Imports & exports
 The annual value of imports and exports totaled US$3.402 billion, an increase of 49.4% from the previous year.
 
Economic and technological cooperation
 Overseas project and labor contracts signed during the year, totaling 69, were valued at US$2.38 million, up 50.0% from the previous year. Business turnover for the year totaled US$680,000, down 91.0% from the previous year.
 
Foreign investment
 Foreign direct investment realized in monetary terms was US$670 million, up by 8.4% from the year before.

(Statistics as of 2004)

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