stic credit:

NA (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

potatoes, hops, wheat, sugar beets, corn, grapes; cattle, sheep,
poultry

Industries:

ferrous metallurgy and aluminum products, lead and zinc smelting;
electronics (including military electronics), trucks, automobiles,
electric power equipment, wood products, textiles, chemicals,
machine tools

Industrial production growth rate:

9.5% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

14.13 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

13.4 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

5.894 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

6.14 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 35.2%
hydro: 27.3%
nuclear: 36.8%
other: 0.7% (2001)

Oil - production:

5 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

54,310 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

4,535 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

59,110 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:

4 million cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

1.105 billion cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

1.073 billion cu m (2005)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Current account balance:

-$2.181 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$27.06 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals,
food

Exports - partners:

Germany 18.7%, Italy 12.5%, Croatia 8%, Austria 7.5%, France 5.9%,
Russia 4.4% (2007)

Imports:

$29.39 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, chemicals,
fuels and lubricants, food

Imports - partners:

Germany 18.1%, Italy 17.1%, Austria 11.7%, France 5%, Croatia 4.6%
(2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

ODA, $484 million (2004-06)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$5.682 billion (30 September 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$40.42 billion (30 June 2007)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$10.41 billion (2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$6.127 billion (2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$15.18 billion (2006)

Currency (code):

euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 2007, the euro became Slovenia's currency; both
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