Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$562 million (2003)
Debt - external:
$6.011 billion (2003 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$127 million (2001 est.)
Currency:
kyat (MMK)
Currency code:
MMK
Exchange rates:
kyats per US dollar - 6.0764 (2003), 6.5734 (2002), 6.6841 (2001),
6.5167 (2000), 6.2858 (1999)
note: these are official exchange rates; unofficial exchange rates
ranged in 2003 from 100 kyat/US dollar to nearly 1000 kyat/US dollar
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Burma
Telephones - main lines in use:
357,300 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
66,500 (2003)