Imports - commodities:
capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
Kenya 12.9%, Tanzania 10.5%, Belgium 10.4%, Italy 8.1%, France
5.4%, Uganda 5.3%, China 5%, India 4.1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$87.69 million (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$1.2 billion (2003)

Economic aid - recipient:
$105.5 million (2003)

Currency (code):
Burundi franc (BIF)

Currency code:
BIF

Exchange rates:
Burundi francs per US dollar - 1,170 (2006), 1,138 (2005), 1,100.91
(2004), 1,082.62 (2003), 930.75 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

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