Agriculture
Agricultural products: pineapples, avocados, bananas, flowers, vegetables, sugarcane
Exports: US$957 million (in 2005)
Exports - commodities: refined petroleum products, bananas, rum, pineapples
Exports - partners: France 45%, Guadeloupe 28% (1997)
Imports: US$3,098 billion (in 2005)
Imports - commodities: petroleum products, crude oil, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods
Imports - partners: France 62%, Venezuela 6%, Germany 4%, Italy 4%, US 3% (1997)
Debt - external: $180 million (1994)
Economic aid - recipient: Martinique receives substantial annual aid from France.
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