ts:
3.046 billion kWh (2003)

Electricity - imports:
962 million kWh (2003)

Oil - production:
128,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
253,800 bbl/day (2003 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Oil - proved reserves:
1.055 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

Natural gas - production:
12.6 billion cu m (2003 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
18.5 billion cu m (2003 est.)

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

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

Natural gas - proved reserves:
111.1 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

Current account balance:
$-3.631 billion (2004 est.)

Exports:
$23.54 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
textiles and footwear, metals and metal products, machinery and
equipment, minerals and fuels, chemicals, agricultural products

Exports - partners:
Italy 21.4%, Germany 15%, France 8.5%, Turkey 7%, UK 6.6% (2004)

Imports:
$28.43 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, fuels and minerals, chemicals, textile and
products, basic metals, agricultural products

Imports - partners:
Italy 17.2%, Germany 14.9%, France 7.1%, Russia 6.8%, Turkey 4.2%
(2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$16.21 billion (2004)

Debt - external:
$24.59 billion (2004 est.)

Currency (code):
leu (ROL)

Currency code:
ROL

Exchange rates:
lei per US dollar - 32,637 (2004), 33,200 (2003), 33,055 (2002),
29,061 (2001), 21,709 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Romania

Telephones - main lines in use:
4.3 million (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
6.9 million (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: poor domestic service, but improving
domestic: 90% of telephone network is automatic; trunk network is
mostly microwave radio relay, with some fiber-optic cable; about
one-third of exchange capacity is digital; roughly 3,300 villages
have no service
international: country code - 40; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat; new digital, international, direct-dial exchanges operate
in Bucharest; note - Romania is an active participant in several
international telecommunication network projects (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 40, FM 202, shortwave 3 (1998)

Radios:
7.2 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
48 (plus 392 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:
5.25 million (199