Exports: $1.9 billion (f.o.b., 1998)
Exports—commodities: wood and wood products, machinery and
equipment, textiles, foodstuffs
Exports—partners: Russia 21%, Germany 14%, UK 14%, Sweden 8%
(1997)
Imports: $3.1 billion (f.o.b., 1998)
Imports—commodities: fuels, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Imports—partners: Russia 16%, Germany 16%, Finland 10%, Sweden 8% (1997)
Debt—external: $212 million (1998)
Economic aid—recipient: $96.2 million (1995)
Currency: 1 Latvian lat (LVL) = 100 santims
Exchange rates: lats (LVL) per US$1—0.570 (January 1999), 0.590 (1998), 0.581 (1997), 0.551 (1996), 0.528 (1995), 0.560 (1994)