12.82% (31 December 2007)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
14.13% (31 December 2007)
Stock of money:
$439.2 million (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$160.2 million (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
NA (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum, barley; livestock
Industries:
food, beverages, textiles, apparel assembly, handicrafts,
construction, tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
12% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
200 million kWh; note - electricity supplied by South Africa (2006
est.)
Electricity - consumption:
226 million kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
50 million kWh; note - electricity supplied by South Africa (2007
est.)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
1,400 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - imports:
1,500 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)
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 2006 est.)
Current account balance:
$49 million (2007 est.)
Exports:
$853 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
manufactures 75% (clothing, footwear, road vehicles), wool and
mohair, food and live animals (2000)
Exports - partners:
US 71.5%, Belgium 25.6%, Canada 1.2% (2007)
Imports:
$1.536 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food; building materials, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum
products
Imports - partners:
China 30%, Hong Kong 29.6%, India 10%, South Korea 6.6%, Germany
6.4%, Pakistan 4.6% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$68.82 million (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$852 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$689 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Currency (code):
loti (LSL); South African rand (ZAR)
Currency code:
LSL; ZAR
Exchange rates:
maloti (LSL) per US dollar - 7.25 (2007), 6.85 (2006), 6.3593
(2005), 6.4597 (2004), 7.5648 (2003)
Communications
Lesotho
Telephones - main lines in use:
53,100 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
456,0
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