:
2.727 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 18.9%
hydro: 81.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
2.566 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
30 million kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
17,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2002)

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

Current account balance:
$-327.4 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$1.248 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton

Exports - partners:
India 9.1%, Spain 8.3%, Netherlands 6.4%, Japan 5.8%, UK 5%, China
4.8%, Kenya 4.7% (2004)

Imports:
$1.972 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
consumer goods, machinery and transportation equipment, industrial
raw materials, crude oil

Imports - partners:
South Africa 13.1%, China 8.1%, India 6.6%, Kenya 5.6%, UAE 5.5%,
US 4.9%, UK 4.8%, Bahrain 4.1% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.175 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$7.321 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$1.2 billion (2001)

Currency (code):
Tanzanian shilling (TZS)

Currency code:
TZS

Exchange rates:
Tanzanian shillings per US dollar - 1,089.33 (2004), 1,038.42
(2003), 966.58 (2002), 876.41 (2001), 800.41 (2000)

Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June

Communications Tanzania

Telephones - main lines in use:
149,100 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
891,200 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: fair system operating below capacity and being
modernized for better service; VSAT (very small aperture terminal)
system under construction
domestic: trunk service provided by open-wire, microwave radio
relay, tropospheric scatter, and fiber-optic cable; some links being
made digital
international: country code - 255; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 12, FM 11, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:
8.8 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
3 (1999)

Televisions:
103,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.tz

Internet hosts:
5,534 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
6 (2000)

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