Imports - partners:
Italy 21.5%, Germany 10.4%, Tunisia 5.6%, Turkey 4.9%, UK 4.9%,
France 4.8%, South Korea 4.7%, China 4.6% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$39.7 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$4.267 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $4.4 million (2002)
Currency (code):
Libyan dinar (LYD)
Currency code:
LYD
Exchange rates:
Libyan dinars per US dollar - 1.3084 (2005), 1.305 (2004), 1.2929
(2003), 1.2707 (2002), 0.6051 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Libya
Telephones - main lines in use:
750,000 (2003)