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Industries:
banking and financial services, iron and steel, information
technology, telecommunications, cargo transportation, food
processing, chemicals, metal products, engineering, tires, glass,
aluminum, tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
4.3% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
3.203 billion kWh (2005 est.)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 57.3%
hydro: 25.2%
nuclear: 0%
other: 17.5% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
6.14 billion kWh (2005 est.)

Electricity - exports:
2.346 billion kWh (2005 est.)

Electricity - imports:
5.287 billion kWh (2005 est.)

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

Oil - consumption:
62,420 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
634 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
50,700 bbl/day (2001)

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$4.63 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$19.55 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber
products, glass

Exports - partners:
Germany 21%, France 16.3%, Belgium 9.2%, UK 8.3%, Italy 7.5%, Spain
6.6%, Netherlands 4.3% (2005)

Imports:
$24.22 billion c.i.f. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods

Imports - partners:
Belgium 28.2%, Germany 21.8%, China 12.8%, France 9.6%, Netherlands
5.1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$232.2 million (August 2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$NA

Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $235.59 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 Luxembourg

Telephones - main lines in use:
244,500 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
720,000 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: highly developed, completely automated and