Exports - partners: UK 32%, France 19%, US 14%, Germany 6%, Italy 4% (1997)
Imports: $2.1 billion (f.o.b., 1998)
Imports - commodities: manufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals (1996)
Imports - partners: France 19%, South Africa 12%, India 9%, Hong Kong 7%, UK 6% (1997)
Debt - external: $1.9 billion (1998 est.)
Economic aid - recipient: $42 million (1997)
Currency: 1 Mauritian rupee (MauR) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: Mauritian rupees (MauRs) per US$1 - 25.485 (January 2000), 25.186 (1999), 22.993 (1998), 21.057 (1997), 17.948 (1996), 17.386 (1995)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
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