Economic aid - recipient:
$127 million (2001 est.)
Currency (code):
kyat (MMK)
Currency code:
MMK
Exchange rates:
kyats per US dollar - 1,310 (2006), 5.761 (2005), 5.7459 (2004),
6.0764 (2003), 6.5734 (2002), note, these are official exchange
rates; unofficial exchange rates ranged in 2004 from 815 kyat/US
dollar to nearly 970 kyat/US dollar, and by year-end 2005, the
unofficial exchange rate was 1,075 kyat/US dollar
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Burma
Telephones - main lines in use:
476,200 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
183,400 (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: barely meets minimum requirements for local and
intercity service for business and government; international service
is fair
domestic: NA
international: country code - 95; satellite earth station - 2,
Intelsat (Indian Ocean), and ShinSat
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 1 (2004)