ts:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Current account balance:
-$424 million (2007 est.)
Exports:
$1.128 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural products
Exports - partners:
Russia 10.8%, Ukraine 9.6%, Spain 8.8%, US 7.5%, Germany 7.4%, South
Korea 7.2%, France 7%, Ireland 5.5%, China 5% (2007)
Imports:
$1.202 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment,
textiles, grain and other foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
China 10%, France 7%, Netherlands 6.3% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$182.1 million (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$119 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$3.351 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA
Currency (code):
Guinean franc (GNF)
Currency code:
GNF
Exchange rates:
Guinean francs (GNF) per US dollar - 4,122.8 (2007), 5,350 (2006),
3,644.3 (2005), 2,225 (2004), 1,984.9 (2003)
Communications
Guinea
Telephones - main lines in use:
26,300 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
189,000 (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate system of open-wire lines, small
radiotelephone communication stations, and new microwave radio relay
system
domestic: Conakry reasonably well served; coverage elsewhere remains
inadequate and large companies tend to rely on their own systems for
nationwide links; combined fixed and mobile-cellular teledensity is
about 2 per 100 persons
international: country code - 224; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 5, shortwave 3 (2006)
Radios:
357,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
6 (2001)
Televisions:
85,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.gn
Internet hosts:
16 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
4 (2001)
Internet users:
50,000 (2006)
Transportation
Guinea
Airports:
16 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 2 (2007)
Railways:
total: 837 km
standard gauge: 175 km 1.435-m gauge
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