st.)
Natural gas - production:
65.19 billion cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
51.18 billion cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
14.01 billion cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
1.841 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)
Current account balance:
$4.615 billion (2007 est.)
Exports:
$8.05 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
cotton, gold, energy products, mineral fertilizers, ferrous and
non-ferrous metals, textiles, food products, machinery, automobiles
Exports - partners:
Russia 22.4%, Poland 10.4%, Turkey 9.4%, Kazakhstan 6.1%, Hungary
6%, China 5.6%, Ukraine 4.8%, Bangladesh 4.3% (2007)
Imports:
$4.48 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, ferrous and
non-ferrous metals
Imports - partners:
Russia 30.1%, China 13.3%, South Korea 13%, Germany 6.3%, Kazakhstan
6.2%, Ukraine 4% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$172.3 million from the US (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$6.75 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$3.927 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$NA
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$NA
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$36.89 million (2005)
Currency (code):
soum (UZS)
Currency code:
UZS
Exchange rates:
Uzbekistani soum (UZS) per US dollar - 1,263.8 (2007), 1,219.8
(2006), 1,020 (2005), 971.265 (2004), 771.029 (2003)
Communications
Uzbekistan
Telephones - main lines in use:
1.793 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
5.8 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: antiquated and inadequate; in serious need of
modernization
domestic: the main line telecommunications system is dilapidated and
telephone density is low; the state-owned telecommunications
company, Uzbektelecom, is working on improving main line services;
mobile services are growing swiftly, with the subscriber base more
than doubling in 2007 to 5.8 million
international: country code - 998; linked by landline or microwave
radio relay with CIS member states and to other countries by leased
connection via the Moscow international gateway switch; after the
completion of the Uzbek link to the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE)
fiber-optic cable, Uzbekistan
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