Exports - partners:
US 23.6%, Germany 13.5%, UK 9.4%, France 6.4% (2005)
Imports:
$12.97 billion (2005 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles,
foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement (2000)
Imports - partners:
India 14.1%, China 13.5%, Kuwait 8.5%, Singapore 6.2%, Japan 4.1%,
Hong Kong 4.1% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.825 billion (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$20.63 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$1.575 billion (2000 est.)
Currency (code):
taka (BDT)
Currency code:
BDT
Exchange rates:
taka per US dollar - 64.328 (2005), 59.513 (2004), 58.15 (2003),
57.888 (2002), 55.807 (2001)