Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 61.8%
hydro: 4.2%
nuclear: 29.9%
other: 4.1% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
524.6 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
50.8 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
48.2 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
167,400 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - consumption:
2.65 million bbl/day (2004)

Oil - exports:
12,990 bbl/day (2003)

Oil - imports:
2.135 million bbl/day (2003)

Oil - proved reserves:
395.8 million bbl (1 January 2004)

Natural gas - production:
19.9 billion cu m (2005 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
102 billion cu m (2005 est.)

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

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

Natural gas - proved reserves:
279.1 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$134.8 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$1.133 trillion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures,
foodstuffs, textiles

Exports - partners:
France 10.2%, US 8.8%, UK 7.9%, Italy 6.9%, Netherlands 6.1%,
Belgium 5.6%, Austria 5.4%, Spain 5.1% (2005)

Imports:
$916.4 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals

Imports - partners:
France 8.7%, Netherlands 8.5%, US 6.6%, China 6.4%, UK 6.3%, Italy
5.7%, Belgium 5%, Austria 4% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$48.76 billion (August 2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$3.904 trillion (30 June 2006)

Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $5.6 billion (1998)

Currency (code):
euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the
euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of
member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole
currency for everyday transactions within the member countries

Currency code:
EUR

Exchange rates:
euros per US dollar - 0.7967 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004),
0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Germany

Telephones - main lines in use:
55.046 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
79.2 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: Germany has one of the world's most
technologically advanced telecommunications systems; as a result of
intensive capital expenditures since reunification