/IRBIS, Vitaliy Tomskiy, April 18, 08/ - As of April 18, 2008, the National Bank of Kazakhstan set the following official rates of tenge to foreign currencies:

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                                         Rate for      Rate for
Code  Units  Currency                April 18, 08  April 17, 08  Trend
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AUD     1    Australian dollar             113.03        111.78  +1.25
GBP     1    English pound sterling        237.97        237.25  +0.72
BYR     1    Byelorussian rouble             0.06          0.06      0
DKK     1    Danish crown                   25.76         25.61  +0.15
AED     1    Dirham of UAE                  32.80         32.75  +0.06
USD     1    US dollar                     120.45        120.26  +0.19
EUR     1    EURO                          192.14        191.06  +1.08
CAD     1    Canadian dollar               120.22        118.93  +1.29
CNY     1    Chinese yuan                   17.25         17.19  +0.06
KWD     1    Kuwaiti dinar                 454.07        453.21  +0.85
SOM     1    Kirgiz som                      3.31          3.30  +0.01
LVL     1    Latvian lat                   276.07        274.44  +1.63
LTL     1    Lithuanian lit                 55.67         55.35  +0.32
MDL     1    Moldavian lei                  11.64         11.59  +0.04
NOK     1    Norwegian crown                24.32         24.17  +0.15
PLN     1    Polish zloty                   56.13         56.16  -0.03
SAR     1    Real of Saudi Arabia           32.12         32.07  +0.05
RUB     1    Russian rouble                  5.16          5.14  +0.02
SDR     1    SDR                           198.28        197.39  +0.89
SGD     1    Singaporean dollar             89.22         88.84  +0.38
TRY     1    Turkish lira                   90.48         90.90  -0.42
UZS     1    Uzbek sum                       0.09          0.09      0
UAH     1    Ukrainian grivna               24.48         24.48      0
SEK     1    Sweden crown                   20.45         20.35  +0.10
CHF     1    Swiss frank                   120.64        120.24  +0.41
EEK     1    Estonian crown                 12.28         12.21  +0.07
ZAP     1    South-African rand             15.27         15.12  +0.15
KRW    100   South-Korean wons              12.12         12.16  -0.04
JPY    10    Japanese yens                  11.82         11.86  -0.04
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The rates indicated, are set without obligation of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan to sell or purchase foreign currency at the indicated rates.

[2008-04-18]