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Budget:
revenues: $140.6 billion
expenditures: $172.4 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004)

Public debt:
52% of GDP (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef

Industries:
textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel,
aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment

Industrial production growth rate:
6% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
339 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 8.3%
hydro: 82.7%
nuclear: 4.4%
other: 4.6% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
351.9 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
7 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
36.58 billion kWh; note - supplied by Paraguay (2002)

Oil - production:
1.788 million bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
2.199 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

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

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

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

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

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

Natural gas - proved reserves:
221.7 billion cu m (2004)

Current account balance:
$8 billion (2004 est.)

Exports:
$95 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos

Exports - partners:
US 20.8%, Argentina 7.5%, Netherlands 6.1%, China 5.6%, Germany
4.1%, Mexico 4% (2004)

Imports:
$61 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products,
oil

Imports - partners:
US 18.3%, Argentina 8.9%, Germany 8.1%, China 5.9%, Nigeria 5.6%,
Japan 4.6% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$52.94 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$219.8 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$30 billion (2002)

Currency (code):
real (BRL)

Currency code:
BRL

Exchange rates:
reals per US dollar - 2.9251 (2004), 3.0771 (2003), 2.9208 (2002),
2.3577 (2001), 1.8301 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Brazil

Telephones - main lines in use:
38.81 million (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
46,373,300 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: good worki