billion kWh (2003)

Oil - production:
1,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
82,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Oil - proved reserves:
4.5 million bbl (1 January 2002)

Natural gas - production:
190 million cu m (2003 est.)

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

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2003 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
6.6 billion cu m (2003 est.)

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

Current account balance:
$-1.4 billion (2004 est.)

Exports:
$29.24 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
vehicles 25.9%, machinery and electrical equipment 21.3%, base
metals 14.6%, chemicals and minerals 10.1%, plastics 5.4%% (2004
est.)

Exports - partners:
Germany 34.4%, Czech Republic 14.7%, Austria 8.2%, Italy 5.8%,
Poland 5.3%, US 4.5%, Hungary 4.3% (2004)

Imports:
$29.67 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment 41.1%, intermediate manufactured
goods 19.3%, fuels 12.3%, chemicals 9.8%, miscellaneous manufactured
goods 10.2% (2003)

Imports - partners:
Germany 26.1%, Czech Republic 21.3%, Russia 9.1%, Austria 6.6%,
Poland 4.9%, Italy 4.9% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$14.91 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$19.54 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$2.2 billion in available EU structural adjustment and cohesion
funds (2004-06)

Currency (code):
Slovak koruna (SKK)

Currency code:
SKK

Exchange rates:
koruny per US dollar - 32.257 (2004), 36.773 (2003), 45.327 (2002),
48.355 (2001), 46.035 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Slovakia

Telephones - main lines in use:
1,294,700 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
3,678,800 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: a modernization and privatization program is
increasing accessibility to telephone service, reducing the waiting
time for new subscribers, and generally improving service quality
domestic: predominantly an analog system that is now receiving
digital equipment and is being enlarged with fiber-optic cable,
especially in the larger cities; mobile cellular capability has been
added
international: country code - 421; three international exchanges
(one in Bratislava and two in Banska Bystrica) are available;
Slovakia is partic