Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels; food products

Imports - partners:
Greece 19.4%, Germany 14.4%, Bulgaria 7.5%, Slovenia 6.9%, Italy
6.9%, Turkey 5.9%, Ukraine 5%, Austria 4.1% (2002)

Debt - external:
$1.3 billion (2001 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$150 million (2001 est.)

Currency:
Macedonian denar (MKD)

Currency code:
MKD

Exchange rates:
Macedonian denars per US dollar - 64.35 (2002), 68.04 (2001), 65.9
(2000), 56.9 (1999), 54.46 (1998)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

Telephones - main lines in use:
408,000 (1997)