ts:
57.98 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
4.739 trillion cu m (2004)

Current account balance:
$11.9 billion (2004 est.)

Exports:
$32.16 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products 97%

Exports - partners:
US 22.6%, Italy 17.2%, France 11.4%, Spain 10.1%, Canada 7.5%,
Brazil 6.1%, Belgium 4.6% (2004)

Imports:
$15.25 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods

Imports - partners:
France 30.3%, Italy 8.2%, Germany 6.5%, Spain 5.5%, US 5.2%, China
5.1%, Turkey 4.3% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$43.55 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$21.9 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$122.8 million (2002 est.)

Currency (code):
Algerian dinar (DZD)

Currency code:
DZD

Exchange rates:
Algerian dinars per US dollar - 72.061 (2004), 77.395 (2003),
79.682 (2002), 77.215 (2001), 75.26 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Algeria

Telephones - main lines in use:
2,199,600 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,447,310 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: telephone density in Algeria is very low, not
exceeding five telephones per 100 persons; the number of fixed main
lines increased in the last few years to a little more than
2,000,000, but only about two-thirds of these have subscribers; much
of the infrastructure is outdated and inefficient
domestic: good service in north but sparse in south; domestic
satellite system with 12 earth stations (20 additional domestic
earth stations are planned)
international: country code - 213; 5 submarine cables; microwave
radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial
cable to Morocco and Tunisia; participant in Medarabtel; satellite
earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1
Intersputnik, and 1 Arabsat (1998)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999)

Radios:
7.1 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:
3.1 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.dz

Internet hosts:
897 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)

Internet users:
500,000 (2002)

Transportation Algeria

Railways:
total: 3,973 km
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