Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day

Oil - imports:
25,000 bbl/day

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$20.9 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$611.6 billion f.o.b., including reexports (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
electrical machinery and appliances, textiles, apparel, footwear,
watches and clocks, toys, plastics, precious stones, printed material

Exports - partners:
China 45%, US 16.1%, Japan 5.3% (2005)

Imports:
$329.8 billion (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
raw materials and semi-manufactures, consumer goods, capital goods,
foodstuffs, fuel (most is re-exported)

Imports - partners:
China 45%, Japan 11%, Taiwan 7.2%, Singapore 5.8%, US 5.1%, South
Korea 4.4% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$132 billion (November 2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$472.9 billion (30 June 2006 est.)

Currency (code):
Hong Kong dollar (HKD)

Currency code:
HKD

Exchange rates:
Hong Kong dollars per US dollar - 7.77367 (2006), 7.7773 (2005),
7.788 (2004), 7.7868 (2003), 7.7989 (2002)

Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

Communications Hong Kong

Telephones - main lines in use:
3,794,600 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
8.693 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern facilities provide excellent domestic
and international services
domestic: microwave radio relay links and extensive fiber-optic
network
international: country code - 852; satellite earth stations - 3
Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); coaxial cable to
Guangzhou, China; access to 5 international submarine cables
providing connections to ASEAN member nations, Japan, Taiwan,
Australia, Middle East, and Western Europe

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 5, FM 9, shortwave 0 (2004)

Radios:
4.45 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
55 low power stations
note: two TV networks, each one broadcasting on two channels (2006)

Televisions:
1.84 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.hk

Internet hosts:
800,834 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
17 (2000)

Internet users:
4,878,713 (2005)

Transportation Hong Kong

Airports:
3 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 3
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