est.)
Budget:
revenues: $2.302 billion
expenditures: $2.63 billion (2007 est.)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Public debt:
22.2% of GDP (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
8.2% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
9.95% (31 December 2007)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
19.52% (31 December 2007)
Stock of money:
$1.261 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$1.467 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$877.2 million (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
cotton, cashew nuts, sugarcane, tea, cassava (tapioca), corn,
coconuts, sisal, citrus and tropical fruits, potatoes, sunflowers;
beef, poultry
Industries:
food, beverages, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints), aluminum,
petroleum products, textiles, cement, glass, asbestos, tobacco
Industrial production growth rate:
10% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
14.62 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
9.555 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
12.83 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - imports:
9.839 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 2.9%
hydro: 97.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
14,390 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - imports:
13,240 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)
Natural gas - production:
1.65 billion cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
1.45 billion cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
127.4 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)
Current account balance:
-$795.1 million (2007 est.)
Exports:
$2.412 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
aluminum, prawns, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus, timber; bulk
electricity
Exports - partners:
Italy 19.4%, Belgium 18.4%, Spain 12.5%, South Africa 12.3%, UK
7.3%, China 4.1% (2007)
Imports:
$2.811 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products,
foodstuffs, textiles
Imports - partners:
South Africa 36.7%, Australia 8.5%, China 4.6% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$1.286 billion (2005)
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