Imports - commodities: consumer goods, intermediate and capital goods, petroleum products
Imports - partners: Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, Canada
Debt - external: $188 million (1998 est.)
Economic aid - recipient: $NA
Currency: 1 rufiyaa (Rf) = 100 laari
Exchange rates: rufiyaa (Rf) per US$1 - 11.770 (fixed rate since 1995)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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Telephones - main lines in use: 21,000 (1999)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 300 (1999)