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fuels
Cayman Islands
  foodstuffs, manufactured goods
Central African Republic food, textiles, petroleum products, machinery, electrical equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals
Chad
  machinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods,
  foodstuffs, textiles
Chile
  petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, electrical and
  telecommunications equipment, industrial machinery, vehicles,
  natural gas
China
  machinery and equipment, oil and mineral fuels, plastics, LED
  screens, data processing equipment, optical and medical equipment,
  organic chemicals, steel, copper
Christmas Island
  consumer goods
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  foodstuffs
Colombia
  industrial equipment, transportation equipment, consumer
  goods, chemicals, paper products, fuels, electricity
Comoros
  rice and other foodstuffs, consumer goods, petroleum
  products, cement, transport equipment
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  foodstuffs, mining and other
  machinery, transport equipment, fuels
Congo, Republic of the
  capital equipment, construction materials,
  foodstuffs
Cook Islands
  foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber, capital goods
Costa Rica
  raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment,
  petroleum, construction materials
Cote d'Ivoire
  fuel, capital equipment, foodstuffs
Croatia
  machinery, transport and electrical equipment; chemicals,
  fuels and lubricants; foodstuffs
Cuba
  petroleum, food, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Cyprus
  consumer goods, petroleum and lubricants, intermediate goods,
  machinery, transport equipment
Czech Republic
  machinery and transport equipment 46%, raw materials
  and fuels 15%, chemicals 10% (2003)
Denmark
  machinery and equipment, raw materials and semimanufactures
  for industry, chemicals, grain and foodstuffs, consumer goods
Djibouti
  foods, beverages, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum
  products
Dominica
  manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals
Dominican Republic
  foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics,
  chemicals and pharmaceuticals
Ecuador
  industrial materials, fuels and lubricants, nondurable
  consumer goods
Egypt
  machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, wood products,
  fuels
El Salvador
  raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels,
  foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity
Equatorial Guinea
  petroleum sector equipment, other equipment
Eritrea
  machinery, petroleum products, food, manufactured goods
Estonia
  machinery and equipment 33.5%, chemical products 11.6%,
  textiles 10.3%, foodstuffs 9.4%, transportation equipment 8.9% (2001)
Ethiopia
  food and live animals, petroleum and petroleum products,
  chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles, cereals, textiles
European Union
  machinery, vehicles, aircraft, plastics, crude oil,
  chemicals, textiles, metals, foodstuffs, clothing
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
  fuel, food and drink, building
  materials, clothing
Faroe Islands
  consumer goods 36%, raw materials and
  semi-manufactures 32%, machinery and transport equipment 29%, fuels,
  fish, salt (1999)
Fiji
  manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment,
  petroleum products, food, chemicals
Finland
  foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals,
  transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and
  fabrics, grains
France
  machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft,
  plastics, chemicals
French Polynesia
  fuels, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment
Gabon
  machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction
  materials
Gambia, The
  foodstuffs, manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport
  equipment
Gaza Strip
  food, consumer goods, construction materials
Georgia
  fuels, vehicles, machinery and parts, grain and other foods,
  pharmaceuticals
Germany
  machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals
Ghana
  capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs
Gibraltar
  fuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs
Greece
  machinery, transport equipment, fuels, chemicals
Greenland
  machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods,
  food, petroleum products
Grenada
  food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel
Guam
  petroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured goods
Guatemala
  fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction
  materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity
Guernsey
  coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment
Guinea
  petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment,
  textiles, grain and other foodstuffs
Guinea-Bissau
  foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment,
  petroleum products
Guyana
  manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food
Haiti
  food, manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment,
  fuels, raw materials
Honduras
  machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw
  materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs
Hong Kong
  raw materials and semi-manufactures, consumer goods,
  capital goods, foodstuffs, fuel (most is re-exported)
Hungary
  machinery and equipment 51.6%, other manufactures 35.7%,
  fuels and electricity 7.7%, food products 3.1%, raw materials 2.0%
  (2003)
Iceland
  machinery and equipment, petroleum products, foodstuffs,
  textiles
India
  crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals
Indonesia
  machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs
Iran
  industrial raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods,
  foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services
Iraq
  food, medicine, manufactures
Ireland
  data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment,
  chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing
Isle of Man
  timber, fertilizers, fish
Israel
  raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough
  diamonds, fuels, grain, consumer goods
Italy
  engineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy
  products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing;
  food, beverages, and tobacco
Jamaica
  food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel,
  parts and accessories of capital goods, machinery and transport
  equipment, construction materials
Japan
  machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals,
  textiles, raw materials
Jersey
  machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods,
  foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals
Jordan
  crude oil, textile fabrics, machinery, transport equipment,
  manufactured goods
Kazakhstan
  machinery and equipment, metal products, foodstuffs
Kenya
  machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products,
  motor vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics
Kiribati
  foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, miscellaneous
  manufactured goods, fuel
Korea, North
  petroleum, coking coal, machinery and equipment,
  textiles, grain
Korea, South
  machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil,
  steel, transport equipment, organic chemicals, plastics
Kosovo
  foodstuffs, wood, petroleum, chemicals, machinery and
  electrical equipment
Kuwait
  food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing
Kyrgyzstan
  oil and gas, machinery and equipment, chemicals,
  foodstuffs
Laos
  machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, consumer goods
Latvia
  machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, vehicles
Lebanon
  petroleum products, cars, medicinal products, clothing, meat
  and live animals, consumer goods, paper, textile fabrics, tobacco,
  electrical machinery
Lesotho
  food; building materials, vehicles, machinery, medicines,
  petroleum products
Liberia
  fuels, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment,
  manufactured goods; foodstuffs
Libya
  machinery, semi-finished goods, food, transport equipment,
  consumer products
Liechtenstein
  agricultural products, raw materials, energy products,
  machinery, metal goods, textiles, foodstuffs, motor vehicles
Lithuania
  mineral products, machinery and equipment, transport
  equipment, chemicals, textiles and clothing, metals
Luxembourg
  minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods
Macau
  raw materials and semi-manufactured goods, consumer goods
  (foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco), capital goods, mineral fuels and
  oils
Macedonia
  machinery and equipment, automobiles, chemicals, fuels,
  food products
Madagascar
  capital goods, petroleum, consumer goods, food
Malawi
  food, petroleum products, semimanufactures, consumer goods,
  transportation equipment
Malaysia
  electronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics,
  vehicles, iron and steel products, chemicals
Maldives
  petroleum products, ships, foodstuffs, clothing,
  intermediate and capital goods
Mali
  petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials,
  foodstuffs, textiles
Malta
  machinery and transport equipment, manufactured and
  semi-manufactured goods; food, drink, tobacco
Marshall Islands
  foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels,
  beverages and tobacco
Mauritania
  machinery and equipment, petroleum products, capital
  goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods
Mauritius
  manufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs,
  petroleum products, chemicals
Mayotte
  food, machinery and equipment, transportation equipment,
  metals, chemicals
Mexico
  metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural
  machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair
  parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts
Micronesia, Federated States of
  food, manufactured goods, machinery
  and equipment, beverages
Moldova
  mineral products and fuel, machinery and equipment,
  chemicals, textiles
Mongolia
  machinery and equipment, fuel, cars, food products,
  industrial consumer goods, chemicals, building materials, sugar, tea
Montserrat
  machinery and transportation equipment, foodstuffs,
  manufactured goods, fuels, lubricants, and related materials
Morocco
  crude petroleum, textile fabric, telecommunications
  equipment, wheat, gas and electricity, transistors, plastics
Mozambique
  machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal
  products, foodstuffs, textiles
Namibia
  foodstuffs; petroleum products and fuel, machinery and
  equipment, chemicals
Nauru
  food, fuel, manufactures, building materials, machinery
Nepal
  gold, machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer
Netherlands
  machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels,
  foodstuffs, clothing
Netherlands Antilles
  crude petroleum, food, manufactures
New Caledonia
  machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs
New Zealand
  machinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft,
  petroleum, electronics, textiles, plastics
Nicaragua
  consumer goods, machinery and equipment, raw materials,
  petroleum products
Niger
  foodstuffs, machinery, vehicles and parts, petroleum, cereals
Nigeria
  machinery, chemicals, transport equipment, manufactured
  goods, food and live animals
Niue
  food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels,
  lubricants, chemicals, drugs
Norfolk Island
  NA
Northern Mariana Islands food, construction equipment and materials, petroleum products
Norway
  machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals, foodstuffs
Oman
  machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food,
  livestock, lubricants
Pakistan
  petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, plastics,
  transportation equipment, edible oils, paper and paperboard, iron
  and steel, tea
Palau
  machinery and equipment, fuels, metals; foodstuffs
Panama
  capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, chemicals
Papua New Guinea
  machinery and transport equipment, manufactured
  goods, food, fuels, chemicals
Paraguay
  road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products,
  electrical machinery, tractors, chemicals, vehicle parts
Peru
  petroleum and petroleum products, plastics, machinery,
  vehicles, iron and steel, wheat, paper
Philippines
  electronic products, mineral fuels, machinery and
  transport equipment, iron and steel, textile fabrics, grains,
  chemicals, plastic
Pitcairn Islands
  fuel oil, machinery, building materials, flour,
  sugar, other foodstuffs
Poland
  machinery and transport equipment 38%, intermediate
  manufactured goods 21%, chemicals 14.8%, minerals, fuels,
  lubricants, and related materials 9.1% (2003)
Portugal
  agricultural products, food products, oil products,
  chemical products, plastics and rubber, skins and leather, wood and
  cork, wood pulp and paper, textile materials, clothing, footwear,
  minerals and mineral products, base metals, machinery and tools,
  vehicles and other transport material, and optical and precision
  instruments, computer accessories and parts, semi-conductors and
  related devices, household goods, passenger cars new and used, and
  wine products
Puerto Rico
  chemicals, machinery and equipment, clothing, food,
  fish, petroleum products
Qatar
  machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals
Romania
  machinery and equipment, fuels and minerals, chemicals,
  textile and products, metals, agricultural products
Russia
  machinery and equipment, consumer goods, medicines, meat,
  sugar, semifinished metal products
Rwanda
  foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum
  products, cement and construction material
Saint Helena
  food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed,
  building materials, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and parts
Saint Kitts and Nevis
  machinery, manufactures, food, fuels
Saint Lucia
  food 23%, manufactured goods 21%, machinery and
  transportation equipment 19%, chemicals, fuels
Saint Martin
  crude petroleum, food, manufactured items
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  meat, clothing, fuel, electrical
  equipment, machinery, building materials
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  foodstuffs, machinery and
  equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels
Samoa
  machinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs
San Marino
  wide variety of consumer manufactures, food
Sao Tome and Principe
  machinery and electrical equipment, food
  products, petroleum products
Saudi Arabia
  machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor
  vehicles, textiles
Senegal
  food and beverages, capital goods, fuels
Seychelles
  machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products,
  chemicals
Sierra Leone
  foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels and
  lubricants, chemicals
Singapore
  machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals,
  foodstuffs
Slovakia
  machinery and transport equipment 41.1%, intermediate
  manufactured goods 19.3%, fuels 12.3%, chemicals 9.8%, miscellaneous
  manufactured goods 10.2% (2003)
Slovenia
  machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods,
  chemicals, fuels and lubricants, food
Solomon Islands
  food, plant and equipment, manufactured goods,
  fuels, chemicals
Somalia
  manufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction
  materials, qat
South Africa
  machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products,
  scientific instruments, foodstuffs
Spain
  machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods,
  foodstuffs, consumer goods, measuring and medical control instruments
Sri Lanka
  textile fabrics, mineral products, petroleum, foodstuffs,
  machinery and transportation equipment
Sudan
  foodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery and transport
  equipment, medicines and chemicals, textiles, wheat
Suriname
  capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, cotton, consumer
  goods
Swaziland
  motor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment,
  foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
Sweden
  machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor
  vehicles, iron and steel; foodstuffs, clothing
Switzerland
  machinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals; agricultural
  products, textiles
Syria
  machinery and transport equipment, electric power machinery,
  food and livestock, metal and metal products, chemicals and chemical
  products, plastics, yarn, paper
Taiwan
  electronic and electrical products, machinery, petroleum,
  precision instruments, organic chemicals, metals (2002)
Tajikistan
  electricity, petroleum products, aluminum oxide,
  machinery and equipment, foodstuffs
Tanzania
  consumer goods, machinery and transportation equipment,
  industrial raw materials, crude oil
Thailand
  capital goods, intermediate goods and raw materials,
  consumer goods, fuels
Timor-Leste
  food, gasoline, kerosene, machinery
Togo
  machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products
Tokelau
  foodstuffs, building materials, fuel
Tonga
  foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, chemicals
Trinidad and Tobago
  mineral fuels, lubricants, machinery,
  transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, live animals,
  grain
Tunisia
  textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals,
  foodstuffs
Turkey
  machinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport
  equipment
Turkmenistan
  machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs
Turks and Caicos Islands food and beverages, tobacco, clothing, manufactures, construction materials
Tuvalu
  food, animals, mineral fuels, machinery, manufactured goods
Uganda
  capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies;
  cereals
Ukraine
  energy, machinery and equipment, chemicals
United Arab Emirates machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food
United Kingdom
  manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs
United States
  agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9%
  (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers, telecommunications
  equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power
  machinery), consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines,
  furniture, toys) (2003)
Uruguay
  crude petroleum and petroleum products, machinery,
  chemicals, road vehicles, paper, plastics
Uzbekistan
  machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, ferrous
  and non-ferrous metals
Vanuatu
  machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, fuels
Venezuela
  raw materials, machinery and equipment, transport
  equipment, construction materials
Vietnam
  machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer,
  steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles
Virgin Islands
  crude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, building
  materials
Wallis and Futuna
  chemicals, machinery, passenger ships, consumer
  goods
West Bank
  food, consumer goods, construction materials
Western Sahara
  fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs
World
  the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and
  services
  top ten - share of world trade: see listing for exports
Yemen
  food and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Zambia
  machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products,
  electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing
Zimbabwe
  machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures,
  chemicals, fuels
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@2059 Climate
Afghanistan
  arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers
Akrotiri
  temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool
  winters
Albania
  mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry
  summers; interior is cooler and wetter
Algeria
  arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers
  along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high
  plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in
  summer
American Samoa
  tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds;
  annual rainfall averages about 3 m; rainy season (November to
  April), dry season (May to October); little seasonal temperature
  variation
Andorra
  temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers
Angola
  semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool,
  dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)
Anguilla
  tropical; moderated by northeast trade winds
Antarctica
  severe low temperatures vary with latitude, elevation,
  and distance from the ocean; East Antarctica is colder than West
  Antarctica because of its higher elevation; Antarctic Peninsula has
  the most moderate climate; higher temperatures occur in January
  along the coast and average slightly below freezing
Antigua and Barbuda
  tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature
  variation
Arctic Ocean
  polar climate characterized by persistent cold and
  relatively narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterized
  by
 
 
 
 
 
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