摘要：External debt outstanding stood at 50.9
billion US dollars as of end-2005, declining
from 51.3 billion US dollars as of end-2004.
Notwithstanding the net external debt inflow
of 2.0 billion US dollars, the outstanding value
of external debt fell by 0.4 billion US dollars
thanks to depreciation in the yen, which
pushed down the value of yen-denominated
debt in US dollar terms. The details can be
summarized as follows:
