Imports: $60 million (f.o.b., 1995 est.)
Imports—commodities: manufactures, petroleum products,
foodstuffs, construction materials (1995)
Imports—partners: Kenya 28%, Djibouti 21%, Brazil 6%, Pakistan
(1996 est.)
Debt—external: $2.6 billion (1996 est.)
Economic aid—recipient: $191.5 million (1995)
Currency: 1 Somali shilling (So. Sh.) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: Somali shillings (So. Sh.) per US$1—2,620
(January 1999), 7,500 (November 1997 est.), 7,000 (January 1996
est.), 5,000 (1 January 1995), 2,616 (1 July 1993), 4,200 (December
1992)
note: the Republic of Somaliland, a self-declared independent
country not recognized by any government, issues its own currency,
the Somaliland shilling (So. Sh.)
Fiscal year: NA
Communications
Telephones: 9,000 (1991 est.)