Imports:
$2.274 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities:
motor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs,
petroleum products, chemicals
Imports - partners:
South Africa 95.6%, EU 0.9%, Japan 0.9%, Singapore 0.3% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$228.5 million (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$357 million (2003 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$104 million (2001)
Currency (code):
lilangeni (SZL)
Currency code:
SZL
Exchange rates:
emalangeni per US dollar - 6.6 (2006), 6.3593 (2005), 6.4597
(2004), 7.5648 (2003), 10.5407 (2002)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March