Imports - commodities:

food; building materials, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum products

Imports - partners:

China 30%, Hong Kong 29.6%, India 10%, South Korea 6.6%, Germany 6.4%, Pakistan 4.6% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$68.82 million (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$852 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$689 million (31 December 2007 est.)