Imports: $670 million (1998 est.)
Imports—commodities: grain, lumber, industrial products, ferrous metals, fuel, machinery, textiles, footwear
Imports—partners: Turkey, Cuba, US, Germany
Debt—external: $935 million (1997 est.)
Economic aid—recipient: $329.4 million (1995)
Currency: 1 Kyrgyzstani som (KGS) = 100 tyiyn
Exchange rates: soms (KGS) per US$1—30.25 (February 1999), 20.838 (1998), 17.362 (1997), 12.810 (1996), 10.822 (1995), 10.842 (1994)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications
Telephones: 356,000 (1996 est.)