| Main Trading Partners 2006 | ||||||
| Imports Thousand$ | Share | Exports Thousand$ | Share | |||
| Belgium | 153,568 | 2% | Bahrain | 20,069 | 1% | |
| Brazil | 227,050 | 2% | Belgium | 46,778 | 2% | |
| China | 751,598 | 8% | China | 45,589 | 2% | |
| Egypt | 379,134 | 4% | Egypt | 47,894 | 2% | |
| France | 761,130 | 8% | France | 39,125 | 2% | |
| Germany | 659,875 | 7% | Germany | 22,237 | 1% | |
| India | 117,831 | 1% | India | 11,967 | 1% | |
| Italy | 709,957 | 8% | Iran, Islamic republic of | 36,087 | 2% | |
| Japan | 285,022 | 3% | Iraq | 136,259 | 6% | |
| Netherlands | 150,034 | 2% | Jordan | 84,231 | 4% | |
| Romania | 160,900 | 2% | Kuwait | 82,463 | 4% | |
| Russian Federation | 260,655 | 3% | Nigeria | 33,832 | 1% | |
| Saudi Arabia | 296,382 | 3% | Qatar | 63,766 | 3% | |
| Spain | 148,875 | 2% | Saudi Arabia | 146,205 | 6% | |
| Switzerland | 211,980 | 2% | Switzerland | 450,988 | 20% | |
| Syria | 177,953 | 2% | Syria | 175,737 | 8% | |
| Turkey | 257,826 | 3% | Turkey | 102,345 | 4% | |
| UAE | 132,080 | 1% | UAE | 176,223 | 8% | |
| UK | 406,654 | 4% | UK | 31,547 | 1% | |
| USA | 1,016,013 | 11% | USA | 52,636 | 2% | |
| Other countries | 2,133,069 | 0 | Other countries | 50,040 | 20% | |
| TOTAL | 9,397,586 | 100% | TOTAL | 1,856,018 | 100% | |