l; food and beverages;
processing of animal products, cashmere and natural fiber
manufacturing

Industrial production growth rate:
4.1% (2002 est.)

Electricity - production:
2.692 billion kWh (2004 est.)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
2.209 billion kWh (2004 est.)

Electricity - exports:
8.2 million kWh (2004 est.)

Electricity - imports:
130.5 million kWh (2004 est.)

Oil - production:
542 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
11,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
497 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - imports:
11,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Exports:
$853 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides,
fluorspar, other nonferrous metals

Exports - partners:
China 47.8%, US 17.9%, UK 15.7% (2004)

Imports:
$1 billion c.i.f. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, fuel, cars, food products, industrial
consumer goods, chemicals, building materials, sugar, tea

Imports - partners:
Russia 33.3%, China 23.6%, Japan 7.4%, South Korea 6%, US 4.6%
(2004)

Debt - external:
$1.191 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$215 million (2003)

Currency (code):
togrog/tugrik (MNT)

Currency code:
MNT

Exchange rates:
togrogs/tugriks per US dollar - 1,185.3 (2004), 1,146.5 (2003),
1,110.3 (2002), 1,097.7 (2001), 1,076.7 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Mongolia

Telephones - main lines in use:
142,300 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
404,400 (2004)

Telephone system:
general assessment: network is improving with international direct
dialing available in many areas
domestic: very low density of about 6.5 telephones for each thousand
persons; two wireless providers cover all but two provinces
international: country code - 976; satellite earth station - 1
Intersputnik (Indian Ocean Region)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 62, shortwave 3 (2004)

Radios:
155,900 (1999)

Television broadcast stations:
52 (plus 21 provincial repeaters and many low power repeaters)
(2004)

Televisions:
168,800 (1999)

Internet country code:
.mn

Internet hosts:
1,000 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
5 (2001)

Internet users:
220,000 (2004)

Transportation Mongolia