9.6%, mineral fertilizers,
ferrous metals, textiles, food products, automobiles (1998)

Exports - partners:
Russia 23.8%, China 11.9%, Kazakhstan 6.9%, Turkey 6.9%, Ukraine
5.4%, Bangladesh 4.7%, Poland 4.2%, Tajikistan 4% (2005)

Imports:
$3.99 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment 49.8%, foodstuffs 16.4%, chemicals, metals
(1998)

Imports - partners:
Russia 26.6%, South Korea 15.3%, Germany 8.8%, Kazakhstan 7.1%,
China 7.1%, Turkey 4.7%, Ukraine 4.7% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.986 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$4.713 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$91.6 million from the US (2005)

Currency (code):
Uzbekistani soum (UZS)

Currency code:
UZS

Exchange rates:
Uzbekistani soum per US dollar - 1,219.58 (2006), 1,020 (2005),
971.265 (2004), 771.029 (2003), 423.832 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Uzbekistan

Telephones - main lines in use:
1,717,100 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.1 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: antiquated and inadequate; in serious need of
modernization
domestic: the main line telecommunications system is dilapidated;
the state owned telecom company, Uzbektelecom, is using a US$110
million loan from the Japanese government to improve main line
services; mobile services are growing swiftly, with the subscriber
base doubling in 2005 to 1.1 million; there are six main cellular
providers currently in operation
international: country code - 998; linked by landline or microwave
radio relay with CIS member states and to other countries by leased
connection via the Moscow international gateway switch; after the
completion of the Uzbek link to the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE)
fiber-optic cable, Uzbekistan will be independent of Russian
facilities for international communications; Inmarsat also provides
an international connection, albeit an expensive one; satellite
earth stations - NA (1998)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 4, FM 6, shortwave 3 (2006)

Radios:
10.8 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
8 1 cable rebroadcaster in Tashkent; approximately 20 stations in
regional capitals (2003)

Televisions:
6.4 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.uz

Internet hosts:
9,058 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
42 (2000)

Internet users:
8