Imports: $870 million (c.i.f., 1994) commodities: petroleum products, machinery, cotton piece goods, metals, transportation equipment, food partners: Kenya 25%, UK 14%, Italy 13%
External debt: $3.2 billion (1994)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA
Currency: 1 Ugandan shilling (USh) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: Ugandan shillings (USh) per US$1 - 1,032.6 (November 1995), 979.4 (1994), 1,195.0 (1993), 1,133.8 (1992), 734.0 (1991)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 1,241 km single track
narrow gauge: 1,241 km 1.000-m gauge
note:: a program to rehabilitate the railroad is underway (1995)
Highways:
total: 30,320 km
paved: 3,480 km
unpaved: 26,840 km (1987 est.)
Waterways: Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George,
Lake Edward; Victoria Nile, Albert Nile