Imports:
$645 million f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Imports - commodities:
food, petroleum products, semimanufactures, consumer goods,
transportation equipment

Imports - partners:
South Africa 37.9%, Zambia 8.7%, Mozambique 7.8%, Zimbabwe 7.3%,
India 6.4%, Tanzania 4.6% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$151 million (2005 est.)

Debt - external:
$3.287 billion (2005 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$401.5 million (2001)

Currency (code):
Malawian kwacha (MWK)

Currency code:
MWK

Exchange rates:
Malawian kwachas per US dollar - 108.894 (2005), 108.898 (2004),
97.433 (2003), 76.687 (2002), 72.197 (2001)

Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June