$1.964 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
capital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
France 23.2%, China 10.2%, US 7.3%, India 7.2%, Italy 6.7%, Belgium
4.6% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$547 million (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$5 billion (2000 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$159.1 million (1995)

Currency (code):
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible
authority is the Bank of the Central African States

Currency code:
XAF

Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar -
513.168 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99
(2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Congo, Republic of the

Telephones - main lines in use:
13,800 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
490,000 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: services barely adequate for government use;
key exchanges are in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo;
intercity lines frequently out of order
domestic: primary network consists of microwave radio relay and
coaxial cable
international: country code - 242; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 3 (2001)

Radios:
341,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2002)

Televisions:
33,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.cg

Internet hosts:
46 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
36,000 (2005)

Transportation Congo, Republic of the

Airports:
32 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 4
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 28
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 11 (2006)

Pipelines:
gas 89 km; liquid petroleum gas 4 km; oil 744 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 894 km
narrow gauge: 894 km 1.067-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 17,289 km
paved: 864 km
unpaved: 16,425 km (2004)

Waterways:
4,385 km (on Congo and Oubanqui rivers) (2005)

Merchant marine:
registered in other countries: 1 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the
1) (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Brazzaville, Djeno, Impfondo, Ouesso, Oyo, Pointe-Noire

Military Congo, Republic of the

Military branches:
Congolese Armed Forces (FAC): Army, Congolese Air