(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;
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