s:
114.4 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$-2.219 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$24.86 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum, coffee, coal, nickel, emeralds, apparel, bananas, cut
flowers

Exports - partners:
US 41.8%, Venezuela 9.9%, Ecuador 6.3% (2005)

Imports:
$24.33 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
industrial equipment, transportation equipment, consumer goods,
chemicals, paper products, fuels, electricity

Imports - partners:
US 28.5%, Mexico 8.3%, China 7.6%, Brazil 6.5%, Venezuela 5.7%
(2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$16.5 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$37.21 billion (30 June 2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$NA

Currency (code):
Colombian peso (COP)

Currency code:
COP

Exchange rates:
Colombian pesos per US dollar - 2,382.9 (2006), 2,320.75 (2005),
2,628.61 (2004), 2,877.65 (2003), 2,504.24 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Colombia

Telephones - main lines in use:
7,678,800 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
21.85 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system in many respects
domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system; domestic
satellite system with 41 earth stations; fiber-optic network linking
50 cities
international: country code - 57; satellite earth stations - 6
Intelsat, 1 Inmarsat; 3 fully digitalized international switching
centers; 8 submarine cables

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 454, FM 34, shortwave 27 (1999)

Radios:
21 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
60 (includes seven low-power stations) (1997)

Televisions:
4.59 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.co

Internet hosts:
581,877 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
18 (2000)

Internet users:
4.739 million (2005)

Transportation Colombia

Airports:
984 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 101
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 38
914 to 1,523 m: 40
under 914 m: 12 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 883
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 35
914 to 1,523 m: 275
under 914 m: 572 (2006)

Heliports:
2 (2006)

Pipelines:
gas 4,360 km; oil 6,140 km; refined products 3,158 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 3,304 km
standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 3,