, construction materials

Industrial production growth rate:
13.1% (2005 est.)

Electricity - production:
40.37 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
37.54 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

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

Oil - consumption:
335,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
1.97 million bbl/day (2003)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2003)

Oil - proved reserves:
96.5 billion bbl (2006 est.)

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

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$40.75 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$56.06 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
oil and refined products, fertilizers

Exports - partners:
Japan 19.7%, South Korea 15.4%, US 11.9%, Taiwan 11.1%, Singapore
9.5%, Netherlands 4.7% (2005)

Imports:
$19.12 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing

Imports - partners:
US 14.1%, Germany 10.8%, Japan 8.4%, Saudi Arabia 6.2%, UK 5.7%,
France 4.8%, China 4.5% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$11.08 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$19.7 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$NA (2001)

Currency (code):
Kuwaiti dinar (KD)

Currency code:
KWD

Exchange rates:
Kuwaiti dinars per US dollar - 0.29 (2006), 0.292 (2005), 0.2947
(2004), 0.298 (2003), 0.3039 (2002)

Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

Communications Kuwait

Telephones - main lines in use:
510,300 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
2.536 million (2006)

Telephone system:
general assessment: the quality of service is excellent
domestic: new telephone exchanges provide a large capacity for new
subscribers; trunk traffic is carried by microwave radio relay,
coaxial cable, and open-wire and fiber-optic cable; a cellular
telephone system operates throughout Kuwait, and the country is well
supplied with pay telephones
international: country code - 965; coaxial cable and microwave radio