Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, ferrous and non-ferrous metals
Imports - partners:
Russia 30.1%, China 13.3%, South Korea 13%, Germany 6.3%, Kazakhstan 6.2%, Ukraine 4% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$172.3 million from the US (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$6.75 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$3.927 billion (31 December 2007 est.)