sing,
textiles, clothing, and other consumer goods

Industrial production growth rate:
-0.7% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
360.9 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
346.1 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
264 million kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
10.66 billion kWh (2001)

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

Oil - consumption:
1.71 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
2.205 million bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
1.418 million bbl/day (2001)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$-7.556 billion (2003)

Exports:
$304.5 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco

Exports - partners:
US 15.7%, Germany 10.5%, France 9.5%, Netherlands 6.9%, Ireland
6.5%, Belgium 5.6%, Spain 4.4%, Italy 4.4% (2003)

Imports:
$363.6 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
Germany 13.5%, US 10.2%, France 8.1%, Netherlands 6.3%, Belgium
4.9%, Italy 4.7% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$46.05 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
NA (2002 est.)

Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $4.5 billion (2000)

Currency:
British pound (GBP)

Currency code:
GBP

Exchange rates:
British pounds per US dollar - 0.55 (2004), 0.61 (2003), 0.67
(2002), 0.69 (2001), 0.66 (2000), 0.62 (1999)

Fiscal year:
6 April - 5 April

Communications United Kingdom

Telephones - main lines in use:
34.898 million (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
49.677 million (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: technologically advanced domestic and
international system
domestic: equal mix of buried cables, microwave radio relay, and
fiber-optic systems
international: country code - 44; 40 coaxial submarine cables;
satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic Ocean and 3
Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Eutelsat;
at least 8 large international switching cen