Qatar's most important commodity exports are crude petroleum (56%), natural and manufactured gas (30%), and refined petroleum products (2.1%). Other exports include manufactured polymers (3.2%), steel (2.1%), and fertilizers (1.9%).
In 1999, imports were distributed among the following categories:
Consumer goods | 17.6% |
Food | 14.0% |
Fuels | 0.6% |
Industrial supplies | 27.1% |
Machinery | 23.5% |
Transportation | 17.0% |
Other | 0.2% |
Principal trading partners in 2000 (in millions of US dollars) were as follows:
COUNTRY | EXPORTS | IMPORTS | BALANCE |
Japan | 5,216 | 358 | 4,858 |
Korea | 1,952 | 174 | 1,778 |
Singapore | 824 | 14 | 810 |
United Arab Emirates | 513 | 225 | 288 |
United States | 361 | 335 | 26 |
China (inc. Hong Kong) | 332 | 97 | 235 |
Thailand | 249 | 35 | 214 |
Sa'udi Arabia | 115 | 183 | -68 |
United Kingdom | 17 | 253 | -236 |
Germany | n.a. | 266 | n.a. |
France | n.a. | 178 | n.a. |
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