Exports—partners: US 19%, Hong Kong 6%, UK 6%, Japan 6%, Germany
5% (1997)
Imports: $41.34 billion (c.i.f., 1998)
Imports—commodities: crude oil and petroleum products, machinery,
gems, fertilizer, chemicals
Imports—partners: US 10%, Belgium 7%, UK 7%, Germany 7%, Saudi
Arabia 6%, Japan 6% (1997)
Debt—external: $93 billion (1998)
Economic aid—recipient: $1.604 billion (1995)
Currency: 1 Indian rupee (Re) = 100 paise
Exchange rates: Indian rupees (Rs) per US$1—42.508 (January 1999), 41.259 (1998), 36.313 (1997), 35.433 (1996), 32.427 (1995), 31.374 (1994)
Fiscal year: 1 April—31 March
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