Imports - commodities: processed goods, machinery, petroleum products
Imports - partners: Saudi Arabia 16%, Italy 14%, UAE 13%, Ethiopia 9%,
Germany 6% (1997)
Debt - external: $76 million (1997 est.)
Economic aid - recipient: $123.1 million (1997)
Currency: 1 nafka = 100 cents
Exchange rates: nakfa per US$1 = 9.5 (January 2000), 7.6 (January 1999), 7.2 (March 1998 est.)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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Telephones - main lines in use: 23,578 (2000)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 0 (1995)