t.)

Oil - consumption:
30,000 bbl/day (2003 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Oil - proved reserves:
16 billion bbl (2004 est.)

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

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

Natural gas - exports:
18.2 billion cu m (2004 est.)

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

Natural gas - proved reserves:
14.41 trillion cu m (2004)

Current account balance:
$5.187 billion (2004 est.)

Exports:
$15 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
liquefied natural gas (LNG), petroleum products, fertilizers, steel

Exports - partners:
Japan 41.9%, South Korea 15.8%, Singapore 9.1%, India 5.4% (2004)

Imports:
$6.15 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals

Imports - partners:
France 26.6%, US 9.5%, Saudi Arabia 9.4%, UAE 6.3%, Germany 5.2%,
Japan 5.2%, UK 5.1% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$3.351 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$18.62 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
NA

Currency (code):
Qatari rial (QAR)

Currency code:
QAR

Exchange rates:
Qatari rials per US dollar - 3.64 (2004), 3.64 (2003), 3.64 (2002),
3.64 (2001), 3.64 (2000)

Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

Communications Qatar

Telephones - main lines in use:
184,500 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
376,500 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system centered in Doha
domestic: NA
international: country code - 974; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain;
microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and UAE; submarine cable to
Bahrain and UAE; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic
Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:
256,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (plus three repeaters) (2001)

Televisions:
230,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.qa

Internet hosts:
221 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
126,000 (2003)

Transportation Qatar

Highways:
total: 1,230 km
paved: 1,107 km
unpaved: 123 km (1999 est.)

Pipelines:
condensate 319 km; condensate/gas 209 km; gas 1,024 km; liquid
petroleum gas 87 km; oil 702 km; oil/gas/water 41 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Doha

Merchant marine