machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
China 16.9%, Russia 15.9%, Turkey 14%, UAE 10.3%, Ukraine 7.9%,
Germany 5.6%, Iran 5.1% (2008)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$13.88 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 60 $13.19 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$1.4 billion (2004 est.) country comparison to the world: 147 note: some estimates put this figure as high as $5 billion
Exchange rates:
Turkmen manat (TMM) per US dollar - 14,250 (as of 1 May 2008 est.)
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