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elections: president elected by direct popular vote for a five-year
term; election last held 29 May 1999 (next to be held NA May/June
2004); following National Council elections, the leader of the
majority party or the leader of a majority coalition is usually
appointed prime minister by the president

election results: Rudolf SCHUSTER elected president in the first
direct, popular election; percent of vote - Rudolf SCHUSTER 57%

note: government coalition - SDK, SDL, SMK, SOP, KDH

Slovenia:
chief of state: President Milan KUCAN (since 22 April
1990)

head of government: Prime Minister Janez DRNOVSEK (since 15 October
2000);

cabinet: Council of Ministers nominated by the prime minister and
elected by the National Assembly

elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;
election last held 24 November 1997 (next to be held NA 2002);
following National Assembly elections, the leader of the majority
party or the leader of a majority coalition is usually nominated to
become prime minister by the president and elected by the National
Assembly; election last held 15 October 2000 (next to be held NA
October 2004)

election results: Milan KUCAN elected president; percent of vote -
Milan KUCAN 56.3%, Janez PODOBNIK 18%; Janez DRNOVSEK elected prime
minister; percent of National Assembly vote - NA

Solomon Islands:
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6
February 1952), represented by Governor General Father John LAPLI
(since NA 1999)

head of government: Prime Minister Mannaseh Damukana SOGAVARE
(since 1 July 2000); Assistant Prime Minister Nathaniel WAENA (since
1 July 2000); Deputy Prime Minister Allan KEMAKEZA (since 1 July
2000); note - Prime Minister Bartholomew ULUFA'ALU was forced to
resign his position in June 2000 following the armed takeover of the
capital by elements supporting the opposition parties; Mannaseh
Damukana SOGAVARE, who had been opposition leader, was then elected
prime minister at a sitting of National Parliament on 30 June 2000

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of
the prime minister from among the members of Parliament

elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general
appointed by the monarch on the advice of Parliament for up to five
years; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority
party or the leader of a majority coalition is usually elected prime
minister by Parliament; deputy prime minister appointed by the
governor general on the advice of the prime minister from among the
members of Parliament

Somalia:
chief of state: ABDIKASSIM Salad Hassan (since 26 August
2000); note - Interim President ABDIKASSIM was chosen for a
three-year term by a 245-member National Assembly serving as a
transitional government; the present political situation is still
unstable, particularly in the south, with interclan fighting and
random banditry

head of government: ALI Khalifa Galaydh, appointed by the president
8 October 2000

cabinet: appointed by the prime minister and sworn in on 20 October
2000

election results: ABDIKASSIM Salad Hassan was elected president of
an interim government at the Djibouti-sponsored Arta Peace
Conference on 26 August 2000 by a broad representation of Somali
clans that comprised a transitional National Assembly.

South Africa:
chief of state: President Thabo MBEKI (since 16 June
1999); Executive Deputy President Jacob ZUMA (since 17 June 1999);
note - the president is both the chief of state and head of
government

head of government: President Thabo MBEKI (since 16 June 1999);
Executive Deputy President Jacob ZUMA (since 17 June 1999); note -
the president is both the chief of state and head of government

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president

elections: president elected by the National Assembly for a
five-year term; election last held 2 June 1999 (next scheduled for
sometime between May and July 2004)

election results: Thabo MBEKI elected president; percent of
National Assembly vote - 100% (by acclamation)

note: ANC-IFP governing coalition

Spain:
chief of state: King JUAN CARLOS I (since 22 November 1975);
Heir Apparent Prince FELIPE, son of the monarch, born 30 January 1968

head of government: President of the Government Jose Maria AZNAR
Lopez (since 5 May 1996); First Vice President Juan Jose LUCAS
(since 28 February 2000) and Second Vice President (and Minister of
Economy) Rodrigo RATO Figaredo (since 5 May 1996)

cabinet: Council of Ministers designated by the president

note: there is also a Council of State that is the supreme
consultative organ of the government

elections: the monarch is hereditary; president proposed by the
monarch and elected by the National Assembly following legislative
elections; election last held 12 March 2000 (next to be held NA
March 2004); vice presidents appointed by the monarch on proposal of
the president

election results: Jose Maria AZNAR Lopez (PP) elected president;
percent of National Assembly vote - 44%

Sri Lanka:
chief of state: President Chandrika Bandaranaike
KUMARATUNGA (since 12 November 1994); note - Ratnasiri
WICKRAMANAYAKE (since 10 August 2000) is the prime minister; in Sri
Lanka the president is considered to be both the chief of state and
the head of the government, this is in contrast to the more common
practice of dividing the roles between the president and the prime
minister when both offices exist

head of government: President Chandrika Bandaranaike KUMARATUNGA
(since 12 November 1994); note - Ratnasiri WICKRAMANAYAKE (since 10
August 2000) is the prime minister; in Sri Lanka the president is
considered to be both the chief of state and the head of the
government, this is in contrast to the more common practice of
dividing the roles between the president and the prime minister when
both offices exist

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president in consultation with
the prime minister

elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term;
election last held 21 December 1999 (next to be held NA December
2005)

election results: Chandrika Bandaranaike KUMARATUNGA reelected
president; percent of vote - Chandrika Bandaranaike KUMARATUNGA (PA)
51%, Ranil WICKREMASINGHE (UNP) 42%, other 7%

Sudan:
chief of state: President Lt. Gen. Umar Hasan Ahmad
al-BASHIR (since 16 October 1993); First Vice President Ali Uthman
Muhammad TAHA (since 17 February 1998), Second Vice President Moses
MACHAR (since 12 February 2001); note - the president is both the
chief of state and head of government

head of government: President Lt. Gen. Umar Hasan Ahmad al-BASHIR
(since 16 October 1993); First Vice President Ali Uthman Muhammad
TAHA (since 17 February 1998), Second Vice President Moses MACHAR
(since 12 February 2001); note - the president is both the chief of
state and head of government

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president; note -
the National Congress Party (front for the National Islamic Front or
NIF) dominates BASHIR's cabinet

elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;
election last held 13-23 December 2000 (next to be held NA 2005)

election results: Umar Hasan Ahmad al-BASHIR reelected president;
percent of vote - Umar Hasan Ahmad al-BASHIR 86.5%, Ja'afar Muhammed
NUMAYRI 9.6%, three other candidates received less than a combined
4% of the vote

note: BASHIR assumed supreme executive power in 1989 and retained
it through several transitional governments in the early and mid-90s
before being popularly elected for the first time in March 1996

Suriname:
chief of state: President Runaldo Ronald VENETIAAN (since
12 August 2000); Vice President Jules Rattankoemar AJODHIA (since 12
August 2000); note - the president is both the chief of state and
head of government

head of government: President Runaldo Ronald VENETIAAN (since 12
August 2000); Vice President Jules Rattankoemar AJODHIA (since 12
August 2000); note - the president is both the chief of state and
head of government

cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president from among
the members of the National Assembly

elections: president and vice president elected by the National
Assembly or, if no presidential or vice presidential candidate
receives a constitutional majority vote in the National Assembly
after two votes, by the larger People's Assembly (869
representatives from the national, local, and regional councils),
for five-year terms; election last held 6 May 2000 (next to be held
NA May 2005)

note: widespread demonstrations during the summer of 1999 led to
the calling of elections a year early

election results: Runaldo Ronald VENETIAAN elected president;
percent of legislative vote - 72.5; National Assembly elected the
president - Runaldo Ronald VENETIAAN (New Front) 37 votes, Rashied
DOEKHIE (NDP) 10 votes

Svalbard:
chief of state: King HARALD V of Norway (since 17 January
1991)

head of government: Governor Morten RUUD (since NA November 1998)
and Assistant Governor Odd Redar HUMLEGAARD (since NA)

elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor and assistant
governor responsible to the Polar Department of the Ministry of
Justice

Swaziland:
chief of state: King MSWATI III (since 25 April 1986)

head of government: Prime Minister Sibusiso Barnabas DLAMINI (since
9 August 1996)

cabinet: Cabinet recommended by the prime minister and confirmed by
the monarch

elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; prime minister
appointed by the monarch

Sweden:
chief of state: King CARL XVI GUSTAF (since 19 September
1973); Heir Apparent Princess VICTORIA Ingrid Alice Desiree,
daughter of the monarch (born 14 July 1977)

head of government: Prime Minister Goran PERSSON (since 21 March
1996)

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime minister

elections: the monarch is hereditary; prime minister elected by the
Parliament; election last held NA September 1998 (next to be held NA
2002)

election results: Goran PERSSON reelected prime minister with 131
out of 349 votes

Switzerland:
chief of state: President Moritz LEUENBERGER (since 1
January 2001); Vice President Kaspar VILLIGER (since 1 January
2001); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of
government

head of government: President Moritz LEUENBERGER (since 1 January
2001); Vice President Kaspar VILLIGER (since 1 January 2001); note -
the president is both the chief of state and head of government

cabinet: Federal Council or Bundesrat (in German), Conseil Federal
(in French), Consiglio Federale (in Italian) elected by the Federal
Assembly from among its own members for a four-year term

elections: president and vice president elected by the Federal
Assembly from among the members of the Federal Council for one-year
terms that run concurrently; election last held 6 December 2000
(next to be held NA December 2001)

election results: Moritz LEUENBERGER elected president; percent of
Federal Assembly vote - 76%; Kaspar VILLIGER elected vice president;
percent of legislative vote - 72%

Syria:
chief of state: President Bashar al-ASAD (since 17 July
2000); Vice Presidents Abd al-Halim ibn Said KHADDAM (since 11 March
1984) and Muhammad Zuhayr MASHARIQA (since 11 March 1984)

head of government: Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa MIRU (since 13
March 2000), Deputy Prime Ministers Lt. Gen. Mustafa TALAS (since 11
March 1984), Khalid RA'D (since 13 March 2000), Muhammad NAJI 'UTRI
(since 13 March 2000)

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president

elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term;
referendum/election last held 10 July 2000 - after the death of
President Hafez al-ASAD, father of Bashar al-ASAD - (next to be held
NA 2007); vice presidents appointed by the president; prime minister
and deputy prime ministers appointed by the president

election results: Bashar al-ASAD elected president; percent of vote
- Bashar al-ASAD 97.29%

note: Hafiz al-ASAD died 10 June 2000; 20 June 2000 the Ba'th Party
nominated Bashar al-ASAD for president and presented his name to the
People's Council 25 June 2000

Tajikistan:
chief of state: President Emomali RAHMONOV (since 6
November 1994; head of state and Supreme Assembly chairman since 19
November 1992)

head of government: Prime Minister Oqil OQILOV (since 20 January
1999)

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president, approved
by the Supreme Assembly

elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term;
election last held 6 November 1999 (next to be held NA 2006); prime
minister appointed by the president

election results: Emomali RAHMONOV elected president; percent of
vote - Emomali RAHMONOV 97%, Davlat USMON 2%

Tanzania:
chief of state: President Benjamin William MKAPA (since
23 November 1995); Vice President Omar Ali JUMA (since 23 November
1995); note - the president is both chief of state and head of
government

head of government: President Benjamin William MKAPA (since 23
November 1995); Vice President Omar Ali JUMA (since 23 November
1995); note - the president is both chief of state and head of
government

note: Zanzibar elects a president who is head of government for
matters internal to Zanzibar; Amani Abeid KARUME was elected to that
office on 29 October 2000

cabinet: Cabinet ministers, including the prime minister, are
appointed by the president from among the members of the National
Assembly

elections: president and vice president elected on the same ballot
by popular vote for five-year terms; election last held 29 October
2000 (next to be held NA October 2005); prime minister appointed by
the president

election results: Benjamin William MKAPA reelected president;
percent of vote - Benjamin William MKAPA 71.7%, Ibrahim Haruna
LIPUMBA 16.3%, Augustine Lyatonga MREME 7.8%, John Momose CHEYO 4.2%

Thailand:
chief of state: King PHUMIPHON Adunyadet (since 9 June
1946)

head of government: Prime Minister THAKSIN Chinnawat (since NA
January 2001)

cabinet: Council of Ministers

note: there is also a Privy Council

elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; prime minister
designated from among the members of the House of Representatives;
following a national election for the House of Representatives, the
leader of the party that can organize a majority coalition usually
becomes prime minister

Togo:
chief of state: President Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA (since 14
April 1967)

head of government: Prime Minister Agbeyome KODJO (since 29 August
2000)

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president and the
prime minister

elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;
election last held 21 June 1998 (next to be held NA 2003); prime
minister appointed by the president

election results: Gnassingbe EYADEMA reelected president; percent
of vote - Gnassingbe EYADEMA 52.13%, Gilchrist OLYMPIO 34.12%, other
13.75%

Tokelau:
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February
1952); the UK and New Zealand are represented by Administrator
Lindsay WATT (since NA March 1993)

head of government: Aliki Faipule FALIMATEAO (since NA 1997)

cabinet: the Council of Faipule, consisting of three elected
leaders, one from each atoll; functions as a cabinet

elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed
by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in New Zealand; the
head of government is chosen from the Council of Faipule and serves
a one-year term

Tonga:
chief of state: King Taufa'ahau TUPOU IV (since 16 December
1965)

head of government: Prime Minister Prince Lavaka ata ULUKALALA
(since NA February 2000) and Deputy Prime Minister Tevita TOPOU
(since NA January 2001)

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the monarch

note: there is also a Privy Council that consists of the monarch
and the Cabinet

elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; prime minister and
deputy prime minister appointed for life by the monarch

Trinidad and Tobago:
chief of state: President Arthur Napoleon
Raymond ROBINSON (since 19 March 1997)

head of government: Prime Minister Basdeo PANDAY (since 9 November
1995)

cabinet: Cabinet appointed from among the members of Parliament

elections: president elected by an electoral college, which
consists of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives,
for a five-year term; election last held 11 December 2000 (next to
be held by NA 2005); prime minister appointed from among the members
of Parliament; following legislative elections, the leader of the
majority party in the House of Representatives is usually appointed
prime minister

election results: Arthur Napoleon Raymond ROBINSON elected
president; percent of electoral college vote - 69%

Tunisia:
chief of state: President Zine El Abidine BEN ALI (since 7
November 1987)

head of government: Prime Minister Mohamed GHANNOUCHI (since 17
November 1999)

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president

elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;
election last held 24 October 1999 (next to be held NA 2004); prime
minister appointed by the president

election results: President Zine El Abidine BEN ALI reelected for a
third term without opposition; percent of vote - Zine El Abidine BEN
ALI nearly 100%

Turkey:
chief of state: President Ahmed Necdet SEZER (since 16 May
2000)

head of government: Prime Minister Bulent ECEVIT (since 11 January
1999)

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the
nomination of the prime minister

note: there is also a National Security Council that serves as an
advisory body to the president and the cabinet

elections: president elected by the National Assembly for a
seven-year term; election last held 5 May 2000 (next scheduled to be
held NA May 2007); prime minister and deputy prime minister
appointed by the president

election results: Ahmed Necdet SEZER elected president on the third
ballot; percent of National Assembly vote - 60%

note: president must have a two-thirds majority of the National
Assembly on the first two ballots and a simple majority on the third
ballot

Turkmenistan:
chief of state: President and Chairman of the Cabinet
of Ministers Saparmurat NIYAZOV (since 27 October 1990, when the
first direct presidential election occurred); note - the president
is both the chief of state and head of government

head of government: President and Chairman of the Cabinet of
Ministers Saparmurat NIYAZOV (since 27 October 1990, when the first
direct presidential election occurred); note - the president is both
the chief of state and head of government

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president

note: NIYAZOV's term in office was extended indefinitely on 28
December 1999 by the Assembly (Majlis) during a session of the
People's Council (Halk Maslahaty)

elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;
election last held 21 June 1992 (next scheduled to be held NA); note
- President NIYAZOV was unanimously approved as president for life
by the Assembly on 28 December 1999); deputy chairmen of the cabinet
of ministers are appointed by the president

election results: Saparmurat NIYAZOV elected president without
opposition; percent of vote - Saparmurat NIYAZOV 99.5%

Turks and Caicos Islands:
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since
6 February 1953), represented by Governor Mervyn JONES (since 27
January 2000)

head of government: Chief Minister Derek H. TAYLOR (since 31
January 1995)

cabinet: Executive Council consists of three ex officio members and
five appointed by the governor from among the members of the
Legislative Council

elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by
the monarch; chief minister appointed by the governor

Tuvalu:
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952),
represented by Governor General Sir Tomasi PUAPUA (since 26 June
1998)

head of government: Acting Prime Minister Lagitupu (of Nanumea)
TUILIMU (since 8 December 2000); note - TUILIMU took over after
Prime Minister Ionatana IONATANA died suddenly of a heart attack on
8 December 2000

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the
recommendation of the prime minister

elections: the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by
the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister; prime
minister and deputy prime minister elected by and from the members
of Parliament; election last held 27 April 1999 (next to be held NA
2002)

election results: results of the last election for prime minister -
Ionatana IONATANA elected prime minister; percent of Parliament vote
- NA%; Lagitupu (of Nanumea) TUILIMU elected deputy prime minister;
percent of Parliament vote - NA%; note - Deputy Prime Minister
Lagitupu (of Nanumea) TUILIMU became acting prime minister following
the death of Prime Minister Ionatana IONATANA on 8 December 2000

Uganda:
chief of state: President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI
(since seizing power 29 January 1986); note - the president is both
chief of state and head of government

head of government: President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI
(since seizing power 29 January 1986); Prime Minister Apollo
NSIBAMBI (since 5 April 1999); note - the president is both chief of
state and head of government; the prime minister assists the
president in the supervision of the cabinet

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from among elected
legislators

elections: president reelected by popular vote for a five-year
term; election last held 12 March 2001 (next to be held NA 2006);
note - first popular election for president since independence in
1962 was held in 1996; prime minister appointed by the president

election results: Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI elected
president; percent of vote - Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI 69.3%,
Kizza BESIGYE 27.8%

Ukraine:
chief of state: President Leonid D. KUCHMA (since 19 July
1994)

head of government: Prime Minister Anatoliy KINAKH (since 29 May
2001), First Deputy Prime Minister Oleh DUBYNA (since 29 May 2001)

cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president and
approved by the Supreme Council

note: there is also a National Security and Defense Council or NSDC
originally created in 1992 as the National Security Council, but
significantly revamped and strengthened under President KUCHMA; the
NSDC staff is tasked with developing national security policy on
domestic and international matters and advising the president; a
Presidential Administration that helps draft presidential edicts and
provides policy support to the president; and a Council of Regions
that serves as an advisory body created by President KUCHMA in
September 1994 that includes chairmen of the Kyyiv (Kiev) and
Sevastopol' municipalities and chairmen of the oblasti

elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;
election last held 31 October and 14 November 1999 (next to be held
NA 2004); prime minister and deputy prime ministers appointed by the
president and approved by the Supreme Council

election results: Leonid D. KUCHMA elected president; percent of
vote - Leonid KUCHMA 57.7%, Petro SYMONENKO 38.8%

United Arab Emirates:
chief of state: President ZAYID bin Sultan Al
Nuhayyan (since 2 December 1971), ruler of Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi)
(since 6 August 1966) and Vice President MAKTUM bin Rashid al-Maktum
(since 8 October 1990), ruler of Dubayy (Dubai)

head of government: Prime Minister MAKTUM bin Rashid al-Maktum
(since 8 October 1990), ruler of Dubayy (Dubai); Deputy Prime
Minister SULTAN bin Zayid Al Nuhayyan (since 20 November 1990)

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president

note: there is also a Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is
composed of the seven emirate rulers; the council is the highest
constitutional authority in the UAE; establishes general policies
and sanctions federal legislation, Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi) and Dubayy
(Dubai) rulers have effective veto power; meets four times a year

elections: president and vice president elected by the FSC (a group
of seven electors) for five-year terms; election last held NA
October 1996 (next to be held NA October 2001); prime minister and
deputy prime minister appointed by the president

election results: ZAYID bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan reelected president;
percent of FSC vote - NA, but believed to be unanimous; MAKTUM bin
Rashid al-Maktum elected vice president; percent of FSC vote - NA%,
but believed to be unanimous

United Kingdom:
chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6
February 1952); Heir Apparent Prince CHARLES (son of the queen, born
14 November 1948)

head of government: Prime Minister Anthony C. L. (Tony) BLAIR
(since 2 May 1997)

cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the prime minister

elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; the prime minister is
the leader of the majority party in the House of Commons (assuming
there is no majority party, a prime minister would have a majority
coalition or at least a coalition that was not rejected by the
majority)

United States:
chief of state: President George W. BUSH (since 20
January 2001) and Vice President Richard B. CHENEY (since 20 January
2001); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of
government

head of government: President George W. BUSH (since 20 January
2001) and Vice President Richard B. CHENEY (since 20 January 2001);
note - the president is both the chief of state and head of
government

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president with Senate approval

elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket
by a college of representatives who are elected directly from each
state; president and vice president serve four-year terms; election
last held 7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November 2004)

election results: George W. BUSH elected president; percent of
popular vote - George W. BUSH (Republican Party) 48%, Albert A.
GORE, Jr. (Democratic Party) 48%, Ralph NADER (Green Party) 3%,
other 1%

Uruguay:
chief of state: President Jorge BATLLE (since 1 March
2000) and Vice President Luis HIERRO (since 1 March 2000); note -
the president is both the chief of state and head of government

head of government: President Jorge BATLLE (since 1 March 2000) and
Vice President Luis HIERRO (since 1 March 2000); note - the
president is both the chief of state and head of government

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president with
parliamentary approval

elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket
by popular vote for five-year terms; election last held 31 October
1999 with run-off election on 28 November 1999 (next to be held NA
2004)

election results: Jorge BATLLE elected president; percent of vote -
Jorge BATLLE 52% in a runoff against Tabare VAZQUEZ 44%

Uzbekistan:
chief of state: President Islom KARIMOV (since 24 March
1990, when he was elected president by the then Supreme Soviet)

head of government: Prime Minister Otkir SULTONOV (since 21
December 1995)

cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president with
approval of the Supreme Assembly

elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;
election last held 9 January 2000 (next to be held NA January 2005);
note - extension of President KARIMOV's original term for an
additional five years overwhelmingly approved - 99.6% of total vote
in favor - by national referendum held 27 March 1995; prime minister
and deputy ministers appointed by the president

election results: Islom KARIMOV reelected president; percent of
vote - Islom KARIMOV 91.9%, Abdulkhafiz DZHALALOV 4.2%

Vanuatu:
chief of state: President Father John BANI (since 25 March
1999)

head of government: Prime Minister Edward NATAPEI (since 16 April
2001); Deputy Prime Minister Serge VOHOR (since 16 April 2001)

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister,
responsible to Parliament

elections: president elected for a four-year term by an electoral
college consisting of Parliament and the presidents of the regional
councils for a five-year term; election for president last held 25
March 1999 (next to be held NA 2003); following legislative
elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition is
usually elected prime minister by Parliament from among its members;
election for prime minister last held 16 April 2001 (next to be held
NA 2002)

election results: Father John BANI elected president; percent of
electoral college vote - NA%; Edward NATAPEI elected prime minister
by Parliament with a total of 27 out of 52 votes

note: the government of Prime Minister Barak SOPE was ousted in a
no confidence vote on 14 April 2001 and Edward NATAPEI was elected
the new prime minister by Parliament

Venezuela:
chief of state: President Hugo CHAVEZ Frias (since 3
February 1999); Vice President Adina BASTIDAS Castillo; note - the
president is both the chief of state and head of government

head of government: President Hugo CHAVEZ Frias (since 3 February
1999); Vice President Adina BASTIDAS Castillo; note - the president
is both the chief of state and head of government

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president

elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term;
election last held 30 July 2000 (next to be held NA 2006)

election results: Hugo CHAVEZ Frias elected president; percent of
vote - 60%

note: government coalition - Patriotic Pole or Polo Patriotico
consists of MVR, MAS, and PPT

Vietnam:
chief of state: President Tran Duc LUONG (since 24
September 1997) and Vice President Nguyen Thi BINH (since NA October
1992)

head of government: Prime Minister Phan Van KHAI (since 25
September 1997); First Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan DUNG (since
29 September 1997); Deputy Prime Ministers Nguyen Cong TAN (since 29
September 1997), Nguyen Manh CAM (since 29 September 1997), and Pham
Gia KHIEM (since 29 September 1997)

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the proposal of the
prime minister and ratification of the National Assembly

elections: president elected by the National Assembly from among
its members for a five-year term; election last held 25 September
1997 (next to be held when National Assembly meets following
legislative elections in NA 2002); prime minister appointed by the
president from among the members of the National Assembly; deputy
prime ministers appointed by the prime minister

election results: Tran Duc LUONG elected president; percent of
National Assembly vote - NA%

Virgin Islands:
chief of state: President George W. BUSH of the US
(since 20 January 2001); Vice President Richard B. CHENEY (Since 20
January 2001)

head of government: Governor Dr. Charles Wesley TURNBULL (since 5
January 1999) and Lieutenant Governor Gererd LUZ James II (since 5
January 1999)

cabinet: NA

elections: US president and vice president elected on the same
ticket for four-year terms; governor and lieutenant governor elected
on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms; election
last held 3 November 1998 (next to be held NA November 2002)

election results: Dr. Charles Wesley TURNBULL elected governor;
percent of vote - Dr. Charles W. TURNBULL (Democrat) 58.9%, former
Governor Roy L. SCHNEIDER (ICM) 41.1%

Wallis and Futuna:
chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of
France (since 17 May 1995), represented by High Administrator
Christian DORS (since NA)

head of government: President of the Territorial Assembly Soane
UHILA (since NA)

cabinet: Council of the Territory consists of three kings and three
members appointed by the high administrator on the advice of the
Territorial Assembly

note: there are three traditional kings with limited powers

elections: French president elected by popular vote for a
seven-year term; high administrator appointed by the French
president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; the
presidents of the Territorial Government and the Territorial
Assembly are elected by the members of the assembly

Western Sahara:
none

Yemen:
chief of state: President Field Marshall Ali Abdallah SALIH
(since 22 May 1990, the former president of North Yemen, assumed
office upon the merger of North and South Yemen); Vice President
Maj. Gen. Abd al-Rab Mansur al-HADI (since 3 October 1994)

head of government: Prime Minister Abd al-Qadir BA JAMAL (since 4
April 2001)

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the
advice of the prime minister

elections: president elected by direct, popular vote for a
five-year term (a new constitution amendment extends the term by two
years to a seven-year term); election last held 23 September 1999
(next to be held NA 2006); vice president appointed by the
president; prime minister and deputy prime ministers appointed by
the president

election results: Ali Abdallah SALIH elected president; percent of
vote: Ali Abdallah SALIH 96.3%, Najeeb Qahtan AL-SHAABI 3.7%

Yugoslavia:
chief of state: President Vojislav KOSTUNICA (since 7
October 2000)

head of government: Prime Minister Dragisa PESIC (since 24 July
2001); Deputy Prime Minister Miroljub LABUS (since 25 January 2001)

cabinet: Federal Executive Council

elections: president elected by direct popular vote for up to two,
four-year terms; election last held 24 September 2000 (next to be
held NA 2004); prime minister appointed by the president

election results: Vojislav KOSTUNICA elected president; percent of
vote - Vojislav KOSTUNICA 55%, Slobodan MILOSEVIC 35%

Zambia:
chief of state: President Frederick CHILUBA (since 2
November 1991); Vice President Enoch KAVINDELE (since 4 May 2001);
note - the president is both the chief of state and head of
government

head of government: President Frederick CHILUBA (since 2 November
1991); Vice President Enoch KAVINDELE (since 4 May 2001); note - the
president is both the chief of state and head of government

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from among the members
of the National Assembly

elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term;
election last held 18 November 1996 (next to be held NA October
2001); vice president appointed by the president

election results: Frederick CHILUBA reelected president; percent of
vote - Frederick CHILUBA 72.5%, Dean MUNGO'MBA 12.6%, Humphrey
MULEMBA 7%, Akashambatwa LEWANIKA 4.7%, Chama CHAKOMBOKA 3.2%

Zimbabwe:
chief of state: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE
(since 31 December 1987); Co-Vice Presidents Simon Vengai MUZENDA
(since 31 December 1987) and Joseph MSIKA (since 23 December 1999);
note - the president is both the chief of state and head of
government

head of government: Executive President Robert Gabriel MUGABE
(since 31 December 1987); Co-Vice Presidents Simon Vengai MUZENDA
(since 31 December 1987) and Joseph MSIKA (since 23 December 1999);
note - the president is both the chief of state and head of
government

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president; responsible to the
House of Assembly

elections: presidential candidates nominated with a nomination
paper signed by at least 10 registered voters (at least one from
each province) and elected by popular vote; election last held 16-17
March 1996 (next to be held NA March 2002); co-vice presidents
appointed by the president

election results: Robert Gabriel MUGABE reelected president;
percent of electoral college vote - Robert Gabriel MUGABE 92.7%,
Abel MUZOREWA 4.8%; Ndabaningi SITHOLE 2.4%

Taiwan:
chief of state: President CHEN Shui-bien (20 May 2000) and
Vice President Annette LU (since 20 May 2000)

head of government: Premier (President of the Executive Yuan) CHANG
Chun-hsiung (since NA October 2000) and Vice Premier (Vice President
of the Executive Yuan) LAI In-jaw (since NA October 2000)

cabinet: Executive Yuan appointed by the president

elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket
by popular vote for four-year terms; election last held 18 March
2000 (next to be held NA March 2004); premier appointed by the
president; vice premiers appointed by the president on the
recommendation of the premier

election results: CHEN Shui-bien elected president; percent of vote
- CHEN Shui-bien (DPP) 39.3%, James SOONG (independent) 36.84%, LIEN
Chan (KMT) 23.1%, HSU Hsin-liang (independent) 0.63%, LEE Ao (CNP)
0.13%

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@Exports

Afghanistan:
$80 million (does not include opium) (1996 est.)

Albania:
$310 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Algeria:
$19.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

American Samoa:
$500 million (1998)

Andorra:
$58 million (f.o.b., 1998)

Angola:
$7.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Anguilla:
$4.5 million (1998)

Antigua and Barbuda:
$38 million (1998)

Argentina:
$26.5 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Armenia:
$284 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Aruba:
$2.2 billion (including oil reexports) (2000 est.)

Australia:
$69 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Austria:
$63.2 billion (2000 est.)

Azerbaijan:
$1.9 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Bahamas, The:
$376.8 million (2000 est.)

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

Bangladesh:
$5.9 billion (2000)

Barbados:
$260 million (2000 est.)

Belarus:
$7.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Belgium:
$181.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

Belize:
$235.7 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Benin:
$396 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Bermuda:
$56 million (2000 est.)

Bhutan:
$154 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Bolivia:
$1.26 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
$950 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

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

Brazil:
$55.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000)

British Virgin Islands:
$6.2 million (2000 est.)

Brunei:
$2.55 billion (f.o.b., 1999 est.)

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

Burkina Faso:
$220 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Burma:
$1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1999)

Burundi:
$32 million (f.o.b., 2000)

Cambodia:
$942 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

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

Canada:
$272.3 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Cape Verde:
$40 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

Cayman Islands:
$1.5 million (1998)

Central African Republic:
$166 million (f.o.b., 2000)

Chad:
$172 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)

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