f NA
(2003 est.)

Public debt:
48.7% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products:
barley, wheat, sugar beets, potatoes; dairy cattle; fish

Industries:
metal products, electronics, shipbuilding, pulp and paper, copper
refining, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, clothing

Industrial production growth rate:
0.8% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
71.2 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
76.18 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
1.81 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
11.77 billion kWh (2001)

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

Oil - consumption:
211,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
101,000 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
318,300 bbl/day (2001)

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$10.3 billion (2003)

Exports:
$54.28 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals; timber, paper, pulp
(1999)

Exports - partners:
Germany 11.8%, Sweden 9.9%, US 8.2%, UK 8%, Russia 7.5%,
Netherlands 4.8% (2003)

Imports:
$37.35 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport
equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and fabrics,
grains (1999)

Imports - partners:
Germany 16.2%, Sweden 14.1%, Russia 11.7%, Netherlands 6.3%,
Denmark 5.7%, UK 5.3%, France 4.3% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$11.17 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
$30 billion (December 1993)

Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $379 million (2001)

Currency:
euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the
euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of
member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole
currency for everyday transactions within the member countries

Currency code:
EUR

Exchange rates:
euros per US dollar - 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001),
1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Finland

Telephones - main lines in use:
2.548 million (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
4.7 million (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system with e