d reserves:
495.5 million cu m (1 January 2002)

Current account balance:
$266 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$2.224 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum, lumber, plywood, sugar, cocoa, coffee, diamonds

Exports - partners:
China 26.8%, Taiwan 19.2%, North Korea 8.4%, US 7.3%, France 5.5%,
South Korea 4.8% (2004)

Imports:
$749.3 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
capital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
France 32.7%, US 10.1%, Germany 6.2%, Italy 6%, China 5.2%,
Netherlands 4.5% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$40.42 million (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$5 billion (2000 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$159.1 million (1995)

Currency (code):
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible
authority is the Bank of the Central African States

Currency code:
XAF

Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar - 528.29
(2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99 (2002), 733.04 (2001), 711.98 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Congo, Republic of the

Telephones - main lines in use:
7,000 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
330,000 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: services barely adequate for government use;
key exchanges are in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo;
intercity lines frequently out of order
domestic: primary network consists of microwave radio relay and
coaxial cable
international: country code - 242; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 3 (2001)

Radios:
341,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2002)

Televisions:
33,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.cg

Internet hosts:
46 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
15,000 (2003)

Transportation Congo, Republic of the

Railways:
total: 894 km
narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2004)

Highways:
total: 12,800 km
paved: 1,242 km
unpaved: 11,558 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
4,385 km (on Congo and Oubanqui rivers) (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 53 km; oil 646 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Brazzaville, Djeno, Impfondo, Ouesso, Oyo, Pointe-Noire

Airports:
32 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 4
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (200