NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
1.92 million bbl (1 January 2002)

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

Natural gas - consumption:
780 million cu m (2004 est.)

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$1.463 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$42.86 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural
products, chemicals, textiles and apparel

Exports - partners:
US 36.5%, Belgium 8.7%, Hong Kong 5.6% (2005)

Imports:
$47.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough
diamonds, fuels, grain, consumer goods

Imports - partners:
US 13.4%, Belgium 10.1%, Germany 6.4%, UK 5.7%, Switzerland 5.5%,
China 4.2% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$28.2 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$81.98 billion (30 June 2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$240 million from US (FY06)

Currency (code):
new Israeli shekel (ILS); note - NIS is the currency abbreviation;
ILS is the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) code
for the NIS

Currency code:
ILS

Exchange rates:
new Israeli shekels per US dollar - 4.5 (2006), 4.4877 (2005),
4.482 (2004), 4.5541 (2003), 4.7378 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Israel

Telephones - main lines in use:
2,936,300 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
7.757 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: most highly developed system in the Middle East
although not the largest
domestic: good system of coaxial cable and microwave radio relay;
all systems are digital
international: country code - 972; 3 submarine cables; satellite
earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:
3.07 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
17 (plus 36 low-power repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:
1.69 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.il

Internet hosts:
1,251,881 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
21 (2000)

Internet users:
3.7 million (2006)

Transportation Israel

Airports:
53 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways: