icity - consumption:
23.23 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
1.6 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
182,400 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
27,450 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
178,600 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2002)

Natural gas - production:
855 million cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
4.295 billion cu m (2004 est.)

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$-9.45 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$119.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals;
live animals, animal products

Exports - partners:
US 18.7%, UK 17.4%, Belgium 15.2%, Germany 7.4%, France 6.4%,
Netherlands 4.8% (2005)

Imports:
$87.36 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment,
chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing

Imports - partners:
UK 37.1%, US 13.8%, Germany 9.2%, Netherlands 4.5% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$842.5 million (August 2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$1.392 trillion (30 June 2006)

Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $607 million (2004)

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 - 0.79987 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004),
0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Ireland

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

Telephones - mobile cellular:
4.21 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern digital system using cable and microwave
radio relay
domestic: microwave radio relay
international: country code - 353; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:
2.55 million (1997)

Television broadcast s