2.4%

Electricity - production:
140,000 kWh

Electricity - consumption:
230,000 kWh

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh

Electricity - imports:
90,000 kWh; note - from Israeli Electric Company (2005)

Exports:
$313 million f.o.b.; note - includes West Bank (2004)

Exports - commodities:
citrus, flowers, textiles

Exports - partners:
Israel, Egypt, West Bank

Imports:
$1.37 billion c.i.f.; note - includes West Bank (2004)

Imports - commodities:
food, consumer goods, construction materials

Imports - partners:
Israel, Egypt, West Bank (2004)

Debt - external:
NA (2002)

Economic aid - recipient:
$1.14 billion; note - includes West Bank (2004 est.)

Currency (code):
new Israeli shekel (ILS)

Currency code:
ILS

Exchange rates:
new Israeli shekels per US dollar - 4.4877 (2005), 4.482 (2004),
4.5541 (2003), 4.7378 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Gaza Strip

Telephones - main lines in use:
349,000 (includes West Bank) (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.095 million (includes West Bank) (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: Israeli company BEZEK and the Palestinian company PALTEL
are responsible for fixed line services in the Gaza Strip; the
Palestinian JAWAL company provides cellular services
international: country code - 970

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 8, shortwave 0 (2005)

Radios:
NA; note - most Palestinian households have radios (1999)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2005)

Televisions:
NA; note - most Palestinian households have televisions (1997)

Internet country code:
.ps

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
3 (1999)

Internet users:
243,000 (includes West Bank) (2005)

Transportation Gaza Strip

Airports:
2
note: includes Gaza International Airport closed since its runway
was destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces in December 2001 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2006)

Heliports:
1 (2006)

Roadways:
note: see entry for West Bank

Ports and terminals:
Gaza

Military Gaza Strip

Military branches:
in accordance with the peace agreement, the Palestinian Authority
is not permitted conventional military forces; there are, however,
public security forces (2002)

Manpower available for military service: