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
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