The overall balance of payments has registered a surplus for the last several years and is estimated to remain at USD 1.05 billion in 2014.
As a result of the balance of payments surplus, gross foreign exchange reserves of the banking system have reached to $ 6.7 billion at April 2014; and the reserves of the banking system are sufficient for financing merchandise imports of more than 11 months and merchandise and service imports of more than 10 months.