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expenditures: $18.09 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
11% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
grain (mostly spring wheat), cotton; livestock

Industries:
oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper,
titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, iron and steel;
tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors,
construction materials

Industrial production growth rate:
7.7% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
63.26 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 84.3%
hydro: 15.7%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
58.3 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
4.9 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
4.37 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
1.3 million bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
220,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
890,000 bbl/day (2003)

Oil - imports:
47,000 bbl/day (2003)

Oil - proved reserves:
26 billion bbl (1 January 2004)

Natural gas - production:
20.49 billion cu m (2004 est.)

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

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

Natural gas - imports:
2.27 billion cu m

Natural gas - proved reserves:
1.841 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$133 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$35.55 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
oil and oil products 58%, ferrous metals 24%, chemicals 5%,
machinery 3%, grain, wool, meat, coal (2001)

Exports - partners:
Russia 12.4%, Germany 12%, China 11.2%, Italy 8.8%, France 8.6%,
Romania 5.1%, US 4.5% (2005)

Imports:
$22 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment 41%, metal products 28%, foodstuffs 8%
(2001)

Imports - partners:
Russia 35.7%, China 21.3%, Germany 7.1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$15.26 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$53.89 billion (30 June 2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$74.2 million in US assistance programs, 1992-2000 (FY2004)

Currency (code):
tenge (KZT)

Currency code:
KZT

Exchange rates:
tenge per US dollar - 125.556 (2006), 132.88 (2005), 136.04 (2004),
149.58 (2003), 153.28 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

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Telephones - main lines in use:
2.