Imports - partners:
Germany 13.9%, Lithuania 13.6%, Russia 8.6%, Estonia 7.9%, Poland
6.4%, Finland 5.9%, Belarus 5.8%, Sweden 5.1% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.61 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$18.9 billion (30 June 2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$96.2 million
Currency (code):
Latvian lat (LVL)
Currency code:
LVL
Exchange rates:
lati per US dollar - 0.55991 (2006), - 0.5647 (2005), 0.5402
(2004), 0.5715 (2003), 0.6182 (2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Latvia
Telephones - main lines in use:
731,000 (2005)