Exports—partners: South Africa 12%, UK 11%, Germany 8%, Japan 6%,
US 6% (1997 est.)
Imports: $2 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.)
Imports—commodities: machinery and transport equipment 39%, other
manufactures 18%, chemicals 15%, fuels 10% (1997 est.)
Imports—partners: South Africa 37%, UK 7%, US 6%, Japan 6% (1997
est.)
Debt—external: $5 billion (1998)
Economic aid—recipient: $437.6 million (1995)
Currency: 1 Zimbabwean dollar (Z$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: Zimbabwean dollars (Z$) per US$1—39.3701 (January 1999), 21.4133 (1998), 11.8906 (1997), 9.9206 (1996), 8.6580 (1995), 8.1500 (1994)
Fiscal year: 1 July—30 June
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