Chile: $18 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

China: $232 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Christmas Island: $NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: $NA

Colombia: $14.5 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Comoros: $7.9 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: $960 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Congo, Republic of the: $2.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Cook Islands: $3 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)

Costa Rica: $6.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire: $3.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Croatia: $4.3 billion (f.o.b., 1999)

Cuba: $1.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Cyprus: Greek Cypriot area: $1 billion (f.o.b., 1999 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: $51.1 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Czech Republic: $28.3 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Denmark: $50.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Djibouti: $260 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)

Dominica: $60.7 million (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic: $5.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Ecuador: $5.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Egypt: $7.3 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

El Salvador: $2.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Equatorial Guinea: $860 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Eritrea: $26 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Estonia: $3.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Ethiopia: $460 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): $7.6 million (1995)

Faroe Islands: $471 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Fiji: $537 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Finland: $44.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

France: $325 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

French Guiana: $155 million (f.o.b., 1997)

French Polynesia: $205 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Gabon: $3.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Gambia, The: $125.8 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Gaza Strip: $682 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.) (includes West Bank)

Georgia: $372 million (2000 est.)

Germany: $578 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Ghana: $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Gibraltar: $81.1 million (f.o.b., 1997)

Greece: $15.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Greenland: $276 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Grenada: $62.3 million (2000 est.)

Guadeloupe: $140 million (f.o.b., 1997)

Guam: $75.7 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Guatemala: $2.9 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Guernsey: $NA

Guinea: $820 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Guinea-Bissau: $80 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Guyana: $570 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Haiti: $186 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Honduras: $2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Hong Kong: $204 billion (including reexports; f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Hungary: $25.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Iceland: $2 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

India: $43.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Indonesia: $64.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Iran: $25 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Iraq: $21.8 billion (2000 est.)

Ireland: $73.5 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Israel: $31.5 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Italy: $241.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Jamaica: $1.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Japan: $450 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Jersey: $NA

Jordan: $2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Kazakhstan: $8.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Kenya: $1.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Kiribati: $6 million (f.o.b., 1998)

Korea, North: $520 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)

Korea, South: $172.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Kuwait: $23.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Kyrgyzstan: $482 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Laos: $323 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Latvia: $2.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Lebanon: $700 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Lesotho: $175 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Liberia: $55 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Libya: $13.9 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Liechtenstein: $2.47 billion (1996)

Lithuania: $3.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Luxembourg: $7.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Macau: $2.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: $1.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Madagascar: $538 million (f.o.b., 1998)

Malawi: $416 million (f.o.b., 2000)

Malaysia: $97.9 billion (2000 est.)

Maldives: $88 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Mali: $480 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Malta: $2 billion (f.o.b., 1999)

Man, Isle of: $NA

Marshall Islands: $28 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.)

Martinique: $250 million (f.o.b., 1997)

Mauritania: $333 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Mauritius: $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1999)

Mayotte: $3.44 million (f.o.b., 1997)

Mexico: $168 billion (f.o.b., 2000), includes in-bond industries (assembly plant operations)

Micronesia, Federated States of: $73 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)

Moldova: $500 million (f.o.b., 2000)

Monaco: $NA; full customs integration with France, which collects and rebates Monegasque trade duties; also participates in EU market system through customs union with France

Mongolia: $454.3 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Montserrat: $1.5 million (1998)

Morocco: $7.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Mozambique: $390 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Namibia: $1.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Nauru: $25.3 million (f.o.b., 1991)

Nepal: $485 million (f.o.b., 1998), but does not include unrecorded border trade with India

Netherlands: $210.3 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Netherlands Antilles: $276 million (f.o.b., 2000)

New Caledonia: $411 million (f.o.b., 1999)

New Zealand: $14.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Nicaragua: $631 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Niger: $385 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Nigeria: $22.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Niue: $117,500 (f.o.b., 1989)

Norfolk Island: $1.5 million (f.o.b., FY91/92)

Northern Mariana Islands: $NA

Norway: $59.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Oman: $11.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Pakistan: $8.6 billion (f.o.b., FY99/00)

Palau: $14.3 million (f.o.b., 1996)

Panama: $5.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Papua New Guinea: $2.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Paraguay: $3.5 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Peru: $7 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Philippines: $38 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Pitcairn Islands: $NA

Poland: $28.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Portugal: $26.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Puerto Rico: $38.5 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Qatar: $9.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Reunion: $214 million (f.o.b., 1997)

Romania: $11.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Russia: $105.1 billion (2000 est.)

Rwanda: $68.4 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Saint Helena: $704,000 (f.o.b., 1995)

Saint Kitts and Nevis: $53.2 million (2000 est.)

Saint Lucia: $68.3 million (2000 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon: $12 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: $53.7 million (2000 est.)

Samoa: $17 million (f.o.b., 2000)

San Marino: trade data are included with the statistics for Italy

Sao Tome and Principe: $3.2 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Saudi Arabia: $81.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Senegal: $959 million (f.o.b., 2000)

Seychelles: $111 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Sierra Leone: $65 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Singapore: $137 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Slovakia: $12 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Slovenia: $8.9 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Solomon Islands: $165 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)

Somalia: $186 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)

South Africa: $30.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Spain: $120.5 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Sri Lanka: $5.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Sudan: $1.7 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Suriname: $443 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Svalbard: $NA

Swaziland: $881 million (f.o.b., 2000)

Sweden: $95.5 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Switzerland: $91.3 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Syria: $4.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Tajikistan: $761 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Tanzania: $937 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Thailand: $68.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Togo: $336 million (f.o.b., 2000)

Tokelau: $98,000 (f.o.b., 1983)

Tonga: $8 million (f.o.b., 1998)

Trinidad and Tobago: $3.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Tunisia: $6.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Turkey: $26.9 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Turkmenistan: $2.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands: $4.7 million (1993)

Tuvalu: $165,000 (f.o.b., 1989)

Uganda: $500.1 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Ukraine: $14.6 billion (2000 est.)

United Arab Emirates: $46 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

United Kingdom: $282 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

United States: $776 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Uruguay: $2.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Uzbekistan: $2.9 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Vanuatu: $25.3 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Venezuela: $32.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Vietnam: $14.3 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Virgin Islands: $NA

Wallis and Futuna: $250,000 (f.o.b., 1999)

West Bank: $682 million (includes Gaza Strip) (f.o.b., 1998 est.)

Western Sahara: $NA

World: $6 trillion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Yemen: $4.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Yugoslavia: $1.5 billion (1999)

Zambia: $928 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Zimbabwe: $1.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Taiwan: $148.38 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

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@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

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, paper and paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel; textiles, foodstuffs

Azerbaijan: oil and gas 75%, machinery, cotton, foodstuffs

Bahamas, The: pharmaceuticals, cement, rum, crawfish, refined petroleum products

Bahrain: petroleum and petroleum products 61%, aluminum 7%

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, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs

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: cardamom, gypsum, timber, handicrafts, cement, fruit, electricity (to India), precious stones, spices

Bolivia: soybeans, natural gas, zinc, gold, wood

Bosnia and Herzegovina: NA

Botswana: diamonds 72%, vehicles, copper, nickel, meat (1998)

Brazil: manufactures, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee

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 36%, foodstuffs 22%, wood products 21%, precious stones 5% (1999)

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, newsprint, wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, machinery, natural gas, aluminum, telecommunications equipment, electricity

Cape Verde: fuel, shoes, garments, fish, bananas, hides

Cayman Islands: turtle products, manufactured consumer goods

Central African Republic: diamonds, timber, cotton, coffee, tobacco

Chad: cotton, cattle, textiles

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 50%, 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, tropical woods, 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%, other manufactured goods 40%, chemicals 7%, raw materials and fuel 7% (1999)

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

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, gold, leather products, oilseeds, qat

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): wool, hides, meat

Faroe Islands: fish and fish products 94%, stamps, ships (1999)

Fiji: sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish

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 75%, timber, manganese, uranium (1998)

Gambia, The: peanuts and peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels

Gaza Strip: citrus, flowers

Georgia: citrus fruits, tea, wine, other agricultural products; diverse types of machinery and metals; chemicals; fuel reexports; textiles

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: manufactured goods, food and beverages, petroleum products

Greenland: fish and fish products 94%

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 (1996)

Guyana: sugar, gold, bauxite/alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber

Haiti: manufactures, coffee, oils, mangoes

Honduras: coffee, bananas, shrimp, lobster, meat; zinc, lumber

Hong Kong: clothing, textiles, footwear, electrical appliances, watches and clocks, toys

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, 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

Kazakhstan: oil 40%, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery, chemicals, grain, wool, meat, coal

Kenya: tea, coffee, horticultural products, 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 (1998)

Liberia: diamonds, iron ore, rubber, timber, coffee, cocoa

Libya: crude oil, refined petroleum products

Liechtenstein: small specialty machinery, dental products, stamps, hardware, pottery

Lithuania: machinery and equipment 22%, mineral products 15%, chemicals 12%, textiles and clothing, foodstuffs (1999)

Luxembourg: machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber products, glass

Macau: textiles, clothing, toys, electronics, cement, footwear, machinery

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

Malaysia: electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas, chemicals, palm oil, wood and wood products, rubber, textiles

Maldives: fish, clothing

Mali: cotton 50%, gold, livestock (1999 est.)

Malta: machinery and transport equipment, manufactures

Man, Isle of: tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb

Marshall Islands: fish, coconut oil, trochus shells

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 57%, wine, tobacco; textiles and footwear, machinery (1999)

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, fish, wool, forestry products, manufactures

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, 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: trochus (type of shellfish), tuna, copra, handicrafts

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, copper, zinc, gold, 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: coconut oil and cream, copra, fish, 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, ground nuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton

Seychelles: fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports)

Sierra Leone: diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish

Singapore: machinery and equipment (including electronics), 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, palm oil, cocoa, copra

Somalia: livestock, bananas, hides, fish (1999)

South Africa: gold, diamonds, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment

Spain: machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, other consumer goods

Sri Lanka: textiles and apparel, 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: petroleum 65%, textiles 10%, manufactured goods 10%, fruits and vegetables 7%, raw cotton 5%, live sheep 2%, phosphates 1% (1998 est.)

Tajikistan: aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles

Tanzania: coffee, manufactured goods, cotton, cashew nuts, minerals, tobacco, sisal (1996)

Thailand: computers and parts, textiles, integrated circuits, rice

Togo: cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa

Tokelau: stamps, copra, handicrafts

Tonga: squash, fish, vanilla beans

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 25.6%, foodstuffs 15.4%, textiles 12.3%, metal manufactures 8.6%, transport equipment 8.1% (1998)

Turkmenistan: gas 33%, oil 30%, cotton fiber 18%, textiles 8% (1999)

Turks and Caicos Islands: lobster, dried and fresh conch, conch shells

Tuvalu: copra

Uganda: coffee, fish and fish products, tea; electrical products, iron and steel

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, vehicles, dairy products, wool, electricity

Uzbekistan: cotton, gold, natural gas, mineral fertilizers, ferrous metals, textiles, food products, automobiles

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, cobalt, electricity, tobacco

Zimbabwe: tobacco 29%, gold 7%, ferroalloys 7%, cotton 5% (1999 est.)

Taiwan: machinery and electrical equipment 51%, metals, textiles, plastics, chemicals

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@Exports - partners



Afghanistan: FSU, Pakistan, Iran, Germany, India, UK, Belgium, Luxembourg, Czech Republic

Albania: Italy 67%, Greece 15%, Germany 5%, Austria 2%, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 2% (2000)

Algeria: Italy 22%, US 15%, France 12%, Spain 11%, Brazil 8%, Netherlands 5% (1999)

American Samoa: US 99.6%

Andorra: France 34%, Spain 58% (1998)

Angola: US 54%, South Korea 14%, Benelux 11%, China 7%, Taiwan 6% (1999)

Anguilla: NA

Antigua and Barbuda: OECS 26%, Barbados 15%, Guyana 4%, Trinidad and Tobago 2%, US 0.3%

Argentina: Brazil 24%, EU 21%, US 11% (1999 est.)

Armenia: Belgium 36%, Iran 15%, Russia 14%, US 7%, Turkmenistan, Georgia (1999)

Aruba: US 42%, Colombia 20%, Netherlands 12% (1999)

Australia: Japan 19%, EU 14%, ASEAN 12%, US 9%, South Korea, NZ, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China (1999)

Austria: EU 64.2% (Germany 35.7%, Italy 8.7%, France 4.5%), Switzerland 5.9%, US 4.5%, Hungary 3.9% (1999)

Azerbaijan: Italy, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Iran

Bahamas, The: US 22.3%, Switzerland 15.6%, UK 15%, Denmark 7.4% (1998)

Bahrain: India 14%, Saudi Arabia 5%, US 5%, UAE 5%, Japan 4%, South Korea 4% (1999)

Bangladesh: US 31.2%, Germany 9.95%, UK 8.06%, France 5.82%, Italy 4.42% (1999)

Barbados: UK 14.8%, US 11.6%, Trinidad and Tobago 7.6%, Venezuela 6.1%, Jamaica 5.8% (1998)

Belarus: Russia 66%, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Lithuania (1998)

Belgium: EU 76% (Germany 18%, France 18%, Netherlands 12%, UK 10%) (1999)

Belize: US 42%, UK 33%, EU 12%, Caricom 4.8%, Canada 2%, Mexico 1% (1999)

Benin: Brazil 14%, Libya 5%, Indonesia 4%, Italy 4% (1999)

Bermuda: UK 29.5%, US 9.8% (1997)

Bhutan: India 94%, Bangladesh

Bolivia: UK 16%, US 12%, Peru 11%, Argentina 10%, Colombia 7% (1998)

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Croatia, Switzerland, Italy, Germany

Botswana: EU 77%, Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 18%, Zimbabwe 3% (1998)

Brazil: US 23%, Argentina 11%, Germany 5%, Netherlands 5%, Japan 5% (1999)

British Virgin Islands: Virgin Islands (US), Puerto Rico, US

Brunei: Japan 42%, US 17%, South Korea 14%, Thailand 3% (1999)

Bulgaria: Italy 14%, Turkey 10%, Germany 9%, Greece 8%, Yugoslavia 8%, Belgium 6%, France 5%, US 4% (2000)

Burkina Faso: Italy 13%, France 10%, Indonesia 8%, Thailand 7% (1999)

Burma: India 13%, Singapore 11%, China 11%, US 8% (1999 est.)

note: official trade statistics do not include trade in illicit goods - such as narcotics, teak, and gems - or the largely unrecorded border trade with China and Thailand

Burundi: Germany 17%, Belgium 14%, US 8%, France 6%, Switzerland 4% (1999)

Cambodia: Vietnam 18%, Thailand 15%, US 10%, Singapore 8%, China 5% (1997)

Cameroon: Italy 24%, France 18%, Netherlands 10% (2000 est.)

Canada: US 86%, Japan 3%, UK, Germany, South Korea, Netherlands, China (1999)

Cape Verde: Portugal, UK, Germany, Spain, France, Malaysia

Cayman Islands: mostly US

Central African Republic: Benelux 64%, Cote d'Ivoire, Spain, China, Egypt, France (1999)

Chad: Portugal 38%, Germany 12%, Thailand, Costa Rica, South Africa, France (1999)

Chile: EU 27%, US 16%, Japan 14%, Brazil 6%, Argentina 5% (1998)

China: US 21%, Hong Kong 18%, Japan 17%, South Korea, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Singapore, Taiwan (2000)

Christmas Island: Australia, NZ

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Australia

Colombia: US 50%, EU 14%, Andean Community of Nations 16%, Japan 2% (2000 est.)

Comoros: France 50%, Germany 25% (1998)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Benelux 62%, US 18%, South Africa, Finland, Italy (1999)

Congo, Republic of the: US 23%, Benelux 14%, Germany, Italy, Taiwan, China (1998)

Cook Islands: Japan 42%, New Zealand 25%, US 9%, Australia 9% (1999)

Costa Rica: US 54.1%, EU 21.3%, Central America 8.6% (1999)

Cote d'Ivoire: France 15%, US 8%, Netherlands 7%, Germany 6%, Italy 6% (1999)

Croatia: Italy 18%, Germany 15.7%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.8%, Slovenia 10.6%, Austria 6.2% (1999)

Cuba: Russia 23%, Netherlands 23%, Canada 13% (1999)

Cyprus: Greek Cypriot area: UK 17.3%, Greece 9.7%, Russia 7.0%, Lebanon 5.2% (1999); Turkish Cypriot area: Turkey 51%, UK 31%, other EU 16.5% (1999)

Czech Republic: Germany 43%, Slovakia 8.4%, Austria 6.6%, Poland 5.6%, France 4% (1999)

Denmark: EU 66.5% (Germany 20.1%, Sweden 11.7%, UK 9.6%, France 5.3%, Netherlands 4.7%), Norway 5.8%, US 5.4% (1999)

Djibouti: Somalia 53%, Yemen 23%, Ethiopia 5%, (1998)

Dominica: Caricom countries 47%, UK 36%, US 7% (1996 est.)

Dominican Republic: US 66.1%, Netherlands 7.8%, Canada 7.6%, Russia 7.4%, UK 4.5% (1999 est.)

Ecuador: US 37%, Colombia 5%, Italy 5%, Chile 5%, Peru 4% (1999)

Egypt: EU 35%, Middle East 17%, Afro-Asian countries 14%, US 12% (1999)

El Salvador: US 63%, Guatemala 11%, Honduras 7%, Costa Rica 4% (1999)

Equatorial Guinea: US 62%, Spain 17%, China 9%, France 3%, Japan 3%, (1997)

Eritrea: Sudan 27.2%, Ethiopia 26.5%, Japan 13.2%, UAE 7.3%, Italy 5.3% (1998)

Estonia: Finland 19.4%, Sweden 18.8%, Russia 9.2%, Latvia 8.7%, Germany 7.5%, US 2.5% (1999)

Ethiopia: Germany 16%, Japan 13%, Djibouti 10%, Saudi Arabia 7% (1999 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): UK, Japan, Chile, NZ

Faroe Islands: Denmark 32%, UK 21%, France 9%, Germany 7%, Iceland 5%, US 5% (1996)

Fiji: Australia 33.1%, US 14.8%, UK 13.8%, other Pacific island countries 8.8%, NZ 4.5%, Japan 4.5% (1999)

Finland: EU 58% (Germany 13%, Sweden 10%, UK 9%, France 5%, Netherlands 4%), US 8%, Russia, Japan (1999)

France: EU 63% (Germany 16%, UK 10%, Spain 9%, Italy 9%, Belgium-Luxembourg 8%), US 8% (1999)

French Guiana: France 62%, Switzerland 7%, US 2% (1997)

French Polynesia: Japan 62%, US 21% (1999)

Gabon: US 47%, France 19%, China 8%, Japan 1.3% (1999)

Gambia, The: Benelux 59%, Japan 20%, UK 7%, Spain 2% (1999)

Gaza Strip: Israel, Egypt, West Bank

Georgia: Russia 19%, Turkey 16%, Azerbaijan 8%, Armenia 6% (1999)

Germany: EU 55.3% (France 11.3%, UK 8.3%, Italy 7.3%, Netherlands 6.3%, Belgium/Luxembourg 5.1%), US 10.1%, Japan 2.0% (1999)

Ghana: Togo, UK, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, US, France (1998)

Gibraltar: UK, Morocco, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, US, Germany

Greece: EU 49% (Germany 15%, Italy 13%, UK 6%), US 6% (1999)

Greenland: EU (mainly Denmark) 85%, Japan 8%, US 2% (1999)

Grenada: Caricom 32.3%, UK 20%, US 13%, Netherlands 8.8% (1991)

Guadeloupe: France 60%, Martinique 18%, US 4% (1997)

Guam: US 25%

Guatemala: US 51.4%, El Salvador 8.7%, Honduras 5%, Costa Rica 3.4%, Germany 2.7% (1998)

Guernsey: UK (regarded as internal trade)

Guinea: US, Benelux, Ukraine, Ireland (1999)

Guinea-Bissau: India 59%, Singapore 12%, Italy 10% (1998)

Guyana: US 22%, Canada 22%, UK 18%, Netherlands Antilles 11%, Jamaica (1999)

Haiti: US 89%, EU 8% (1999)

Honduras: US 35.4%, Germany 7.5%, El Salvador 6.4%, Guatemala 5.8%, Nicaragua 4.8% (1999)

Hong Kong: China 33%, US 24%, Japan 5%, UK 4%, Germany, Singapore (1999)

Hungary: Germany 37%, Austria 9%, Italy 6%, Netherlands 5% (2000)

Iceland: EU 64% (UK 20%, Germany 13%, France 5%, Denmark 5%), US 15%, Japan 5% (1999)

India: US 22%, UK 6%, Germany 5%, Japan 5%, Hong Kong 5%, UAE 4% (1999)

Indonesia: Japan 21%, US 14%, Singapore 10%, South Korea 7%, Netherlands 3%, Australia 3%, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan (1999 est.)

Iran: Japan, Italy, UAE, South Korea, France, China

Iraq: Russia, France, Switzerland, China (2000)

Ireland: EU 59% (UK 19%, Germany 9%, France 7%), US 20% (2000)

Israel: US 36%, UK 6%, Benelux 5%, Hong Kong 4%, Netherlands 4% (1999)

Italy: EU 56.8% (Germany 16.4%, France 12.9%, Netherlands 7.1%, Spain 6.3%, Netherlands 2.9%), US 9.5% (1999)

Jamaica: US 35.7%, EU (excluding UK) 15.8%, UK 13%, Canada 10.5% (1999)

Japan: US 30%, Taiwan 7%, South Korea 6.4%, China 6.2%, Hong Kong 5.6% (2000 est.)

Jersey: UK

Jordan: India, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, EU, Indonesia, UAE, Lebanon, Kuwait, Syria, Ethiopia

Kazakhstan: EU 23%, Russia 20%, China 8% (1999)

Kenya: Uganda 18%, UK 15%, Tanzania 12%, Pakistan 8% (1999)

Kiribati: Bangladesh, Australia, US, Hong Kong (1999)

Korea, North: Japan 28%, South Korea 21%, China 5%, Germany 4%, Russia 1% (1995)

Korea, South: US 20.5%, Japan 11%, China 9.5%, Hong Kong 6.3%, Taiwan 4.4% (1999)

Kuwait: Japan 23%, US 12%, Singapore 8%, Netherlands 7% (1999)

Kyrgyzstan: Germany 33%, Russia 16%, Kazakhstan 10%, Uzbekistan 10%, China 6% (1999)

Laos: Vietnam, Thailand, Germany, France, Belgium

Latvia: Germany 16%, UK 11%, Sweden 11%, Russia 7% (1999)

Lebanon: UAE 9%, Saudi Arabia 8%, Syria 6%, US 6%, Kuwait 6%, France 5%, Belgium 5%, Jordan 4% (1999)

Lesotho: South African Customs Union 65%, North America 34% (1998)

Liberia: Belgium 53%, Switzerland 9%, US 6%, France 4% (1999)

Libya: Italy 33%, Germany 24%, Spain 10%, France 5%, Turkey 4%, Tunisia 4% (1999)

Liechtenstein: EU and EFTA countries 60.57% (Switzerland 15.7%) (1995)

Lithuania: Germany 15.8%, Latvia 12.6%, Russia 6.9%, Belarus 5.8%, Denmark (1999)

Luxembourg: EU 75% (Germany 25%, France 21%, Belgium 13%, UK 8%, Italy 6%, Netherlands 5%), US 4% (1999)

Macau: US 47%, EU 30%, China 9.2%, Hong Kong 6.7% (1999)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: Germany 22%, Yugoslavia 22%, US 12%, Greece 7%, Italy 6% (2000)

Madagascar: France 41%, US 19%, Germany 13%, UK 8%, Japan 6% (1999)

Malawi: South Africa 16%, Germany 16%, US 15%, Netherlands 7%, Japan (1999)

Malaysia: US 21%, Singapore 18%, Japan 13%, Hong Kong 5%, Netherlands 4%, Taiwan 4%, Thailand 3% (2000 est.)

Maldives: US, UK, Sri Lanka, Japan

Mali: Italy 18%, Thailand 15%, Germany 7%, Portugal 4% (1999)

Malta: US 21.4%, France 15.2%, Germany 12.6%, UK 9.3%, Italy 4.9% (1999)

Man, Isle of: UK

Marshall Islands: US, Japan, Australia

Martinique: France 45%, Guadeloupe 28% (1997)

Mauritania: Japan 18%, France 17%, Italy 16%, Spain 11% (1998)

Mauritius: UK 32%, France 19%, US 15%, Germany 6%, Italy 4% (1999 est.)

Mayotte: France 80%, Comoros 15%, Reunion

Mexico: US 88.6%, Canada 2%, Spain 0.9%, Germany 0.9%, Japan 0.6%, UK 0.6%, Netherlands Antilles 0.5%, Switzerland 0.3% Venezuela 0.3%, Chile 0.3% (2000 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of: Japan, US, Guam

Moldova: Russia 41%, Romania 9%, Germany 8%, Ukraine 7%, Italy, Belarus (1999)

Mongolia: China 60%, US 20%, Russia 9%, Japan 2% (2000 est.)

Montserrat: US, Antigua and Barbuda (1993)

Morocco: France 35%, Spain 9%, UK 8%, Germany 7%, US 5% (1999)

Mozambique: EU 27%, South Africa 26%, Zimbabwe 15%, India 12%, US 5%, Japan 4% (1999 est.)

Namibia: UK 43%, South Africa 26%, Spain 14%, France 8%, Japan (1998 est.)

Nauru: Australia, NZ

Nepal: India 33%, US 26%, Germany 25% (FY97/98)

Netherlands: EU 78% (Germany 26%, Belgium-Luxembourg 12%, France 12%, UK 11%, Italy 6%), Central and Eastern Europe, US (2000)

Netherlands Antilles: US 17.5%, Guatemala 8%, Costa Rica 6.5%, The Bahamas 4.6%, Jamaica 4.1%, Chile 3.4% (1998)

New Caledonia: Japan 27%, France 17%, Taiwan 12%, South Korea 9% (1999)

New Zealand: Australia 22%, US 14%, Japan 13%, UK 7% (1999)

Nicaragua: US 37.7%, El Salvador 12.5%, Germany 9.8%, Costa Rica 5.1%, Spain 2.5%, France 2.1% (1999)

Niger: France 45%, Nigeria 27%, UK 11% (1999)

Nigeria: US 36%, India 9%, Spain 8%, Brazil 6%, France 6%, (1999)

Niue: NZ 89%, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia

Norfolk Island: Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe

Northern Mariana Islands: US

Norway: EU 73% (UK 17%, Germany 11%, Netherlands 10%, Sweden 9%), US 5% (1999)

Oman: Japan 27%, China 12%, Thailand 18%, UAE 12%, South Korea 12%, US (1999)

Pakistan: US 24%, Hong Kong 7%, UK 7%, Germany 6%, UAE 6% (FY99/00)

Palau: US, Japan

Panama: US 42%, Germany 11%, Costa Rica 5%, Benelux 4%, Italy 4% (1999)

Papua New Guinea: Australia 30%, Japan 12%, Germany 7%, South Korea 4%, Philippines 3%, UK 3% (1999)

Paraguay: Brazil, Argentina, EU

Peru: US 29%, EU 25%, Andean Community 6%, Japan 4%, Mercosur 3% (1999)

Philippines: US 34%, Japan 14%, Netherlands 8%, Singapore 6%, UK 6%, Hong Kong 4% (1998)

Pitcairn Islands: NA

Poland: Germany 36.1%, Italy 6.5%, Netherlands 5.3%, France 4.8%, UK 4.0%, Czech Republic 3.8% (1999)

Portugal: EU 83% (Germany 20%, Spain 18%, France 14%, UK 12%, Netherlands 5%, Benelux 5%, Italy), US 5% (1999)

Puerto Rico: US 88% (2000)

Qatar: Japan 52%, Singapore 9%, South Korea 8%, US, UAE (1998)

Reunion: France 74%, Japan 6%, Comoros 4% (1994)

Romania: Italy 23%, Germany 18%, France 6%, Turkey 5%, US (1999)

Russia: US 8.8%, Germany 8.5%, Ukraine 6.5%, Belarus 5.1%, Italy 5%, Netherlands 4.8% (1999)

Rwanda: Germany, Belgium, Pakistan, Italy, Kenya

Saint Helena: South Africa, UK

Saint Kitts and Nevis: US 68.5%, UK 22.3%, Caricom countries 5.5% (1995 est.)

Saint Lucia: UK 50%, US 24%, Caricom countries 16% (1995)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon: US 43%, Egypt 14%, Japan 11%, Colombia 8% (1999)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Caricom countries 49%, UK 16%, US 10% (1995)

Samoa: American Samoa 59%, US 18%, Germany 9%, New Zealand 8% (2000 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe: Netherlands 18%, Germany 9%, Portugal 9% (1998)

Saudi Arabia: Japan 18%, US 18%, France 4%, South Korea, Singapore, India (1999)

Senegal: France 17%, India 17%, Italy 12%, Spain 6%, Mali 6%, Cote d'Ivoire 4% (1999)

Seychelles: France, UK, Netherlands, Italy, China, Germany, Japan

Sierra Leone: Belgium 38%, US 6%, Italy 4%, UK 4% (1999)

Singapore: US 19%, Malaysia 17%, Hong Kong 8%, Japan 7%, Taiwan 5%, Thailand 4%, UK 4%, Netherlands 3.8%, China 3%, South Korea 3%, Germany 3% (1999)

Slovakia: EU 59.7% (Germany 27.8%, Austria 8%, Italy 8.9%), Czech Republic 18.1% (1999)

Slovenia: Germany 31%, Italy 14%, Croatia 8%, Austria 7%, France 6% (1999)

Solomon Islands: Japan 35.5%, other Asian countries 47.3% (1999)

Somalia: Saudi Arabia 53%, Yemen 19%, UAE 14%, Italy 5%, Pakistan 2% (1999)

South Africa: UK, Italy, Japan, US, Germany

Spain: EU 71% (France 20%, Germany 12%, Italy 9%, Portugal 9%, UK 8%), Latin America 6%, US 5% (2000)

Sri Lanka: US 39%, UK 13%, Middle East 8%, Germany 5%, Japan 4% (1999)

Sudan: Saudi Arabia 16%, Italy 10%, Germany 5%, France 3%, Thailand 3% (1999)

Suriname: US 23%, Norway 19%, Netherlands 11%, France, Japan, UK (1999)

Swaziland: South Africa 65%, EU 12%, Mozambique 11%, US 5% (1998)

Sweden: EU 55% (Germany 11%, UK 10%, Denmark 6%, Finland 5%, France 5%), US 9%, Norway 8% (1999)

Switzerland: EU 65.8% (Germany 22.6%, France 9.2%, Italy 8.0%, UK 5.5%, Austria 3.2%), US 12.4%, Japan 4.0% (1999)

Syria: Germany 21%, Italy 12%, France 10%, Saudi Arabia 9%, Turkey 8% (1999 est.)

Tajikistan: Liechtenstein 26%, Uzbekistan 20%, Russia 8% (1998)

Tanzania: India 20%, UK 10%, Germany 8%, Japan 8%, Netherlands 8%, Belgium 4% (1998)

Thailand: US 22%, Japan 14%, Singapore 9%, Hong Kong 5%, Netherlands 4%, Malaysia 4%, UK 4% (1999)

Togo: Nigeria, Brazil, Canada, Philippines (1999)

Tokelau: NZ

Tonga: Japan 53%, US 18%, NZ 6%, Australia 6% (1997 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago: US 39.3%, Caricom countries 26.1%, Latin America 9.5%, EU 5.7% (1999)

Tunisia: Germany 28%, France 22%, Italy 17%, Belgium 5%, Libya 4% (1999)

Turkey: Germany 18.7%, US 11.4%, UK 7.4%, Italy 6.3%, France 6.0% (2000 est.)

Turkmenistan: Ukraine, Iran, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan

Turks and Caicos Islands: US, UK

Tuvalu: Fiji, Australia, NZ

Uganda: Spain, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary, Kenya (1999)

Ukraine: Russia 24%, Europe 30%, US 5% (2000 est.)

United Arab Emirates: Japan 30%, India 7%, Singapore 6%, South Korea 4%, Oman, Iran (1999)

United Kingdom: EU 58% (Germany 12%, France 10%, Netherlands 8%), US 15% (1999)

United States: Canada 23%, Mexico 14%, Japan 8%, UK 5%, Germany 4%, France, Netherlands (2000)

Uruguay: MERCOSUR partners 45%, EU 20%, US 7% (1999 est.)

Uzbekistan: Russia 13%, Switzerland 10%, UK 10%, Belgium 3%, Kazakhstan 4%, Tajikistan 4% (1999)

Vanuatu: Japan 32%, Germany 14%, Spain 8%, New Caledonia 7%, Australia 2% (1997 est.)

Venezuela: US and Puerto Rico 57%, Colombia, Brazil, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, Italy (1999)

Vietnam: China, Japan, Germany, Australia, US, France, Singapore, UK, Taiwan

Virgin Islands: US, Puerto Rico

Wallis and Futuna: Italy 40%, Croatia 15%, US 14%, Denmark 13%

West Bank: Israel, Jordan, Gaza Strip

Western Sahara: Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts

World: in value, about 75% of exports from the developed countries

Yemen: Thailand 34%, China 26%, South Korea 14%, Japan 3% (1999)

Yugoslavia: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany (1998)

Zambia: Japan, Saudi Arabia, India, Thailand, South Africa, US, Malaysia (1997)

Zimbabwe: South Africa 10%, UK 9%, Malawi 8%, Botswana 8%, Japan 7%, (1999 est.)

Taiwan: US 23.5%, Hong Kong 21.1%, Europe 16%, ASEAN 12.2%, Japan 11.2% (2000)

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@Fiscal year



Afghanistan: 21 March - 20 March

Albania: calendar year

Algeria: calendar year

American Samoa: 1 October - 30 September

Andorra: calendar year

Angola: calendar year

Anguilla: 1 April - 31 March

Antigua and Barbuda: 1 April - 31 March

Argentina: calendar year

Armenia: calendar year

Aruba: calendar year

Australia: 1 July - 30 June

Austria: calendar year

Azerbaijan: calendar year

Bahamas, The: 1 July - 30 June

Bahrain: calendar year

Bangladesh: 1 July - 30 June

Barbados: 1 April - 31 March

Belarus: calendar year

Belgium: calendar year

Belize: 1 April - 31 March

Benin: calendar year

Bermuda: 1 April - 31 March

Bhutan: 1 July - 30 June

Bolivia: calendar year

Bosnia and Herzegovina: calendar year

Botswana: 1 April - 31 March

Brazil: calendar year

British Virgin Islands: 1 April - 31 March

Brunei: calendar year

Bulgaria: calendar year

Burkina Faso: calendar year

Burma: 1 April - 31 March

Burundi: calendar year

Cambodia: calendar year

Cameroon: 1 July - 30 June

Canada: 1 April - 31 March

Cape Verde: calendar year

Cayman Islands: 1 April - 31 March

Central African Republic: calendar year

Chad: calendar year

Chile: calendar year

China: calendar year

Christmas Island: 1 July - 30 June

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 1 July - 30 June

Colombia: calendar year

Comoros: calendar year

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: calendar year

Congo, Republic of the: calendar year

Cook Islands: 1 April - 31 March

Costa Rica: calendar year

Cote d'Ivoire: calendar year

Croatia: calendar year

Cuba: calendar year

Cyprus: calendar year

Czech Republic: calendar year

Denmark: calendar year

Djibouti: calendar year

Dominica: 1 July - 30 June

Dominican Republic: calendar year

Ecuador: calendar year

Egypt: 1 July - 30 June

El Salvador: calendar year

Equatorial Guinea: 1 April - 31 March

Eritrea: calendar year

Estonia: calendar year

Ethiopia: 8 July - 7 July

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 1 April - 31 March

Faroe Islands: calendar year

Fiji: calendar year

Finland: calendar year

France: calendar year

French Guiana: calendar year

French Polynesia: calendar year

Gabon: calendar year

Gambia, The: calendar year

Gaza Strip: calendar year

Georgia: calendar year

Germany: calendar year

Ghana: calendar year

Gibraltar: 1 July - 30 June

Greece: calendar year

Greenland: calendar year

Grenada: calendar year

Guadeloupe: calendar year

Guam: 1 October - 30 September

Guatemala: calendar year

Guernsey: calendar year

Guinea: calendar year

Guinea-Bissau: calendar year

Guyana: calendar year

Haiti: 1 October - 30 September

Holy See (Vatican City): calendar year

Honduras: calendar year

Hong Kong: 1 April - 31 March

Hungary: calendar year

Iceland: calendar year

India: 1 April - 31 March

Indonesia: calendar year; note - previously was 1 April - 31 March, but starting with 2001, has been changed to calendar year

Iran: 21 March - 20 March

Iraq: calendar year

Ireland: calendar year

Israel: calendar year

Italy: calendar year

Jamaica: 1 April - 31 March

Japan: 1 April - 31 March

Jersey: 1 April - 31 March

Jordan: calendar year

Kazakhstan: calendar year

Kenya: 1 July - 30 June

Kiribati: NA

Korea, North: calendar year

Korea, South: calendar year

Kuwait: 1 April - 31 March

Kyrgyzstan: calendar year

Laos: 1 October - 30 September

Latvia: calendar year

Lebanon: calendar year

Lesotho: 1 April - 31 March

Liberia: calendar year

Libya: calendar year

Liechtenstein: calendar year

Lithuania: calendar year

Luxembourg: calendar year

Macau: calendar year

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: calendar year

Madagascar: calendar year

Malawi: 1 July - 30 June

Malaysia: calendar year

Maldives: calendar year

Mali: calendar year

Malta: 1 April - 31 March

Man, Isle of: 1 April - 31 March

Marshall Islands: 1 October - 30 September

Martinique: calendar year

Mauritania: calendar year

Mauritius: 1 July - 30 June

Mayotte: calendar year

Mexico: calendar year

Micronesia, Federated States of: 1 October - 30 September

Moldova: calendar year

Monaco: calendar year

Mongolia: calendar year

Montserrat: 1 April - 31 March

Morocco: calendar year

Mozambique: calendar year

Namibia: 1 April - 31 March

Nauru: 1 July - 30 June

Nepal: 16 July - 15 July

Netherlands: calendar year

Netherlands Antilles: calendar year

New Caledonia: calendar year

New Zealand: 1 July - 30 June

Nicaragua: calendar year

Niger: calendar year

Nigeria: calendar year

Niue: 1 April - 31 March

Norfolk Island: 1 July - 30 June

Northern Mariana Islands: 1 October - 30 September

Norway: calendar year

Oman: calendar year

Pakistan: 1 July - 30 June

Palau: 1 October - 30 September

Panama: calendar year

Papua New Guinea: calendar year

Paraguay: calendar year

Peru: calendar year

Philippines: calendar year

Pitcairn Islands: 1 April - 31 March

Poland: calendar year

Portugal: calendar year

Puerto Rico: 1 July - 30 June

Qatar: 1 April - 31 March

Reunion: calendar year

Romania: calendar year

Russia: calendar year

Rwanda: calendar year

Saint Helena: 1 April - 31 March

Saint Kitts and Nevis: calendar year

Saint Lucia: 1 April - 31 March

Saint Pierre and Miquelon: calendar year

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: calendar year

Samoa: calendar year

San Marino: calendar year

Sao Tome and Principe: calendar year

Saudi Arabia: calendar year

Senegal: calendar year

Seychelles: calendar year

Sierra Leone: calendar year

Singapore: 1 April - 31 March

Slovakia: calendar year

Slovenia: calendar year

Solomon Islands: calendar year

Somalia: NA

South Africa: 1 April - 31 March

Spain: calendar year

Sri Lanka: calendar year

Sudan: calendar year

Suriname: calendar year

Swaziland: 1 April - 31 March

Sweden: calendar year

Switzerland: calendar year

Syria: calendar year

Tajikistan: calendar year

Tanzania: 1 July - 30 June

Thailand: 1 October - 30 September

Togo: calendar year

Tokelau: 1 April - 31 March

Tonga: 1 July - 30 June

Trinidad and Tobago: 1 October - 30 September

Tunisia: calendar year

Turkey: calendar year

Turkmenistan: calendar year

Turks and Caicos Islands: calendar year

Tuvalu: calendar year

Uganda: 1 July - 30 June

Ukraine: calendar year

United Arab Emirates: calendar year

United Kingdom: 1 April - 31 March

United States: 1 October - 30 September

Uruguay: calendar year

Uzbekistan: calendar year

Vanuatu: calendar year

Venezuela: calendar year

Vietnam: calendar year

Virgin Islands: 1 October - 30 September

Wallis and Futuna: calendar year

West Bank: calendar year (since 1 January 1992)

Western Sahara: calendar year

Yemen: calendar year

Yugoslavia: calendar year

Zambia: calendar year

Zimbabwe: 1 July - 30 June

Taiwan: 1 July - 30 June (up to FY98/99); 1 July 1999 - 31 December 2000 for FY00; calendar year (after FY00)

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@Flag description



Afghanistan: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and black with a gold emblem centered on the three bands; the emblem features a temple-like structure with Islamic inscriptions above and below, encircled by a wreath on the left and right and by a bolder Islamic inscription above, all of which are encircled by two crossed scimitars

note: the Taliban uses a plain white flag

Albania: red with a black two-headed eagle in the center

Algeria: two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white; a red, five-pointed star within a red crescent centered over the two-color boundary; the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam (the state religion)

American Samoa: blue, with a white triangle edged in red that is based on the outer side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a staff and a war club

Andorra: three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red with the national coat of arms centered in the yellow band; the coat of arms features a quartered shield; similar to the flags of Chad and Romania, which do not have a national coat of arms in the center, and the flag of Moldova, which does bear a national emblem

Angola: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle)

Anguilla: blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Anguillan coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts three orange dolphins in an interlocking circular design on a white background with blue wavy water below

Antigua and Barbuda: red, with an inverted isosceles triangle based on the top edge of the flag; the triangle contains three horizontal bands of black (top), light blue, and white, with a yellow rising sun in the black band

Argentina: three equal horizontal bands of light blue (top), white, and light blue; centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun with a human face known as the Sun of May

Armenia: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, and orange

Aruba: blue, with two narrow, horizontal, yellow stripes across the lower portion and a red, four-pointed star outlined in white in the upper hoist-side corner

Ashmore and Cartier Islands: the flag of Australia is used

Australia: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and a large seven-pointed star in the lower hoist-side quadrant; the remaining half is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation in white with one small five-pointed star and four, larger, seven-pointed stars

Austria: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red

Azerbaijan: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a crescent and eight-pointed star in white are centered in red band

Bahamas, The: three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine (top), gold, and aquamarine, with a black equilateral triangle based on the hoist side

Bahrain: red with a white serrated band (eight white points) on the hoist side

Baker Island: the flag of the US is used

Bangladesh: green with a large red disk slightly to the hoist side of center; the red sun of freedom represents the blood shed to achieve independence; the green field symbolizes the lush countryside, and secondarily, the traditional color of Islam

Barbados: three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), gold, and blue with the head of a black trident centered on the gold band; the trident head represents independence and a break with the past (the colonial coat of arms contained a complete trident)

Bassas da India: the flag of France is used

Belarus: red horizontal band (top) and green horizontal band one-half the width of the red band; a white vertical stripe on the hoist side bears the Belarusian national ornament in red

Belgium: three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), yellow, and red; the design was based on the flag of France

Belize: blue with a narrow red stripe along the top and the bottom edges; centered is a large white disk bearing the coat of arms; the coat of arms features a shield flanked by two workers in front of a mahogany tree with the related motto SUB UMBRA FLOREO (I Flourish in the Shade) on a scroll at the bottom, all encircled by a green garland

Benin: two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and red with a vertical green band on the hoist side

Bermuda: red, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Bermudian coat of arms (white and green shield with a red lion holding a scrolled shield showing the sinking of the ship Sea Venture off Bermuda in 1609) centered on the outer half of the flag

Bhutan: divided diagonally from the lower hoist side corner; the upper triangle is yellow and the lower triangle is orange; centered along the dividing line is a large black and white dragon facing away from the hoist side

Bolivia: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green with the coat of arms centered on the yellow band; similar to the flag of Ghana, which has a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band

Bosnia and Herzegovina: a wide medium blue vertical band on the fly side with a yellow isosceles triangle abutting the band and the top of the flag; the remainder of the flag is medium blue with seven full five-pointed white stars and two half stars top and bottom along the hypotenuse of the triangle

Botswana: light blue with a horizontal white-edged black stripe in the center

Bouvet Island: the flag of Norway is used

Brazil: green with a large yellow diamond in the center bearing a blue celestial globe with 27 white five-pointed stars (one for each state and the Federal District) arranged in the same pattern as the night sky over Brazil; the globe has a white equatorial band with the motto ORDEM E PROGRESSO (Order and Progress)

British Indian Ocean Territory: white with six blue wavy horizontal stripes; the flag of the UK is in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the striped section bears a palm tree and yellow crown centered on the outer half of the flag

British Virgin Islands: blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Virgin Islander coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts a woman flanked on either side by a vertical column of six oil lamps above a scroll bearing the Latin word VIGILATE (Be Watchful)

Brunei: yellow with two diagonal bands of white (top, almost double width) and black starting from the upper hoist side; the national emblem in red is superimposed at the center; the emblem includes a swallow-tailed flag on top of a winged column within an upturned crescent above a scroll and flanked by two upraised hands

Bulgaria: three equal horizontal bands of white (top), green, and red; the national emblem formerly on the hoist side of the white stripe has been removed - it contained a rampant lion within a wreath of wheat ears below a red five-pointed star and above a ribbon bearing the dates 681 (first Bulgarian state established) and 1944 (liberation from Nazi control)

Burkina Faso: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

Burma: red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing, all in white, 14 five-pointed stars encircling a cogwheel containing a stalk of rice; the 14 stars represent the 14 administrative divisions

Burundi: divided by a white diagonal cross into red panels (top and bottom) and green panels (hoist side and outer side) with a white disk superimposed at the center bearing three red six-pointed stars outlined in green arranged in a triangular design (one star above, two stars below)

Cambodia: three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (double width), and blue with a white three-towered temple representing Angkor Wat outlined in black in the center of the red band

Cameroon: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), red, and yellow with a yellow five-pointed star centered in the red band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

Canada: three vertical bands of red (hoist side), white (double width, square), and red with a red maple leaf centered in the white band

Cape Verde: three horizontal bands of light blue (top, double width), white (with a horizontal red stripe in the middle third), and light blue; a circle of 10 yellow five-pointed stars is centered on the hoist end of the red stripe and extends into the upper and lower blue bands

Cayman Islands: blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Caymanian coat of arms on a white disk centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms includes a pineapple and turtle above a shield with three stars (representing the three islands) and a scroll at the bottom bearing the motto HE HATH FOUNDED IT UPON THE SEAS

Central African Republic: four equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, green, and yellow with a vertical red band in center; there is a yellow five-pointed star on the hoist side of the blue band

Chad: three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red; similar to the flag of Romania; also similar to the flags of Andorra and Moldova, both of which have a national coat of arms centered in the yellow band; design was based on the flag of France

Chile: two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; there is a blue square the same height as the white band at the hoist-side end of the white band; the square bears a white five-pointed star in the center; design was based on the US flag

China: red with a large yellow five-pointed star and four smaller yellow five-pointed stars (arranged in a vertical arc toward the middle of the flag) in the upper hoist-side corner

Christmas Island: the flag of Australia is used

Clipperton Island: the flag of France is used

Cocos (Keeling) Islands: the flag of Australia is used

Colombia: three horizontal bands of yellow (top, double-width), blue, and red; similar to the flag of Ecuador, which is longer and bears the Ecuadorian coat of arms superimposed in the center

Comoros: green with a white crescent in the center of the field, its points facing downward; there are four white five-pointed stars placed in a line between the points of the crescent; the crescent, stars, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam; the four stars represent the four main islands of the archipelago - Mwali, Njazidja, Nzwani, and Mayotte (a territorial collectivity of France, but claimed by Comoros); the design, the most recent of several, is described in the constitution approved by referendum on 7 June 1992

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: light blue with a large yellow five-pointed star in the center and a columnar arrangement of six small yellow five-pointed stars along the hoist side

Congo, Republic of the: divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a yellow band; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is red; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

Cook Islands: blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and a large circle of 15 white five-pointed stars (one for every island) centered in the outer half of the flag

Coral Sea Islands: the flag of Australia is used

Costa Rica: five horizontal bands of blue (top), white, red (double width), white, and blue, with the coat of arms in a white disk on the hoist side of the red band

Cote d'Ivoire: three equal vertical bands of orange (hoist side), white, and green; similar to the flag of Ireland, which is longer and has the colors reversed - green (hoist side), white, and orange; also similar to the flag of Italy, which is green (hoist side), white, and red; design was based on the flag of France

Croatia: red, white, and blue horizontal bands with Croatian coat of arms (red and white checkered)

Cuba: five equal horizontal bands of blue (top and bottom) alternating with white; a red equilateral triangle based on the hoist side bears a white, five-pointed star in the center; design influenced by the US flag

Cyprus: white with a copper-colored silhouette of the island (the name Cyprus is derived from the Greek word for copper) above two green crossed olive branches in the center of the flag; the branches symbolize the hope for peace and reconciliation between the Greek and Turkish communities

note: the Turkish Cypriot flag has a horizontal red stripe at the top and bottom between which is a red crescent and red star on a white field

Czech Republic: two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side (identical to the flag of the former Czechoslovakia)

Denmark: red with a white cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side, and that design element of the Dannebrog (Danish flag) was subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries of Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden

Djibouti: two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top) and light green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearing a red five-pointed star in the center

Dominica: green, with a centered cross of three equal bands - the vertical part is yellow (hoist side), black, and white and the horizontal part is yellow (top), black, and white; superimposed in the center of the cross is a red disk bearing a sisserou parrot encircled by 10 green, five-pointed stars edged in yellow; the 10 stars represent the 10 administrative divisions (parishes)

Dominican Republic: a centered white cross that extends to the edges divides the flag into four rectangles - the top ones are blue (hoist side) and red, and the bottom ones are red (hoist side) and blue; a small coat of arms is at the center of the cross

Ecuador: three horizontal bands of yellow (top, double width), blue, and red with the coat of arms superimposed at the center of the flag; similar to the flag of Colombia which is shorter and does not bear a coat of arms

Egypt: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with the national emblem (a shield superimposed on a golden eagle facing the hoist side above a scroll bearing the name of the country in Arabic) centered in the white band; similar to the flag of Yemen, which has a plain white band; also similar to the flag of Syria, which has two green stars, and to the flag of Iraq, which has three green stars (plus an Arabic inscription) in a horizontal line centered in the white band

El Salvador: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue with the national coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL; similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which has a different coat of arms centered in the white band - it features a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom; also similar to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band

Equatorial Guinea: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has six yellow six-pointed stars (representing the mainland and five offshore islands) above a gray shield bearing a silk-cotton tree and below which is a scroll with the motto UNIDAD, PAZ, JUSTICIA (Unity, Peace, Justice)

Eritrea: red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) dividing the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the lower one is blue; a gold wreath encircling a gold olive branch is centered on the hoist side of the red triangle

Estonia: pre-1940 flag restored by Supreme Soviet in May 1990 - three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black, and white

Ethiopia: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands; Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the colors of her flag were so often adopted by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the pan-African colors

Europa Island: the flag of France is used

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Falkland Island coat of arms in a white disk centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms contains a white ram (sheep raising is the major economic activity) above the sailing ship Desire (whose crew discovered the islands) with a scroll at the bottom bearing the motto DESIRE THE RIGHT

Faroe Islands: white with a red cross outlined in blue that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)

Fiji: light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield depicts a yellow lion above a white field quartered by the cross of Saint George featuring stalks of sugarcane, a palm tree, bananas, and a white dove

Finland: white with a blue cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)

France: three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), white, and red; known as the French Tricouleur (Tricolor); the design and/or colors are similar to a number of other flags, including those of Belgium, Chad, Ireland, Cote d'Ivoire, Luxembourg, and Netherlands; the official flag for all French dependent areas

French Guiana: the flag of France is used

French Polynesia: two narrow red horizontal bands encase a wide white band; centered on the white band is a disk with blue and white wave pattern on the lower half and gold and white ray pattern on the upper half; a stylized red, blue and white ship rides on the wave pattern; the French flag is used for official occasions

French Southern and Antarctic Lands: the flag of France is used

Gabon: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and blue

Gambia, The: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue with white edges, and green

Georgia: maroon field with small rectangle in upper hoist side corner; rectangle divided horizontally with black on top, white below

Germany: three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and gold

Ghana: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green with a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Bolivia, which has a coat of arms centered in the yellow band

Gibraltar: two horizontal bands of white (top, double width) and red with a three-towered red castle in the center of the white band; hanging from the castle gate is a gold key centered in the red band

Glorioso Islands: the flag of France is used

Greece: nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white; there is a blue square in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross; the cross symbolizes Greek Orthodoxy, the established religion of the country

Greenland: two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of center - the top half of the disk is red, the bottom half is white

Grenada: a rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side), with a red border around the flag; there are seven yellow, five-pointed stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in the bottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag; there is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is the world's second-largest producer of nutmeg, after Indonesia); the seven stars represent the seven administrative divisions

Guadeloupe: three horizontal bands, a narrow green band (top), a wide red band, and a narrow green band; the green bands are separated from the red band by two narrow white stripes; a gold five-pointed star is centered in the red band toward the hoist side; the flag of France is used for official occasions

Guam: territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, outrigger canoe with sail, and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters; US flag is the national flag

Guatemala: three equal vertical bands of light blue (hoist side), white, and light blue with the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms includes a green and red quetzal (the national bird) and a scroll bearing the inscription LIBERTAD 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1821 (the original date of independence from Spain) all superimposed on a pair of crossed rifles and a pair of crossed swords and framed by a wreath

Guernsey: white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) extending to the edges of the flag and a yellow equal-armed cross of William the Conqueror superimposed on the Saint George cross

Guinea: three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Rwanda, which has a large black letter R centered in the yellow band

Guinea-Bissau: two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green with a vertical red band on the hoist side; there is a black five-pointed star centered in the red band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

Guyana: green, with a red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) superimposed on a long, yellow arrowhead; there is a narrow, black border between the red and yellow, and a narrow, white border between the yellow and the green

Haiti: two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a centered white rectangle bearing the coat of arms, which contains a palm tree flanked by flags and two cannons above a scroll bearing the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength)

Heard Island and McDonald Islands: the flag of Australia is used

Holy See (Vatican City): two vertical bands of yellow (hoist side) and white with the crossed keys of Saint Peter and the papal miter centered in the white band

Honduras: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue with five blue five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band; the stars represent the members of the former Federal Republic of Central America - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which features a triangle encircled by the word REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom, centered in the white band

Hong Kong: red with a stylized, white, five-petal bauhinia flower in the center

Howland Island: the flag of the US is used

Hungary: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and green

Iceland: blue with a red cross outlined in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)

India: three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and green with a blue chakra (24-spoked wheel) centered in the white band; similar to the flag of Niger, which has a small orange disk centered in the white band

Indonesia: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; similar to the flag of Monaco, which is shorter; also similar to the flag of Poland, which is white (top) and red

Iran: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red; the national emblem (a stylized representation of the word Allah) in red is centered in the white band; ALLAH AKBAR (God is Great) in white Arabic script is repeated 11 times along the bottom edge of the green band and 11 times along the top edge of the red band

Iraq: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with three green five-pointed stars in a horizontal line centered in the white band; the phrase ALLAHU AKBAR (God is Great) in green Arabic script - Allahu to the right of the middle star and Akbar to the left of the middle star - was added in January 1991 during the Persian Gulf crisis; similar to the flag of Syria which has two stars but no script and the flag of Yemen which has a plain white band; also similar to the flag of Egypt which has a symbolic eagle centered in the white band

Ireland: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and orange; similar to the flag of Cote d'Ivoire, which is shorter and has the colors reversed - orange (hoist side), white, and green; also similar to the flag of Italy, which is shorter and has colors of green (hoist side), white, and red

Israel: white with a blue hexagram (six-pointed linear star) known as the Magen David (Shield of David) centered between two equal horizontal blue bands near the top and bottom edges of the flag

Italy: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; similar to the flag of Ireland, which is longer and is green (hoist side), white, and orange; also similar to the flag of the Cote d'Ivoire, which has the colors reversed - orange (hoist side), white, and green

note: inspired by the French flag brought to Italy by Napoleon in 1797

Jamaica: diagonal yellow cross divides the flag into four triangles - green (top and bottom) and black (hoist side and outer side)

Jan Mayen: the flag of Norway is used

Japan: white with a large red disk (representing the sun without rays) in the center

Jarvis Island: the flag of the US is used

Jersey: white with a diagonal red cross extending to the corners of the flag and in the upper quadrant, surmounted by a yellow crown, a red shield holding the three lions of England in yellow

Johnston Atoll: the flag of the US is used

Jordan: three equal horizontal bands of black (top, the Abbassid Caliphate of Islam), white (the Ummayyad Caliphate of Islam), and green (the Fatimid Caliphate of Islam) with a red isosceles triangle (representing the Great Arab Revolt of 1916) based on the hoist side bearing a small white seven-pointed star symbolizing the seven verses of the opening Sura (Al-Fatiha) of the Holy Koran; the seven points on the star represent faith in One God, humanity, national spirit, humility, social justice, virtue, and aspirations

Juan de Nova Island: the flag of France is used

Kazakhstan: sky blue background representing the endless sky and a gold sun with 32 rays soaring above a golden steppe eagle in the center; on the hoist side is a "national ornamentation" in gold

Kenya: three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a large warrior's shield covering crossed spears is superimposed at the center

Kingman Reef: the flag of the US is used

Kiribati: the upper half is red with a yellow frigate bird flying over a yellow rising sun, and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean

Korea, North: three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple width), and blue; the red band is edged in white; on the hoist side of the red band is a white disk with a red five-pointed star

Korea, South: white with a red (top) and blue yin-yang symbol in the center; there is a different black trigram from the ancient I Ching (Book of Changes) in each corner of the white field

Kuwait: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red with a black trapezoid based on the hoist side

Kyrgyzstan: red field with a yellow sun in the center having 40 rays representing the 40 Kirghiz tribes; on the obverse side the rays run counterclockwise, on the reverse, clockwise; in the center of the sun is a red ring crossed by two sets of three lines, a stylized representation of the roof of the traditional Kirghiz yurt

Laos: three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band

Latvia: three horizontal bands of maroon (top), white (half-width), and maroon

Lebanon: three horizontal bands of red (top), white (double width), and red with a green and brown cedar tree centered in the white band

Lesotho: divided diagonally from the lower hoist side corner; the upper half is white, bearing the brown silhouette of a large shield with crossed spear and club; the lower half is a diagonal blue band with a green triangle in the corner

Liberia: 11 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a white five-pointed star on a blue square in the upper hoist-side corner; the design was based on the US flag

Libya: plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam (the state religion)

Liechtenstein: two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a gold crown on the hoist side of the blue band

Lithuania: three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), green, and red

Luxembourg: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and light blue; similar to the flag of the Netherlands, which uses a darker blue and is shorter; design was based on the flag of France

Macau: light green with a lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars: one large in center of arc and four smaller

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: a rising yellow sun with eight rays extending to the edges of the red field

Madagascar: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a vertical white band of the same width on hoist side

Malawi: three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green with a radiant, rising, red sun centered in the black band

Malaysia: 14 equal horizontal stripes of red (top) alternating with white (bottom); there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a yellow crescent and a yellow fourteen-pointed star; the crescent and the star are traditional symbols of Islam; the design was based on the flag of the US

Maldives: red with a large green rectangle in the center bearing a vertical white crescent; the closed side of the crescent is on the hoist side of the flag

Mali: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

Malta: two equal vertical bands of white (hoist side) and red; in the upper hoist-side corner is a representation of the Saint George Cross, edged in red

Man, Isle of: red with the Three Legs of Man emblem (Trinacria), in the center; the three legs are joined at the thigh and bent at the knee; in order to have the toes pointing clockwise on both sides of the flag, a two-sided emblem is used

Marshall Islands: blue with two stripes radiating from the lower hoist-side corner - orange (top) and white; there is a white star with four large rays and 20 small rays on the hoist side above the two stripes

Martinique: a light blue background is divided into four quadrants by a white cross; in the center of each rectangle is a white snake; the flag of France is used for official occasions

Mauritania: green with a yellow five-pointed star above a yellow, horizontal crescent; the closed side of the crescent is down; the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam

Mauritius: four equal horizontal bands of red (top), blue, yellow, and green

Mayotte: the flag of France is used

Mexico: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; the coat of arms (an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its beak) is centered in the white band

Micronesia, Federated States of: light blue with four white five-pointed stars centered; the stars are arranged in a diamond pattern

Midway Islands: the flag of the US is used

Moldova: same color scheme as Romania - three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red; emblem in center of flag is of a Roman eagle of gold outlined in black with a red beak and talons carrying a yellow cross in its beak and a green olive branch in its right talons and a yellow scepter in its left talons; on its breast is a shield divided horizontally red over blue with a stylized ox head, star, rose, and crescent all in black-outlined yellow

Monaco: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; similar to the flag of Indonesia which is longer and the flag of Poland which is white (top) and red

Mongolia: three equal, vertical bands of red (hoist side), blue, and red; centered on the hoist-side red band in yellow is the national emblem ("soyombo" - a columnar arrangement of abstract and geometric representation for fire, sun, moon, earth, water, and the yin-yang symbol)

Montserrat: blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Montserratian coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms features a woman standing beside a yellow harp with her arm around a black cross

Morocco: red with a green pentacle (five-pointed, linear star) known as Solomon's seal in the center of the flag; green is the traditional color of Islam

Mozambique: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), black, and yellow with a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; the black band is edged in white; centered in the triangle is a yellow five-pointed star bearing a crossed rifle and hoe in black superimposed on an open white book

Namibia: a large blue triangle with a yellow sunburst fills the upper left section and an equal green triangle (solid) fills the lower right section; the triangles are separated by a red stripe that is contrasted by two narrow white-edge borders

Nauru: blue with a narrow, horizontal, yellow stripe across the center and a large white 12-pointed star below the stripe on the hoist side; the star indicates the country's location in relation to the Equator (the yellow stripe) and the 12 points symbolize the 12 original tribes of Nauru

Navassa Island: the flag of the US is used

Nepal: red with a blue border around the unique shape of two overlapping right triangles; the smaller, upper triangle bears a white stylized moon and the larger, lower triangle bears a white 12-pointed sun

Netherlands: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue; similar to the flag of Luxembourg, which uses a lighter blue and is longer

Netherlands Antilles: white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center superimposed on a vertical red band, also centered; five white, five-pointed stars are arranged in an oval pattern in the center of the blue band; the five stars represent the five main islands of Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten

New Caledonia: the flag of France is used

New Zealand: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant with four red five-pointed stars edged in white centered in the outer half of the flag; the stars represent the Southern Cross constellation

Nicaragua: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue with the national coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on the top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom; similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band

Niger: three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and green with a small orange disk (representing the sun) centered in the white band; similar to the flag of India, which has a blue spoked wheel centered in the white band

Nigeria: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green

Niue: yellow with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the flag of the UK bears five yellow five-pointed stars - a large one on a blue disk in the center and a smaller one on each arm of the bold red cross

Norfolk Island: three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the slightly wider white band

Northern Mariana Islands: blue, with a white, five-pointed star superimposed on the gray silhouette of a latte stone (a traditional foundation stone used in building) in the center, surrounded by a wreath

Norway: red with a blue cross outlined in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)

Oman: three horizontal bands of white, red, and green of equal width with a broad, vertical, red band on the hoist side; the national emblem (a khanjar dagger in its sheath superimposed on two crossed swords in scabbards) in white is centered at the top of the vertical band

Pakistan: green with a vertical white band (symbolizing the role of religious minorities) on the hoist side; a large white crescent and star are centered in the green field; the crescent, star, and color green are traditional symbols of Islam

Palau: light blue with a large yellow disk (representing the moon) shifted slightly to the hoist side

Palmyra Atoll: the flag of the US is used

Panama: divided into four, equal rectangles; the top quadrants are white (hoist side) with a blue five-pointed star in the center and plain red; the bottom quadrants are plain blue (hoist side) and white with a red five-pointed star in the center

Papua New Guinea: divided diagonally from upper hoist-side corner; the upper triangle is red with a soaring yellow bird of paradise centered; the lower triangle is black with five, white, five-pointed stars of the Southern Cross constellation centered

Paraguay: three equal, horizontal bands of red (top), white, and blue with an emblem centered in the white band; unusual flag in that the emblem is different on each side; the obverse (hoist side at the left) bears the national coat of arms (a yellow five-pointed star within a green wreath capped by the words REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY, all within two circles); the reverse (hoist side at the right) bears the seal of the treasury (a yellow lion below a red Cap of Liberty and the words Paz y Justicia (Peace and Justice) capped by the words REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY, all within two circles)

Peru: three equal, vertical bands of red (hoist side), white, and red with the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a shield bearing a llama, cinchona tree (the source of quinine), and a yellow cornucopia spilling out gold coins, all framed by a green wreath

Philippines: two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a white equilateral triangle based on the hoist side; in the center of the triangle is a yellow sun with eight primary rays (each containing three individual rays) and in each corner of the triangle is a small yellow five-pointed star

Pitcairn Islands: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Pitcairn Islander coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms is yellow, green, and light blue with a shield featuring a yellow anchor

Poland: two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; similar to the flags of Indonesia and Monaco which are red (top) and white

Portugal: two vertical bands of green (hoist side, two-fifths) and red (three-fifths) with the Portuguese coat of arms centered on the dividing line

Puerto Rico: five equal horizontal bands of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bears a large, white, five-pointed star in the center; design influenced by the US flag, but based on the Cuban flag

Qatar: maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side

Reunion: the flag of France is used

Romania: three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red; the national coat of arms that used to be centered in the yellow band has been removed; now similar to the flag of Chad, also resembles the flags of Andorra and Moldova

Russia: three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red

Rwanda: three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green with a large black letter R centered in the yellow band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Guinea, which has a plain yellow band

Saint Helena: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Saint Helenian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield features a rocky coastline and three-masted sailing ship

Saint Kitts and Nevis: divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a broad black band bearing two white, five-pointed stars; the black band is edged in yellow; the upper triangle is green, the lower triangle is red

Saint Lucia: blue, with a gold isosceles triangle below a black arrowhead; the upper edges of the arrowhead have a white border

Saint Pierre and Miquelon: a yellow sailing ship facing the hoist side rides on a dark blue background with a black wave line under the ship; on the hoist side, a vertical band is divided into three parts: the top part is red with a green diagonal cross extending to the corners overlaid by a white cross dividing the square into four sections; the middle part has a white background with an ermine pattern; the third part has a red background with two stylized yellow lions outlined in black, one on top of the other; the flag of France is used for official occasions