Imports - partners:
Kenya 32%, UAE 8.6%, South Africa 6.4%, India 5.7%, China 5.2%, UK
4.4%, US 4.1%, Japan 4% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.286 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$4.973 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$959 million (2003)
Currency (code):
Ugandan shilling (UGX)
Currency code:
UGX
Exchange rates:
Ugandan shillings per US dollar - 1,780.7 (2005), 1,810.3 (2004),
1,963.7 (2003), 1,797.6 (2002), 1,755.7 (2001)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Communications Uganda
Telephones - main lines in use:
100,800 (2005)