Imports—commodities: capital goods 48%, chemicals 11%, petroleum 5%, food 5% (1993 est.)
Imports—partners: US 20%, Japan 13%, Brazil 12, Chile 7.5% (1996)
Debt—external: $4.1 billion (1998)
Economic aid—recipient: $588 million (1997)
Currency: 1 boliviano ($B) = 100 centavos
Exchange rates: bolivianos ($B) per US$1—5.6491 (January 1999), 5.5101 (1998), 5.2543 (1997), 5.0746 (1996), 4.8003 (1995), 4.6205 (1994)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications
Telephones: 144,300 (1987 est.)
Telephone system: new subscribers face bureaucratic difficulties; most telephones are concentrated in La Paz and other cities domestic: microwave radio relay system being expanded international: satellite earth station—1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)