hydro: 92.4%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
6.777 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
6.4 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
100 million kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
1,378 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - consumption:
10,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$-287.3 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$701.8 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas,
hydropower; machinery; shoes

Exports - partners:
UAE 35.6%, Russia 18.6%, China 13.4%, Kazakhstan 13% (2005)

Imports:
$1.177 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
oil and gas, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
China 43%, Russia 19.7%, Kazakhstan 12.1%, Turkey 4.4% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$621.2 million (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$2.483 billion (30 June 2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$50 million from the US (2001)

Currency (code):
som (KGS)

Currency code:
KGS

Exchange rates:
soms per US dollar - 40.673 (2006), 41.012 (2005), 42.65 (2004),
43.648 (2003), 46.937 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Kyrgyzstan

Telephones - main lines in use:
438,200 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
541,700 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: development of telecommunications
infrastructure is slow; fixed line penetration remains low and
concentrated in Bishkek
domestic: mobile cellular subscribership has risen sharply since
2000 reaching 541,700 in 2005 as three companies compete for the
rapidly expanding market; main line availability has been virtually
flat over the same timeframe; four major providers compete for
shares of the main line market
international: country code - 996; connections with other CIS
countries by landline or microwave radio relay and with other
countries by leased connections with Moscow international gateway
switch and by satellite; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik
and 1 Intelsat; connected internationally by the Tr