ers:

Lithuania 15.1%, Estonia 13.8%, Russia 13%, Germany 8.3%, Sweden
7.4%, UK 6.5% (2007)

Imports:

$14.82 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, vehicles

Imports - partners:

Germany 15.1%, Lithuania 13.8%, Russia 8.7%, Estonia 8%, Poland
6.9%, Finland 5.1%, Sweden 4.9% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$162 million (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$5.758 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$33.53 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$8.62 billion (2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$699 million (2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$2.705 billion (2006)

Currency (code):

lat (LVL)

Currency code:

LVL

Exchange rates:

lati (LVL) per US dollar - 0.5162 (2007), 0.5597 (2006), 0.5647
(2005), 0.5402 (2004), 0.5715 (2003)

Communications
Latvia

Telephones - main lines in use:

644,000 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2.217 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: recent efforts focused on bringing competition
to the telecommunications sector; the number of fixed lines is
decreasing as wireless telephone service expands
domestic: number of telecommunications operators has grown rapidly
since the fixed-line market opened to competition in 2003; combined
fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership is roughly 125 per 100
persons
international: country code - 371; the Latvian network is now
connected via fiber optic cable to Estonia, Finland, and Sweden
(2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

1.76 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

1.22 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.lv

Internet hosts:

220,082 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

41 (2001)

Internet users:

1.177 million (2007)

Transportation
Latvia

Airports:

42 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 21
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 9 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 21
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 20 (2007)

Pipelines:

gas 948 km; oil 82 km; refined products 415 km (2007)

Railways:

total: 2,303 km
broad gauge: 2,270 km 1.520-m gauge (257 km