motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics

Industrial production growth rate:
0.7% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
261.6 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 78.6%
hydro: 18.4%
nuclear: 0%
other: 3% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
293.9 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
900 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
51.5 billion kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
79,460 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
1.866 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
456,600 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
2.158 million bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
586.6 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Natural gas - production:
15.49 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
71.18 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
61 million cu m (2001 est.)

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

Natural gas - proved reserves:
209.7 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Current account balance:
$-21.1 billion (2004 est.)

Exports:
$336.4 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
engineering products, textiles and clothing, production machinery,
motor vehicles, transport equipment, chemicals; food, beverages and
tobacco; minerals and nonferrous metals

Exports - partners:
Germany 13.6%, France 12.3%, US 8%, Spain 7.2%, UK 6.9%,
Switzerland 4.2% (2004)

Imports:
$329.3 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
engineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy
products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing;
food, beverages and tobacco

Imports - partners:
Germany 18%, France 10.9%, Netherlands 5.9%, Spain 4.6%, Belgium
4.4%, UK 4.3%, China 4.2% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$61.5 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$913.9 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $1 billion (2002 est.)

Currency (code):
euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the
euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of
member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole
currency for everyday transactions within the member countries

Currency code:
EUR

Exchange rates:
euros per US dollar - 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002),
1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

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