Imports: $1.1 billion (1997 est.)

Imports—commodities: machinery and parts, grain and food, plastics and rubber, consumer durables, textiles

Imports—partners: FSU, US, Turkey, Germany, Cyprus (1996)

Debt—external: $1.7 billion (1998 est.)

Economic aid—recipient: $27.2 million (1995)

Currency: 1 Turkmen manat (TMM) = 100 tenesi

Exchange rates: manats per US$1—5,350 (January 1999), 4,070
(January 1997), 2,400 (January 1996)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: NA