0,000 bbl/day (January 2006 est.)

Oil - consumption:
18,000 bbl/day (January 2006 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day

Oil - proved reserves:
170 million bbl (2006 est.)

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

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$661 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$4.096 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
oil, gold, copper ore, logs, palm oil, coffee, cocoa, crayfish,
prawns

Exports - partners:
Australia 28.8%, Japan 8.6%, China 5.4% (2005)

Imports:
$1.686 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels,
chemicals

Imports - partners:
Australia 54.7%, Singapore 13.4%, Japan 4.3%, Malaysia 4.2% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.099 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$1.801 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$NA

Currency (code):
kina (PGK)

Currency code:
PGK

Exchange rates:
kina per US dollar - 3.08 (2006), 3.08 (2005), 3.2225 (2004),
3.5635 (2003), 3.8952 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Papua New Guinea

Telephones - main lines in use:
62,000 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
26,000 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: services are adequate; facilities provide
radiotelephone and telegraph, coastal radio, aeronautical radio, and
international radio communication services
domestic: mostly radiotelephone
international: country code - 675; submarine cables to Australia and
Guam; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean);
international radio communication service

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 28 (1998)

Radios:
410,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
3 (all in the Port Moresby area)
note: additional stations at Mt. Hagen, Goroka, Lae, and Rabaul are
planned (2004)

Televisions:
59,841 (1999)

Internet country code:
.pg

Internet hosts:
1,573 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
3 (2000)

Internet users:
170,000 (2005)

Transportation Papua New Guinea

Airports:
582 (2006)

Airports - with paved r