Current account balance:
$2.891 billion (2003)
Exports:
$23.63 billion (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products,
chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food products
Exports - partners:
Russia 17.8%, Germany 5.9%, Italy 5.3%, China 4.1% (2003)
Imports:
$23.58 billion (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
energy, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Imports - partners:
Russia 35.9%, Germany 9.4%, Turkmenistan 7.2% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$6.937 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
$16.13 billion (2003)
Economic aid - recipient: $637.7 million (1995); IMF Extended Funds Facility $2.2 billion (1998)