; fish, shrimp

Industries:
petroleum, food processing, textiles, wood products, chemicals

Industrial production growth rate:
5% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
12.2 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 81%
hydro: 19%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
12.95 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
35 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
1.642 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
493,200 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
148,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
387,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
5.115 billion bbl (2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
170 million cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
170 million cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
9.769 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$727 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$12.56 billion (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp

Exports - partners:
US 50.6%, Peru 7.9%, Germany 4.3%, Colombia 4.3% (2005)

Imports:
$10.81 billion (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
vehicles, medicinal products, telecommunications equipment,
electricity

Imports - partners:
US 22.1%, Colombia 14.8%, Venezuela 7.7%, Brazil 7.2%, China 5.2%
(2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.514 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$18.1 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$216 million (2002)

Currency (code):
US dollar (USD)

Currency code:
USD

Exchange rates:
1 (2006), 25,000 (2005), 25,000 (2004), 25,000 (2003), 25,000 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Ecuador

Telephones - main lines in use:
1,701,500 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
6.246 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded
domestic: facilities generally inadequate and unreliable
international: country code - 593; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001)

Radios:
5 million (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2001)

Televisions:
2.5 million (2001)

Internet country code:
.ec