llion (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

1 April - 31 March

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

8.1% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

11% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

13.17% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$244.8 million (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$529.4 million (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$204.1 million (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

sugarcane, cotton, corn, tobacco, rice, citrus, pineapples, sorghum,
peanuts; cattle, goats, sheep

Industries:

coal, wood pulp, sugar, soft drink concentrates, textiles and apparel

Industrial production growth rate:

1.1% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

460 million kWh (2007)

Electricity - consumption:

1.2 billion kWh (2007)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007)

Electricity - imports:

872 million kWh; note - electricity supplied by South Africa (2007)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 58%
hydro: 42%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

3,490 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

3,530 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:

-$24 million (2007 est.)

Exports:

$1.926 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

soft drink concentrates, sugar, wood pulp, cotton yarn,
refrigerators, citrus and canned fruit

Exports - partners:

South Africa 59.7%, EU 8.8%, US 8.8%, Mozambique 6.2% (2006)

Imports:

$1.914 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

motor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs,
petroleum products, chemicals

Imports - partners:

South Africa 95.6%, EU 0.9%, Japan 0.9% (2006)

Economic aid - recipient:

$46.03 million (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$762.7 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$524 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$NA

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$NA

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