ion:
5.72 billion cu m (2001 est.)

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$-2.021 billion (2003)

Exports:
$2.605 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
oil and gas 90%, machinery, cotton, foodstuffs

Exports - partners:
Italy 34.1%, Czech Republic 11.4%, Germany 10.5%, France 8.2%,
Turkey 5.9%, Georgia 4.5%, Russia 4.5% (2003)

Imports:
$2.498 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, oil products, foodstuffs, metals, chemicals

Imports - partners:
Russia 15.5%, Turkey 12%, UK 8.7%, Germany 8.1%, China 7.8%,
Ukraine 5.4%, Italy 4.6%, US 4.6%, Kazakhstan 4.3% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$820.9 million (2003)

Debt - external:
$1.575 billion (2003)

Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $140 million (2000 est.)

Currency:
Azerbaijani manat (AZM)

Currency code:
AZM

Exchange rates:
Azerbaijani manats per US dollar - 4,910.73 (2003), 4,860.82
(2002), 4,656.58 (2001), 4,474.15 (2000), 4,120.17 (1999)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Azerbaijan

Telephones - main lines in use:
923,800 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
870,000 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate; requires considerable expansion and
modernization; teledensity of 10 main lines per 100 persons is low
(2002)
domestic: the majority of telephones are in Baku and other
industrial centers - about 700 villages still without public
telephone service; satellite service connects Baku to a modern
switch in its exclave of Naxcivan
international: country code - 994; the old Soviet system of cable
and microwave is still serviceable; a satellite connection to Turkey
enables Baku to reach about 200 additional countries, some of which
are directly connected to Baku by satellite providers other than
Turkey (1997)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:
175,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
2 (1997)

Televisions:
170,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.az

Internet hosts:
586 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)

Internet users:
300,000 (2002)

Transportation Azerbaijan

Rai