ital expenditures of $1.6
billion (2003 est.)

Public debt:
59.5% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products:
olives, olive oil, grain, dairy products, tomatoes, citrus fruit,
beef, sugar beets, dates, almonds

Industries:
petroleum, mining (particularly phosphate and iron ore), tourism,
textiles, footwear, agribusiness, beverages

Industrial production growth rate:
-0.1% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
10.48 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
9.748 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
1 million kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
72,580 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
87,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA (2001)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$-738.6 million (2003)

Exports:
$8.035 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
textiles, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, agricultural
products, hydrocarbons

Exports - partners:
France 32.6%, Italy 21.9%, Germany 10.7%, Spain 4.7%, Libya 4.4%
(2003)

Imports:
$10.3 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, food

Imports - partners:
France 26.1%, Italy 19.8%, Germany 8.9%, Spain 5.2% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$2.949 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
$14.39 billion (2003 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$378 million (2001)

Currency:
Tunisian dinar (TND)

Currency code:
TND

Exchange rates:
Tunisian dinars per US dollar - 1.2885 (2003), 1.4217 (2002),
1.4387 (2001), 1.3707 (2000), 1.1862 (1999)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Tunisia

Telephones - main lines in use:
1,163,800 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,899,900 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: above the African average and continuing to be
upgraded; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and Tunis; Internet
access available
domestic: trunk facilities consist of open-wire lines, coaxial
cable, and micro