Exports—partners: South Africa 58%, EU 17%, Mozambique, North
Korea (1995)
Imports: $1.2 billion (f.o.b., 1998)
Imports—commodities: motor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals (1996)
Imports—partners: South Africa 96%, Japan, UK, Singapore (FY95/96)
Debt—external: $175 million (1998)
Economic aid—recipient: $55 million (1995)
Currency: 1 lilangeni (E) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: emalangeni (E) per US$1—5.9812 (January 1999), 5.4807 (1998), 4.6032 (1997), 4.2706 (1996), 3.6266 (1995), 3.5490 (1994); note—the Swazi lilangeni is at par with the South African rand
Fiscal year: 1 April—31 March
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