Yemen - Foreign trade

Petroleum accounts for about 91% of the country's exports. Oil export revenues were estimated at $1.4 billion in 1998. Other exports in recent years have included coffee and dried and salted fish; imports included food and live animals, machinery and equipment, and manufactured goods.

In 1998 Yemen's imports were distributed among the following categories:

Consumer goods	10.8%
Food	29.4%
Fuels	6.4%
Industrial supplies	27.8%
Machinery	16.6%
Transportation	8.4%
Other	0.6%

Principal trading partners in 1999 (in millions of US dollars) were as follows:

COUNTRY	EXPORTS	IMPORTS	BALANCE
China (inc. Hong Kong)	731	62	669
Thailand	646	39	607
Korea	347	29	318
Singapore	207	71	136
India	179	55	124
Kuwait	53	120	-67
Saudi Arabia	45	246	-201
United Arab Emirates	18	256	-238
United States	16	125	-109
United Kingdom	5	87	-82