Exports - partners:
Bangladesh 60.5%, US 11.7%, Malaysia 5.7% (2003)
Imports:
$196 million c.i.f. (2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
fuel and lubricants, grain, machinery and parts, vehicles, fabrics,
rice
Imports - partners:
Japan 36.6%, Austria 14.2%, Sweden 8.3%, China 7.5%, Thailand 6%,
Bangladesh 6%, Germany 5.5%, Italy 4% (2003)
Debt - external:
$245 million (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:
substantial aid from India and other nations
Currency:
ngultrum (BTN); Indian rupee (INR)
Currency code:
BTN; INR
Exchange rates:
ngultrum per US dollar - 46.5806 (2003), 48.6103 (2002), 47.1864
(2001), 44.9416 (2000), 43.0554 (1999)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June