ffee, cocoa, rice, yams, cassava (tapioca), bananas, palm oil
nuts; livestock; timber

Industries:
petroleum, fishing, sawmilling, natural gas

Industrial production growth rate:
30% (2002 est.)

Electricity - production:
26 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 94.3%
hydro: 5.7%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
24.18 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
420,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
1,220 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day

Oil - proved reserves:
563.5 million bbl (1 January 2002)

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

Natural gas - consumption:
100 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:
36.81 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$175 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$8.961 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa

Exports - partners:
US 24.6%, China 21.8%, Spain 10.9%, Canada 7.3%, Taiwan 7.2%,
Portugal 5.5%, Netherlands 5.2%, Brazil 4.6%, France 4% (2005)

Imports:
$2.543 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
petroleum sector equipment, other equipment

Imports - partners:
US 24.5%, Italy 20.5%, France 12.1%, Spain 10.8%, Cote d'Ivoire
8.6%, UK 6.9% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$3.235 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$289 million (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$NA

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 -
522.594 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99
(2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Equatorial Guinea

Telephones - main lines in use:
10,000 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
96,900 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: poor system with adequate government services
domestic: NA
international: country code - 240; international communications from
Bata and Malabo to African and European countries; satelli