griculture - products:
dates, limes, bananas, alfalfa, vegetables; camels, cattle; fish

Industries:
crude oil production and refining, natural gas production,
construction, cement, copper

Industrial production growth rate:
0.2% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
9.274 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
8.625 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
963,800 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
53,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
5.703 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

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

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$2.173 billion (2003)

Exports:
$11.7 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles

Exports - partners:
South Korea 18.7%, China 18.5%, Japan 16.2%, Thailand 12.2%, UAE
7.8%, Iran 4.1% (2003)

Imports:
$5.659 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food,
livestock, lubricants

Imports - partners:
UAE 21.6%, Japan 17.1%, US 6.2%, UK 5.6%, Germany 4.4%, India 4.4%
(2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$3.594 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
$5.973 billion (2003 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$76.4 million (1995)

Currency:
Omani rial (OMR)

Currency code:
OMR

Exchange rates:
Omani rials per US dollar - 0.3845 (2003), 0.3845 (2002), 0.3845
(2001), 0.3845 (2000), 0.3845 (1999)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Oman

Telephones - main lines in use:
233,900 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
464,900 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system consisting of open-wire,
microwave, and radiotelephone communication stations; limited
coaxial cable
domestic: open-wire, microwave, radiotelephone communications, and a
domestic satellite system with 8 earth stations
international: country code - 968; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3,