al gas - exports:
29.46 billion cu m (2004 est.)

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

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

Current account balance:
$17.86 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$158.7 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas, wood and
wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals

Exports - partners:
US 19.7%, Singapore 15.6%, Japan 9.3%, China 6.6%, Hong Kong 5.8%,
Thailand 5.4% (2005)

Imports:
$127.3 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
electronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics, vehicles,
iron and steel products, chemicals

Imports - partners:
Japan 14.6%, US 13%, Singapore 11.8%, China 11.6%, Taiwan 5.6%,
Thailand 5.3%, South Korea 5%, Germany 4.5% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$82.3 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$57.77 billion (30 June 2006 est.)

Currency (code):
ringgit (MYR)

Currency code:
MYR

Exchange rates:
ringgits per US dollar - 3.67 (2006), 3.8 (2005), 3.8 (2004), 3.8
(2003), 3.8 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Malaysia

Telephones - main lines in use:
4.366 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
19.545 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system; international service excellent
domestic: good intercity service provided on Peninsular Malaysia
mainly by microwave radio relay; adequate intercity microwave radio
relay network between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei; domestic
satellite system with 2 earth stations
international: country code - 60; submarine cables to India, Hong
Kong, and Singapore; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian
Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) (2001)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 35, FM 391, shortwave 15 (2001)

Radios:
10.9 million (1999)

Television broadcast stations:
mainland Malaysia 51; Sabah 16; Sarawak 21; note - many are low
power stations (2006)

Televisions:
10.8 million (1999)

Internet country code:
.my

Internet hosts:
158,650 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
7 (2000)

Internet users:
11.016 million (2005)

Transportation Malaysia

Airports:
117 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 37
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 8
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