0 kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
50,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
163,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA (2001)

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

Natural gas - production:
600 million cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
600 million cu m (2001 est.)

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$-273 million (2003)

Exports:
$1.467 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee

Exports - partners:
Netherlands 21.8%, Canada 16.2%, Russia 10.7%, Spain 8.7%, China
7.3% (2003)

Imports:
$4.531 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
petroleum, food, machinery and equipment, chemicals

Imports - partners:
Spain 16.6%, Venezuela 12.5%, Italy 8.6%, US 8.5%, China 7.7%,
Canada 5.4%, Mexico 5.3%, France 4.9% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$582 million (2003)

Debt - external:
$12.52 billion (convertible currency); another $15 billion -$20
billion owed to Russia (2003 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$68.2 million (1997 est.)

Currency:
Cuban peso (CUP)

Currency code:
CUP

Exchange rates:
Cuban pesos per US dollar - 1.0000 (nonconvertible, official rate,
for international transactions, pegged to the US dollar);
convertible peso sold for domestic use at a rate of 27 pesos per US
dollar by the Government of Cuba (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Cuba

Telephones - main lines in use:
574,400 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
17,900 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: greater investment beginning in 1994 and the
establishment of a new Ministry of Information Technology and
Communications in 2000 has resulted in improvements in the system;
cellular service, initially restricted, was opened to public access
in 2003
domestic: national fiber-optic system scheduled to be completed by
end of 2003; 85% of switches digitized by end of 2002 with entire
system by end 2003; telephone line density remains low; cellular
service expanding
international: country code - 53; fiber-optic cable laid to but not
linked to US networ