(2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$8.563 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$26.4 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
ODA $166.5 million (2002)

Currency (code):
kuna (HRK)

Currency code:
HRK

Exchange rates:
kuna per US dollar - 6.0358 (2004), 6.7035 (2003), 7.8687 (2002),
8.34 (2001), 8.2766 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Croatia

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

Telephones - mobile cellular:
2.553 million (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: reconstruction plan calls for replacement of all analog
circuits with digital and enlarging the network; a backup will be
included in the plan for the main trunk
international: country code - 385; digital international service is
provided through the main switch in Zagreb; Croatia participates in
the Trans-Asia-Europe (TEL) fiber-optic project, which consists of
two fiber-optic trunk connections with Slovenia and a fiber-optic
trunk line from Rijeka to Split and Dubrovnik; Croatia is also
investing in ADRIA 1, a joint fiber-optic project with Germany,
Albania, and Greece (2000)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5 (1999)

Radios:
1.51 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
36 (plus 321 repeaters) (September 1995)

Televisions:
1.22 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.hr

Internet hosts:
29,644 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
9 (2000)

Internet users:
1.014 million (2003)

Transportation Croatia

Railways:
total: 2,726 km
standard gauge: 2,726 km 1.435-m gauge (984 km electrified) (2004)

Highways:
total: 28,344 km
paved: 23,979 km (including 455 km of expressways)
unpaved: 4,365 km (2002)

Waterways:
785 km (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 1,340 km; oil 583 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Omisalj, Ploce, Rijeka, Sibenik, Vukovar (on Danube)

Merchant marine:
total: 73 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 750,579 GRT/1,178,786 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 25, cargo 12, chemical tanker 2,
passenger/cargo 25, petroleum tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 1, roll
on/roll off 4
foreign-owned: 1 (Denmark 1)
registered in other countries: 31 (2005)

Airports:
68 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 23
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 9 (2004 est.)

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