of GDP (2007 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $65.83 billion
expenditures: $58.9 billion (2007 est.)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Public debt:
19.3% of GDP (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
18.7% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
28.5% (31 December 2007)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
17.11% (31 December 2007)
Stock of money:
$63.18 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$8.889 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$50.24 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
corn, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, bananas, vegetables, coffee; beef,
pork, milk, eggs; fish
Industries:
petroleum, construction materials, food processing, textiles; iron
ore mining, steel, aluminum; motor vehicle assembly
Industrial production growth rate:
3.9% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
110.7 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
83.84 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
542 million kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 31.7%
hydro: 68.3%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Oil - production:
2.667 million bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
738,300 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - exports:
2.203 million bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - imports:
0 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - proved reserves:
87.04 billion bbl (1 January 2008 est.)
Natural gas - production:
26.5 billion cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
26.5 billion cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
4.708 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)
Current account balance:
$20 billion (2007 est.)
Exports:
$69.17 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum, bauxite and aluminum, steel, chemicals, agricultural
products, basic manufactures
Exports - partners:
US 42.7%, Netherlands Antilles 8%, China 3.1% (2007)
Imports:
$45.46 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
raw materials, machinery and equipment, transport equipment,
construction materials
Imports - partners:
US 26.6%, Colombia 13.5%, Brazil 9.5%, China 6.7%, Mexico 5.2%,
Panama 5% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$48.66 million (2005)
Reserves of foreig
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