Imports - partners:
Russia 37.1%, US 9.3%, China 9.3%, Germany 9.1% (2002)
Debt - external:
$6.6 billion (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$610 million in US assistance programs, 1992-2000
Currency:
tenge (KZT)
Currency code:
KZT
Exchange rates:
tenge per US dollar - 153.28 (2002), 146.74 (2001), 142.13 (2000),
119.52 (1999), 78.3 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Kazakhstan
Telephones - main lines in use:
1.92 million (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
400,000 (2001)