Imports - partners:
Italy 11.1%, Syria 10.7%, France 9.2%, Germany 6.4%, China 5.4%, US
5.3%, UK 4.4%, Saudi Arabia 4.3% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$16.78 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$31.1 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$2.2 billion received (2003), out of the $4.2 billion in soft loans
pledged at the November 2002 Paris II Aid Conference
Currency (code):
Lebanese pound (LBP)
Currency code:
LBP
Exchange rates:
Lebanese pounds per US dollar - 1,507.5 (2006), 1,507.5 (2005),
1,507.5 (2004), 1,507.5 (2003), 1,507.5 (2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Lebanon
Telephones - main lines in use:
990,000 (2005)