Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals; foodstuffs
Imports - partners: Russia 16%, South Korea 11%, Germany 8%, US 7%,
Turkey 6%, Kazakhstan 5% (1998)
Debt - external: $3.2 billion (1998 est.)
Economic aid - recipient: $276.6 million (1995)
Currency: Uzbekistani som (UKS)
Exchange rates: Uzbekistani soms (UKS) per US$1 - 141.4 (January 2000), 111.9 (February 1999), 110.95 (December 1998), 75.8 (September 1997), 41.1 (1996), 30.2 (1995)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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Telephones - main lines in use: 1.976 million (1999)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 26,000 (1998)