Imports: $1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.)
Imports—commodities: food and live animals, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles and aircraft (1994)
Imports—partners: Italy 11%, US 11%, Germany 7%, Saudi Arabia 4% (1996 est.)
Debt—external: $10 billion (1996)
Economic aid—recipient: $367 million (FY95/96)
Currency: 1 birr (Br) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: birr (Br) per US$1 (end of period)—7.58 (January 1999), 6.8640 (1997), 6.4260 (1996), 6.3200 (1995), 5.9500 (1994) note: since May 1993, the birr market rate has been determined in an interbank market supported by weekly wholesale auction; prior to that date, the official rate was pegged to US$1 = 5.000 birr
Fiscal year: 8 July—7 July
Communications
Telephones: 100,000 (1983 est.)