Imports - commodities: raw materials, foodstuffs, capital goods, fuels, consumer goods
Imports - partners: China 33%, Hong Kong 24%, EU 11%, Taiwan 10%,
Japan 8% (1998)
Debt - external: $1.7 billion (1997)
Economic aid - recipient: $NA
Currency: 1 pataca (P) = 100 avos
Exchange rates: patacas (P) per US$1 - 8.01 (January 2000), 7.99 (1999), 7.98 (1998), 7.99 (1997), 7.962 (1996), 8.034 (1993-95); note - linked to the Hong Kong dollar at the rate of 1.03 patacas per Hong Kong dollar
Fiscal year: calendar year
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Telephones - main lines in use: 222,500 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 55,000 (1998)