Exports—partners: Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Georgia

Imports: $840 million (c.i.f., 1998 est.)

Imports—commodities: grain, other foods, fuel, other energy

Imports—partners: Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Georgia, US, EU

Debt—external: $820 million (of which $75 million to Russia) (1997 est.)

Economic aid—recipient: $245.5 million (1995)

Currency: 1 dram = 100 luma

Exchange rates: dram per US$1—535.62 (January 1999), 504.92 (1998), 490.85 (1997), 414.04 (1996), 405.91 (1995), 288.65 (1994)

Fiscal year: calendar year

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