Imports - partners:
China 39.7%, Thailand 14.6%, Japan 11.2%, Germany 7.6%, South Korea
6.2% (2002)
Debt - external:
$12 billion (1996 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$NA; note - over $133 million in food aid through the World Food
Program in 2003 plus additional aid from bilateral donors and
non-governmental organizations
Currency:
North Korean won (KPW)
Currency code:
KPW
Exchange rates:
official: North Korean won per US dollar - 150 (December 2002),
2.15 (December 2001), 2.15 (May 1994), 2.13 (May 1992), 2.14
(September 1991), 2.1 (January 1990); market: North Korean won per
US dollar - 300-600 (December 2002), 200 (December 2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Korea, North
Telephones - main lines in use:
1.1 million (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
NA