calcium carbide

Industrial production growth rate:
9.3% (1996 est.)

Electricity - production:
2.001 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 0.1%
hydro: 99.9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
312.9 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
1.56 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
12 million kWh (2002)

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

Oil - consumption:
1,020 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Exports:
$154 million f.o.b. (2000 est.)

Exports - commodities:
electricity (to India), cardamom, gypsum, timber, handicrafts,
cement, fruit, precious stones, spices

Exports - partners:
Bangladesh 47.4%, Japan 30.2%, France 3.4% (2004)

Imports:
$196 million c.i.f. (2000 est.)

Imports - commodities:
fuel and lubricants, grain, machinery and parts, vehicles, fabrics,
rice

Imports - partners:
Germany 65.4%, Japan 14.3%, Austria 6.8%, UK 4.5% (2004)

Debt - external:
$245 million (2000)

Economic aid - recipient:
substantial aid from India and other nations

Currency (code):
ngultrum (BTN); Indian rupee (INR)

Currency code:
BTN; INR

Exchange rates:
ngultrum per US dollar - 45.317 (2004), 46.583 (2003), 48.61
(2002), 47.186 (2001), 44.942 (2000)

Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June

Communications Bhutan

Telephones - main lines in use:
25,200 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
22,000 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: telecommunications facilities are poor
domestic: very low tele-density; domestic service is very poor
especially in rural areas; wireless service available since 2003
international: country code - 975; international telephone and
telegraph service via landline and microwave relay through India;
satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2004)

Radios:
37,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2005)

Televisions:
11,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.bt

Internet hosts:
985 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
NA

Internet users:
15,000 (2003)

Transportation Bhutan

Highways:
total: 4,007 km
paved: 24 km
unpaved: 3,983 km (2002)

Airports:
2 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports -