Exports - partners:
Japan 22.8%, Thailand 22.7%, Sri Lanka 16.4%, UK 12.6%, Singapore
5.8%, Germany 4.8%, France 4.3% (2005)

Imports:
$567 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
petroleum products, ships, foodstuffs, textiles, clothing,
intermediate and capital goods

Imports - partners:
Singapore 24.1%, UAE 15.7%, India 11.3%, Malaysia 7.2%, Sri Lanka
5.7%, UK 4.5% (2005)

Debt - external:
$304 million (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$27.9 million $NA (2004)

Currency (code):
rufiyaa (MVR)

Currency code:
MVR

Exchange rates:
rufiyaa per US dollar - 12.8 (2005), 12.8 (2004), 12.8 (2003), 12.8
(2002), 12.24 (2001)

Fiscal year:
calendar year