/IRBIS, Natalya Khoroshevskaya, July 21, 06/ - For July 21, 2006 the National Bank of Kazakhstan has established the rates of tenge to foreign currencies as follows:

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                                        Rate for     Rate for
Code  Units  Currency                July 21, 06  July 20, 06  Trend
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AUD     1    Australian dollar             87.94        87.83  +0.11
GBP     1    English pound sterling       216.62       215.20  +1.42
BYR     1    Byelorussian rouble            0.05         0.05      0
DKK     1    Danish crown                  19.83        19.72  +0.11
AED     1    Dirham of UAE                 31.93        32.05  -0.12
USD     1    US dollar                    117.29       117.73  -0.44
EUR     1    EURO                         147.86       147.14  +0.72
CAD     1    Canadian dollar              103.49       103.61  -0.12
CNY     1    Chinese yuan                  14.68        14.71  -0.03
KWD     1    Kuwaiti dinar                405.58       407.16  -1.58
SOM     1    Kirgiz som                     2.95         2.96  -0.01
LVL     1    Latvian lat                  212.52       211.48  +1.04
LTL     1    Lithuanian lit                42.83        42.61  +0.22
MDL     1    Moldavian lei                  8.82         8.89  -0.07
NOK     1    Norwegian crown               18.61        18.49  +0.12
PLN     1    Polish zloty                  37.40        36.63  +0.77
SAR     1    Real of Saudi Arabia          31.28        31.39  -0.11
RUB     1    Russian rouble                 4.35         4.35      0
SDR     1    SDR                          171.94       172.88  -0.94
SGD     1    Singaporean dollar            73.96        73.85  +0.11
TRY     1    Turkish lira                  75.72        74.82  +0.90
UZS     1    Uzbek sum                      0.10         0.10      0
UAH     1    Ukrainian grivna              23.32        23.37  -0.05
SEK     1    Sweden crown                  16.01        15.89  +0.12
CHF     1    Swiss frank                   94.14        93.81  +0.33
EEK     1    Estonian crown                 9.45         9.40  +0.05
ZAP     1    South-African rand            16.64        16.41  +0.23
KRW    100   South-Korean wons             12.32        12.29  +0.03
JPY    10    Japanese yens                 10.04        10.02  +0.02
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The rates shown are set without obligation of the National Bank of Kazakhstan to sell or to purchase foreign currency at the mentioned rates.

[2006-07-21]