Exports—partners: Western Europe 42%, US 30%, Hong Kong 4%, Japan
3% (FY95/96 est.)
Imports: $7.1 billion (1997)
Imports—commodities: capital goods, textiles, food, petroleum
products
Imports—partners: India 21%, China 10%, Western Europe 8%, Hong
Kong 7%, Singapore 6% (FY95/96 est.)
Debt—external: $16.7 billion (1997)
Economic aid—recipient: $1.475 billion (FY96/97)
Currency: 1 taka (Tk) = 100 poisha
Exchange rates: taka (Tk) per US$1—48.500 (January 1999), 46.906 (1998), 43.892 (1997), 41.794 (1996), 40.278 (1995), 40.212 (1994)
Fiscal year: 1 July—30 June
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