Current account balance:
$234.3 million (2004 est.)
Exports:
$1.356 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed
fish, karakul skins
Exports - partners:
EU 79%, US 4% (2001)
Imports:
$1.473 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs; petroleum products and fuel, machinery and equipment,
chemicals
Imports - partners:
US 50%, EU 31% (2001)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$360 million (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$1.136 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA $160 million (2000 est.)
Currency (code):
Namibian dollar (NAD); South African rand (ZAR)
Currency code:
NAD; ZAR
Exchange rates:
Namibian dollars per US dollar - 6.4597 (2004), 7.5648 (2003),
10.5407 (2002), 8.6092 (2001), 6.9398 (2000)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Namibia
Telephones - main lines in use:
127,400 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
223,700 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: good system; about 6 telephones for each 100
persons
domestic: good urban services; fair rural service; microwave radio
relay links major towns; connections to other populated places are
by open wire; 100% digital
international: country code - 264; fiber-optic cable to South
Africa, microwave radio relay link to Botswana, direct links to
other neighboring countries; connected to Africa ONE and South
African Far East (SAFE) submarine cables through South Africa;
satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (2002)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 39, shortwave 4 (2001)
Radios:
232,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
8 (plus about 20 low-power repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:
60,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.na
Internet hosts:
3,164 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)
Internet users:
65,000 (2003)
Transportation Namibia
Railways:
total: 2,382 km
narrow gauge: 2,382 km 1.067-m gauge (2004)
Highways:
total: 42,237 km
paved: 5,406 km
unpaved: 36,831 km (2002)
Ports and harbors:
Luderitz, Walvis Bay
Merchant marine:
total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) 2,265 GRT/3,605 DWT
by type: cargo 1 (2005)
Airports:
136 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 21
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m
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