Imports - commodities:
manufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction
materials, qat
Imports - partners:
Djibouti 29.7%, Kenya 14.4%, India 7.9%, Brazil 7.4%, Oman 5.2%,
UAE 4.9%, Yemen 4.8% (2005)
Debt - external:
$3 billion (2001 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$60 million (1999 est.)
Currency (code):
Somali shilling (SOS)
Currency code:
SOS
Exchange rates:
Somali shillings per US dollar - 11,000 (November 2000), 2,620
(January 1999), 7,500 (November 1997 est.), 7,000 (January 1996
est.), 5,000 (1 January 1995), note, the Republic of Somaliland, a
self-declared independent country not recognized by any foreign
government, issues its own currency, the Somaliland shilling
Fiscal year:
NA
Communications Somalia
Telephones - main lines in use:
100,000 (2005)