ures of NA
(2004 est.)

Public debt:
58% of GDP (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
coffee, pineapples, bananas, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes;
beef; timber

Industries:
microprocessors, food processing, textiles and clothing,
construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products

Industrial production growth rate:
3.1% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
6.614 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 1.5%
hydro: 81.9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 16.6% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
5.733 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
477 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
59 million kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
37,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Current account balance:
$-980.3 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$6.184 billion (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
coffee, bananas, sugar; pineapples; textiles, electronic
components, medical equipment

Exports - partners:
US 46.9%, Netherlands 5.3%, Guatemala 4.4% (2004)

Imports:
$7.842 billion (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum

Imports - partners:
US 46.1%, Japan 5.9%, Mexico 5.1%, Brazil 4.2% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.736 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$5.962 billion (2004 est.)

Currency (code):
Costa Rican colon (CRC)

Currency code:
CRC

Exchange rates:
Costa Rican colones per US dollar - 437.91 (2004), 398.66 (2003),
359.82 (2002), 328.87 (2001), 308.19 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Costa Rica

Telephones - main lines in use:
1.132 million (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
528,047 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: good domestic telephone service in terms of
breadth of coverage; restricted cellular telephone service
domestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave,
fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is
available
international: country code - 506; connected to Central American
Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean); two submarine cables (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002)

Radios:
980,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002)

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