name: Castries
geographic coordinates: 14 01 N, 61 00 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Saint Martin
name: Marigot
geographical coordinates: 18 04 N, 63 05 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during
Standard Time)
daylight savings: +1 hour
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
name: Saint-Pierre
geographic coordinates: 46 46 N, 56 11 W
time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends
first Sunday in November
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
name: Kingstown
geographic coordinates: 13 09 N, 61 14 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Samoa
name: Apia
geographic coordinates: 13 50 S, 171 44 W
time difference: UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
+1hr, begins last Sunday in September; ends first Sunday in April
San Marino
name: San Marino
geographic coordinates: 43 56 N, 12 25 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Sao Tome and Principe
name: Sao Tome
geographic coordinates: 0 12 N, 6 39 E
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Saudi Arabia
name: Riyadh
geographic coordinates: 24 38 N, 46 43 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Senegal
name: Dakar
geographic coordinates: 14 40 N, 17 26 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Serbia
name: Belgrade (Beograd)
geographic coordinates: 44 50 N, 20 30 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Seychelles
name: Victoria
geographic coordinates: 4 38 S, 55 27 E
time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Sierra Leone
name: Freetown
geographic coordinates: 8 30 N, 13 15 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Singapore
name: Singapore
geographic coordinates: 1 17 N, 103 51 E
time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Sint Maarten
name: Philipsburg
geographic coordinates: 18 1 N, 63 2 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Slovakia
name: Bratislava
geographic coordinates: 48 09 N, 17 07 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Slovenia
name: Ljubljana
geographic coordinates: 46 03 N, 14 31 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Solomon Islands
name: Honiara
geographic coordinates: 9 26 S, 159 57 E
time difference: UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Somalia
name: Mogadishu
geographic coordinates: 2 04 N, 45 22 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
South Africa
name: Pretoria (administrative capital)
geographic coordinates: 25 42 S, 28 13 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
note: Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial
capital)
Spain
name: Madrid
geographic coordinates: 40 24 N, 3 41 W
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
note: Spain is divided into two time zones including the Canary
Islands
Sri Lanka
name: Colombo
geographic coordinates: 6 56 N, 79 51 E
time difference: UTC+5.5 (10.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
note: Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital)
Sudan
name: Khartoum
geographic coordinates: 15 36 N, 32 32 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Suriname
name: Paramaribo
geographic coordinates: 5 50 N, 55 10 W
time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Svalbard
name: Longyearbyen
geographic coordinates: 78 13 N, 15 33 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Swaziland
name: Mbabane
geographic coordinates: 26 18 S, 31 06 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
note: Lobamba (royal and legislative capital)
Sweden
name: Stockholm
geographic coordinates: 59 20 N, 18 03 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Switzerland
name: Bern
geographic coordinates: 46 57 N, 7 26 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Syria
name: Damascus
geographic coordinates: 33 30 N, 36 18 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Friday in April; ends last
Friday in October
Taiwan
name: Taipei
geographic coordinates: 25 03 N, 121 30 E
time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Tajikistan
name: Dushanbe
geographic coordinates: 38 35 N, 68 48 E
time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Tanzania
name: Dar es Salaam
geographic coordinates: 6 48 S, 39 17 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
note: legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is
planned as the new national capital, and the National Assembly now
meets there on a regular basis; the Executive Branch with all
ministries and diplomatic representation remains located in Dar es
Salaam
Thailand
name: Bangkok
geographic coordinates: 13 45 N, 100 31 E
time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Timor-Leste
name: Dili
geographic coordinates: 8 35 S, 125 36 E
time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Togo
name: Lome
geographic coordinates: 6 08 N, 1 13 E
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Tokelau
none; each atoll has its own administrative center
time difference: UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Tonga
name: Nuku'alofa
geographic coordinates: 21 08 S, 175 12 W
time difference: UTC+13 (18 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Trinidad and Tobago
name: Port-of-Spain
geographic coordinates: 10 39 N, 61 31 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Tunisia
name: Tunis
geographic coordinates: 36 48 N, 10 11 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Turkey
name: Ankara
geographic coordinates: 39 56 N, 32 52 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
Turkmenistan
name: Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)
geographic coordinates: 37 57 N, 58 23 E
time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Turks and Caicos Islands
name: Grand Turk (Cockburn Town)
geographic coordinates: 21 28 N, 71 08 W
time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard
Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends
first Sunday in November
Tuvalu
name: Funafuti
geographic coordinates: 8 30 S, 179 12 E
time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
note: administrative offices are in Vaiaku Village on Fongafale Islet
Uganda
name: Kampala
geographic coordinates: 0 19 N, 32 25 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Ukraine
name: Kyiv (Kiev)
note: pronounced KAY-yiv
geographic coordinates: 50 26 N, 30 31 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
United Arab Emirates
name: Abu Dhabi
geographic coordinates: 24 28 N, 54 22 E
time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
United Kingdom
name: London
geographic coordinates: 51 30 N, 0 10 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last
Sunday in October
note: applies to the United Kingdom proper, not to its overseas
dependencies or territories
United States
name: Washington, DC
geographic coordinates: 38 53 N, 77 02 W
time difference: UTC-5 (during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends
first Sunday in November
note: the 50 United States cover six time zones
Uruguay
name: Montevideo
geographic coordinates: 34 53 S, 56 11 W
time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in October; ends
second Sunday in March
Uzbekistan
name: Tashkent (Toshkent)
geographic coordinates: 41 20 N, 69 18 E
time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Vanuatu
name: Port-Vila (on Efate)
geographic coordinates: 17 44 S, 168 19 E
time difference: UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Venezuela
name: Caracas
geographic coordinates: 10 30 N, 66 56 W
time difference: UTC-4.5 (half an hour ahead of Washington, DC
during Standard Time)
Vietnam
name: Hanoi (Ha Noi)
geographic coordinates: 21 02 N, 105 51 E
time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Virgin Islands
name: Charlotte Amalie
geographic coordinates: 18 21 N, 64 56 W
time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Wallis and Futuna
name: Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea)
geographic coordinates: 13 57 S, 171 56 W
time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Western Sahara
none
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Yemen
name: Sanaa
geographic coordinates: 15 21 N, 44 12 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Zambia
name: Lusaka
geographic coordinates: 15 25 S, 28 17 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
Zimbabwe
name: Harare
geographic coordinates: 17 50 S, 31 03 E
time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during
Standard Time)
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@2058
Field Listing :: Imports - commodities
This entry provides a listing of the highest-valued imported
products; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value.
Country
Imports - commodities(%)
Afghanistan
machinery and other capital goods, food, textiles,
petroleum products
Albania
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, chemicals
Algeria
capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods
American Samoa
raw materials for canneries 56%, food, petroleum
products, machinery and parts
Andorra
consumer goods, food, electricity
Angola
machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts;
medicines, food, textiles, military goods
Anguilla
fuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles
Antigua and Barbuda
food and live animals, machinery and transport
equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil
Argentina
machinery, motor vehicles, petroleum and natural gas,
organic chemicals, plastics
Armenia
natural gas, petroleum, tobacco products, foodstuffs,
diamonds
Aruba
machinery and electrical equipment, crude oil for refining and
reexport, chemicals; foodstuffs
Australia
machinery and transport equipment, computers and office
machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and
petroleum products
Austria
machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal
goods, oil and oil products; foodstuffs
Azerbaijan
machinery and equipment, oil products, foodstuffs,
metals, chemicals
Bahamas, The
machinery and transport equipment, manufactures,
chemicals, mineral fuels; food and live animals
Bahrain
crude oil, machinery, chemicals
Bangladesh
machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel,
textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement
Barbados
consumer goods, machinery, foodstuffs, construction
materials, chemicals, fuel, electrical components
Belarus
mineral products, machinery and equipment, chemicals,
foodstuffs, metals
Belgium
raw materials, machinery and equipment, chemicals, raw
diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, oil
products
Belize
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods; fuels,
chemicals, pharmaceuticals; food, beverages, tobacco
Benin
foodstuffs, capital goods, petroleum products
Bermuda
clothing, fuels, machinery and transport equipment,
construction materials, chemicals, food and live animals
Bhutan
fuel and lubricants, passenger cars, machinery and parts,
fabrics, rice (2008)
Bolivia
petroleum products, plastics, paper, aircraft and aircraft
parts, prepared foods, automobiles, insecticides, soybeans
Bosnia and Herzegovina
machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels,
foodstuffs
Botswana
foodstuffs, machinery, electrical goods, transport
equipment, textiles, fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper
products, metal and metal products
Brazil
machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical
products, oil, automotive parts, electronics
British Virgin Islands
building materials, automobiles, foodstuffs,
machinery
Brunei
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food,
chemicals
Bulgaria
machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and
plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials
Burkina Faso
capital goods, foodstuffs, petroleum
Burma
fabric, petroleum products, fertilizer, plastics, machinery,
transport equipment; cement, construction materials, crude oil; food
products, edible oil
Burundi
capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs
Cambodia
petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction
materials, machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products
Cameroon
machinery, electrical equipment, transport equipment, fuel,
food
Canada
machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil,
chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods
Cape Verde
foodstuffs, industrial products, transport equipment,
fuels
Cayman Islands
foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels
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
electrical and other machinery, oil and mineral fuels, optical
and medical equipment, metal ores, plastics, organic chemicals
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
Curacao
crude petroleum, food, manufactures
Cyprus
consumer goods, petroleum and lubricants, intermediate goods,
machinery, transport equipment
Czech Republic
machinery and transport equipment, raw materials and
fuels, chemicals
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 35%, textiles 19%, mineral fuels
19%, chemical products 9%, foodstuffs 6%
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
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
note: Israel permits limited imports through crossings with Gaza,
but many "dual use" goods, such as construction materials, are
smuggled through tunnels beneath Gaza's border with Egypt
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 50%, fuels and electricity 11%, food
products, raw materials
Iceland
machinery and equipment, petroleum products, foodstuffs,
textiles
India
crude oil, precious stones, machinery, fertilizer, iron and
steel, 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, machinery, transport equipment, iron, cereals
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 and equipment, chemicals
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
mineral fuels and oils, electrical machinery, non-electrical
machinery, aircraft and other transport equipment, plastic and other
semi-manufactured goods; food, drink, tobacco