arthenware and ceramics; transport vehicles;
textiles; electrical and optical apparatus; rubber products

Industrial production growth rate:
7.2% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
30.29 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
24.41 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
5.141 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
1.381 billion kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
1,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
82,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA (2001)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$-277.4 million (2003)

Exports:
$21.25 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment 39.4%, intermediate manufactured
goods 27.5%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 13%, chemicals 8%
(1999)

Exports - partners:
Germany 37.2%, Czech Republic 12%, Austria 9.8%, Italy 5.4%, Poland
4.7%, US 4.7%, Hungary 4.2% (2003)

Imports:
$21.9 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment 37.7%, intermediate manufactured
goods 18%, fuels 13%, chemicals 11%, miscellaneous manufactured
goods 9.5% (1999)

Imports - partners:
Germany 27.5%, Czech Republic 18.3%, Russia 10.8%, Austria 6.4%,
Italy 5.6%, Poland 4.1%, Hungary 4% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$11.74 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
$18.31 billion (2003 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
ODA $113 million (2000),; $92 million EU structural adjustment
funds (2000 est.)

Currency:
Slovak koruna (SKK)

Currency code:
SKK

Exchange rates:
koruny per US dollar - 36.7729 (2003), 45.3267 (2002), 48.3548
(2001), 46.0352 (2000), 41.3628 (1999)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Slovakia

Telephones - main lines in use:
1,294,700 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
3,678,800 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: a modernization and privatization program is
increasing accessibility to telephone service, reducing the waiting
time for new subscribers, and generally improving