Imports - partners:
UK 10%, China 9.7%, US 9.4%, India 9.2%, Germany 5.9%, Japan 5.4%,
France 4.7%, Singapore 4.1% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$25.51 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$39.1 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - donor:
since its founding in 1971, the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development has
given about $5.2 billion in aid to 56 countries (2004)
Currency (code):
Emirati dirham (AED)
Currency code:
AED
Exchange rates:
Emirati dirhams per US dollar - 3.673 (2006), 3.6725 (2005), 3.6725
(2004), 3.6725 (2003), 3.6725 (2002), note, officially pegged to the
US dollar since February 2002
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications United Arab Emirates
Telephones - main lines in use:
1.237 million (2005)