Exports: $940 million (1997)
Exports—commodities: pulses and beans, teak, rice, rubber,
hardwood
Exports—partners: India 17%, Singapore 14%, China 11%, Thailand
9%, Japan 4% (1997)
Imports: $2.2 billion (1997)
Imports—commodities: machinery, transport equipment, construction
materials, food products
Imports—partners: Singapore 30%, Japan 17%, China 10%, Thailand
10%, Malaysia 7% (1997)
Debt—external: $4.3 billion (1997 est.)
Economic aid—recipient: $156.9 million (1995)
Currency: 1 kyat (K) = 100 pyas
Exchange rates: kyats (K) per US$1—6.1163 (January 1999), 6.3432 (1998), 6.2418 (1997), 5.9176 (1996), 5.6670 (1995), 5.9749 (1994); unofficial—310-350 (1998)