ion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
Nigeria 15.2%, China 12.5%, US 6.3%, UK 5.2%, South Africa 4.5%,
Brazil 4.1%, Netherlands 4% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.098 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$3.546 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$6.9 billion

Currency (code):
cedi (GHC)

Currency code:
GHC

Exchange rates:
cedis per US dollar - 9,178.85 (2006), 9,072.5 (2005), 9,004.6
(2004), 8,677.4 (2003), 7,932.7 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Ghana

Telephones - main lines in use:
321,500 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
2.842 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: poor to fair system; Internet accessible; many
rural communities not yet connected; expansion of services is
underway
domestic: primarily microwave radio relay; wireless local loop has
been installed
international: country code - 233; satellite earth stations - 4
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay link to Panaftel
system connects Ghana to its neighbors; fiber optic submarine cable
(SAT-3/WASC) provides connectivity to Europe and Asia

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 49, shortwave 3 (2001)

Radios:
12.5 million (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
10 (2001)

Televisions:
1.9 million (2001)

Internet country code:
.gh

Internet hosts:
380 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
12 (2000)

Internet users:
401,300 (2005)

Transportation Ghana

Airports:
12 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 7
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 2 (2006)

Pipelines:
oil 13 km; refined products 316 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 953 km
narrow gauge: 953 km 1.067-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 42,623 km
paved: 3,267 km
unpaved: 39,356 km (2004)

Waterways:
1,293 km
note: 168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano
rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta
(2005)

Merchant marine:
total: 4 ships (1000 GRT or over) 6,308 GRT/9,418 DWT
by type: cargo 1, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 2
foreign-owned: 1 (Brazil 1) (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Takoradi, Tema

Military Ghana

Militar