ves:
1.055 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

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

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$-3.368 billion (2003)

Exports:
$17.63 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
textiles and footwear, metals and metal products, machinery and
equipment, minerals and fuels, chemicals, agricultural products

Exports - partners:
Italy 24.3%, Germany 15.7%, France 7.4%, UK 6.7%, Turkey 5.1% (2003)

Imports:
$22.17 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, fuels and minerals, chemicals, textile and
products, basic metals, agricultural products

Imports - partners:
Italy 19.6%, Germany 14.9%, Russia 8.3%, France 7.3% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$10.37 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
$18.34 billion (2003 est.)

Currency:
leu (ROL)

Currency code:
ROL

Exchange rates:
lei per US dollar - 33,200.1 (2003), 33,055.4 (2002), 29,060.8
(2001), 21,708.7 (2000), 15,332.8 (1999)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Romania

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

Telephones - mobile cellular:
6.9 million (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: poor domestic service, but improving
domestic: 90% of telephone network is automatic; trunk network is
mostly microwave radio relay, with some fiber-optic cable; about
one-third of exchange capacity is digital; roughly 3,300 villages
have no service
international: country code - 40; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat; new digital, international, direct-dial exchanges operate
in Bucharest; note - Romania is an active participant in several
international telecommunication network projects (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 40, FM 202, shortwave 3 (1998)

Radios:
7.2 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
48 (plus 392 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:
5.25 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.ro

Internet hosts:
50,807 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
38 (2000)

Internet users:
4 million (2003)

Transportation Romania

Railways:
total: 11,385 km (3,888 km electrified)
standard gauge: 10,898 km