Imports: $11.8 billion (f.o.b., 1999)
Imports - commodities: raw materials, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, construction materials (1999)
Imports - partners: US 53%, Japan, Colombia, Italy, Germany, France,
Brazil, Canada (1999)
Debt - external: $32 billion (1999)
Economic aid - recipient: $35 million with more assistance likely as a result of flooding (1999)
Currency: 1 bolivar (Bs) = 100 centimos
Exchange rates: bolivares (Bs) per US$1 - 652.333 (January 2000), 605.717 (1999), 547.556 (1998), 488.635 (1997), 417.333 (1996), 176.843 (1995)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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Telephones - main lines in use: 2.6 million (1998)