Imports - partners:
China 28.8%, Thailand 21.8%, Singapore 18.3%, Malaysia 7.6% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$763 million (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$6.99 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$127 million (2001 est.)
Currency (code):
kyat (MMK)
Currency code:
MMK
Exchange rates:
kyats per US dollar - 5.761 (2005), 5.7459 (2004), 6.0764 (2003),
6.5734 (2002), 6.6841 (2001)
note: these are official exchange rates; unofficial exchange rates
ranged in 2004 from 815 kyat/US dollar to nearly 970 kyat/US dollar,
and by year-end 2005, the unofficial exchange rate was 1,075 kyat/US
dollar
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Burma
Telephones - main lines in use:
476,200 (2005)