gas - production:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
865 million cu m (2001 est.)

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

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

Exports:
$13.4 billion f.o.b. (2003)

Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber
products, glass

Exports - partners:
Germany 22.1%, France 20.1%, Belgium 10.2%, UK 8.4%, Italy 7.3%,
Spain 5.9%, Netherlands 4.3% (2004)

Imports:
$16.3 billion c.i.f. (2003)

Imports - commodities:
minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods

Imports - partners:
Belgium 29.8%, Germany 22.6%, China 12.6%, France 12%, Netherlands
4.2% (2004)

Debt - external:
$NA

Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $147 million (2002)

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

Communications Luxembourg

Telephones - main lines in use:
355,400 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
473,000 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: highly developed, completely automated and
efficient system, mainly buried cables
domestic: nationwide cellular telephone system; buried cable
international: country code - 352; 3 channels leased on TAT-6
coaxial submarine cable (Europe to North America)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)

Radios:
285,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
5 (1999)

Televisions:
285,000 (1998 est.)

Internet country code:
.lu

Internet hosts:
28,214 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
8 (2000)

Internet users:
165,000 (2002)

Transportation Luxembourg

Railways:
total: 274 km
standard gauge: 274 km 1.435-m gauge (242 km electrified) (2004)

Highways:
total: 5,210 km
paved: 5,210 km (including 126 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2002)

Waterways:
37 km (on Moselle River) (2003)

Pipelines:
gas 155 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Mertert

Merchant marine:
total: 40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 652,454 GRT/805,101 DWT