cals;
mining (coal, iron ore, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and
precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food processing; tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
NA

Electricity - production:
33.62 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 29%
hydro: 71%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
31.26 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2002)

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

Oil - consumption:
85,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
11,500 bbl/day (2003 est.)

Exports:
$1.2 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures (including
armaments); textiles and fishery products

Exports - partners:
China 29.9%, South Korea 24.1%, Japan 13.2% (2004)

Imports:
$2.1 billion c.i.f. (2003)

Imports - commodities:
petroleum, coking coal, machinery and equipment; textiles, grain

Imports - partners:
China 32.9%, Thailand 10.7%, Japan 4.8% (2004)

Debt - external:
$12 billion (1996 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
NA; note - over $117 million in food aid through the World Food
Program in 2003 plus additional aid from bilateral donors and
non-governmental organizations

Currency (code):
North Korean won (KPW)

Currency code:
KPW

Exchange rates:
official: North Korean won per US dollar - 170 (December 2004), 150
(December 2002), 2.15 (December 2001); market: North Korean won per
US dollar - 300-600 (December 2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Korea, North

Telephones - main lines in use:
1.1 million (2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
NA

Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: country code - 850; satellite earth stations - 1
Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Russian (Indian Ocean region); other
international connections through Moscow and Beijing

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 17 (including 11 stations of Korean Central Broadcasting
Station), FM 14, shortwave 14 (2003)

Radios:
3.36 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
4 (includes Korean Central Television, Mansudae Television, Korean
Educational and Cultural Network, and Kaesong Television targeting
South Korea) (2003)

Televisions:
1.2 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.kp