Exports—commodities: cotton, textiles, clothing, rice, leather, carpets

Exports—partners: EU, US, Hong Kong, Japan

Imports: $10.1 billion (FY97/98)

Imports—commodities: petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, transportation equipment, vegetable oils, animal fats, chemicals

Imports—partners: EU, Japan, US, China

Debt—external: $34 billion (1998 est.)

Economic aid—recipient: $2 billion (FY97/98)

Currency: 1 Pakistani rupee (PRe) = 100 paisa

Exchange rates: Pakistani rupees (PRs) per US$1—46.000 (January 1999), 45.033 (1998), 41.086 (1997), 36.056 (1996), 31.623 (1995), 30.548 (1994); note—annual average of official rate; parallel market rate is higher

Fiscal year: 1 July—30 June