0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

1,320 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

1,426 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:

-$143 million (2007 est.)

Exports:

$237 million f.o.b. (2006)

Exports - commodities:

timber, fish, copra, palm oil, cocoa

Exports - partners:

China 50.8%, South Korea 7%, Thailand 6.5%, Japan 5.7%, Philippines
4.3% (2007)

Imports:

$256 million f.o.b. (2006)

Imports - commodities:

food, plant and equipment, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals

Imports - partners:

Singapore 28.2%, Australia 25.4%, Japan 4.6%, NZ 4.5%, Fiji 4% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$198.2 million annually, mainly from Australia (2005 est.)

Debt - external:

$166 million (2004)

Currency (code):

Solomon Islands dollar (SBD)

Currency code:

SBD

Exchange rates:

Solomon Islands dollars (SBD) per US dollar - NA (2007), 7.3447
(2006), 7.5299 (2005), 7.4847 (2004), 7.5059 (2003)

Communications
Solomon Islands

Telephones - main lines in use:

7,600 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

10,900 (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: country code - 677; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2004)

Radios:

57,000 (1997)

Televisions:

3,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.sb

Internet hosts:

3,804 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

8,000 (2006)

Transportation
Solomon Islands

Airports:

35 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 33
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 23 (2007)

Heliports:

3 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 1,360 km
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