Imports: $259.3 billion (f.o.b., 1999 est.)
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, crude oil, chemicals, motor vehicles and parts, durable consumer goods, electricity
Imports - partners: US 77%, Japan 3%, UK, Germany, France, Mexico,
Taiwan, South Korea (1998)
Debt - external: $253 billion (1996)
Economic aid - donor: ODA, $2.1 billion (1997)
Currency: 1 Canadian dollar (Can$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: Canadian dollars (Can$) per US$1 - 1.4489 (January 2000), 1.4857 (1999), 1.4835 (1998), 1.3846 (1997), 1.3635 (1996), 1.3724 (1995)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
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Telephones - main lines in use: 18.5 million (1999)