Imports: $2.9 billion (1995)
commodities: grain, machinery and parts, consumer durables, other
foods
partners: principally other FSU countries, Czech Republic
External debt: $1.285 billion (of which $510 million to Russia)
Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $71 million (1993)
note: commitments, $2,915 million ($135 million in disbursements)
(1992-95)
Currency: introduced provisional som-coupons 10 November 1993
which circulated parallel to the Russian rubles; became the sole
legal currency 31 January 1994; was replaced in July 1994 by the som
currency
Exchange rates: soms per US$1 - 35.8 (end December 1995), 25
(yearend 1994)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 3,460 km in common carrier service; does not include
industrial lines
broad gauge: 3,460 km 1.520-m gauge (1990)
Highways:
total: 78,400 km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km (1990 est.)
Pipelines: crude oil 250 km; petroleum products 40 km; natural gas
810 km (1992)