,800,000
1995: +$17,800,000
SOURCE: Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook; Europa World
Year Book; International Financial Statistics; The World Factbook | |
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