Imports: $13 billion (1998 est.)
Imports—commodities: machinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft, petroleum, consumer goods, plastics
Imports—partners: Australia 27%, US 19%, Japan 12%, UK 6% (1997)
Debt—external: $53.2 billion (March 1998)
Economic aid—donor: ODA, $123 million (1995)
Currency: 1 New Zealand dollar (NZ$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1—1.85 (February 1999), 1.8629 (1998), 1.5083 (1997), 1.4543 (1996), 1.5235 (1995), 1.6844 (1994)
Fiscal year: 1 July—30 June
Communications
Telephones: 1.7 million (1986 est.)