Imports - commodities:

electricity, petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:

Russia 32.3%, China 11.9%, Kazakhstan 8.8%, Uzbekistan 4.7% (2008)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$195 million (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 144 $328 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$1.503 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 144 $1.56 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$102 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 36 $94.76 billion (31 December 2007 est.)