Industrial production growth rate:
5.9% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
14.33 billion kWh (2004)

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

Electricity - consumption:
13.33 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
769,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
60,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
721,000 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day

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

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

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

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

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

Natural gas - proved reserves:
829.1 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$7.097 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$24.73 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles

Exports - partners:
China 21.6%, South Korea 19.3%, Japan 14.2%, Thailand 12.6%, UAE
7.1%, Taiwan 4.1% (2005)

Imports:
$10.29 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food,
livestock, lubricants

Imports - partners:
UAE 22.4%, Japan 15.7%, UK 7.7%, US 6.7%, Germany 5.8%, India 4.2%
(2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$4.908 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$4.259 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$76.4 million (1995)

Currency (code):
Omani rial (OMR)

Currency code:
OMR

Exchange rates:
Omani rials per US dollar - 0.3845 (2006), 0.3845 (2005), 0.3845
(2004), 0.3845 (2003), 0.3845 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Oman

Telephones - main lines in use:
265,200 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.333 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system consisting of open-wire,
microwave, and radiotelephone communication stations; limited
coaxial cable
domestic: open-wire, microwave, radiotelephone communications, and a
domestic satellite system with 8 earth stations
international: country code - 968; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)

Radios:
1.4 million (