Inflation rate (consumer prices):

NA%

Agriculture - products:

rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs, pork, eggs

Industries:

military products; machine building, electric power, chemicals;
mining (coal, iron ore, limestone, magnesite, graphite, copper,
zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food
processing; tourism

Industrial production growth rate:

NA%

Electricity - production:

21.72 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

18.18 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 29%
hydro: 71%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

141 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

24,000 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2006)

Oil - imports:

10,520 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - proved reserves:

NA bbl

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

0 cu m (1 January 2007)

Exports:

$1.466 billion f.o.b. (2006)

Exports - commodities:

minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures (including
armaments), textiles, agricultural and fishery products

Exports - partners:

South Korea 32%, China 29%, Thailand 9% (2006)

Imports:

$2.879 billion c.i.f. (2006)

Imports - commodities:

petroleum, coking coal, machinery and equipment, textiles, grain

Imports - partners:

China 27%, South Korea 16%, Thailand 9%, Russia 7% (2006)

Economic aid - recipient:

$372 million
note: approximately 65,000 metric tons in food aid through the World
Food Program appeals in 2007, plus additional aid from bilateral
donors and non-governmental organizations (2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$12.5 billion (2001 est.)

Currency (code):

North Korean won (KPW)

Currency code:

KPW

Exchange rates:

North Korean won (KPW) per US dollar - 140 (2007), 141 (2006), 170
(December 2004), market: North Korean won per US dollar -
2,500-3,000 (December 2006)

Communications
Korea, North

Telephones - main lines in use:

1.18 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: inadequate system; currently no mobile cellular
telephone servi