Imports:
$2.77 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products,
electrical machinery

Imports - partners:
Brazil 32.5%, Argentina 21.6%, China 12.7% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$982 million (2003)

Debt - external:
$2.96 billion (2003 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
NA (2001)

Currency:
guarani (PYG)

Currency code:
PYG

Exchange rates:
guarani per US dollar - 6,424.34 (2003), 5,716.26 (2002), 4,105.92
(2001), 3,486.35 (2000), 3,119.07 (1999)

Fiscal year:
calendar year