(2006 est.)

Public debt:
3.6% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
potatoes, vegetables; livestock and dairy products; fish

Industries:
engineering, electronics, wood and wood products, textile;
information technology, telecommunications

Industrial production growth rate:
8% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
9.29 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 99.8%
hydro: 0.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0.2% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
6.846 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
2.141 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
347 million kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
6,819 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
60,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
54,000 bbl/day (2004)

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

Natural gas - consumption:
1.44 billion cu m (2004 est.)

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

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

Current account balance:
$-1.919 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$9.68 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment 33%, wood and paper 15%, textiles 14%, food
products 8%, furniture 7%, metals, chemical products (2001)

Exports - partners:
Finland 26.3%, Sweden 13.2%, Latvia 8.8%, Russia 6.5%, Germany
6.2%, Lithuania 4.6% (2005)

Imports:
$12.03 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment 33.5%, chemical products 11.6%, textiles
10.3%, foodstuffs 9.4%, transportation equipment 8.9% (2001)

Imports - partners:
Finland 19.8%, Germany 13.9%, Russia 9.2%, Sweden 8.9%, Lithuania
6%, Latvia 4.7% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.344 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$13.94 billion (30 June 2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$108 million (2000)

Currency (code):
Estonian kroon (EEK)

Currency code:
EEK

Exchange rates:
krooni per US dollar - 12.5153 (2006), 12.584 (2005), 12.596
(2004), 13.856 (2003), 16.612 (2002), note - the krooni is pegged to
the euro

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Estonia

Telephones - main lines in use:
442,000 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.445 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: foreign investment in the form of joint
business ventures greatly improved telephone service;