as - exports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
2.44 billion cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Current account balance:
-$694.7 million (2007 est.)
Exports:
$1.361 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
foodstuffs, textiles, machinery
Exports - partners:
Russia 25.3%, Romania 13%, Italy 10%, Ukraine 8.7%, Germany 8.5%,
Poland 6.2%, Belarus 4.2% (2007)
Imports:
$3.677 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
mineral products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals,
textiles
Imports - partners:
Russia 20.5%, Ukraine 15.8%, Romania 15%, Germany 8.7%, Italy 5.7%,
Poland 4.1% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$191.8 million (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.334 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$3.3 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$NA
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$NA
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$573.9 million (2004)
Currency (code):
Moldovan leu (MDL)
Currency code:
MDL
Exchange rates:
Moldovan lei (MDL) per US dollar - 12.177 (2007), 13.131 (2006),
12.6 (2005), 12.33 (2004), 13.945 (2003)
Communications
Moldova
Telephones - main lines in use:
1.08 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.883 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate, outmoded, poor service outside
Chisinau; some modernization is under way
domestic: depending on location, new subscribers may face long wait
for service; multiple private operators of GSM mobile-cellular
telephone service are operating; GPRS system is being introduced; a
CDMA mobile telephone network began operations in 2007; combined
fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity approaching 70 per 100
persons
international: country code - 373; service through Romania and
Russia via landline; satellite earth stations - at least 3
(Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik) (2007)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 29, shortwave NA (2006)
Radios:
3.22 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
40 (2006)
Televisions:
1.26 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.md
Internet hosts:
223,869 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (1999)
Internet users:
700,000 (2007)
Transportation
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