n:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

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

Current account balance:
$-300 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$1.69 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Exports - commodities:
soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood,
leather

Exports - partners:
Uruguay 28.4%, Brazil 19.3%, Argentina 6.4%, Russia 6%, China 4.1%
(2005)

Imports:
$4.5 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products,
electrical machinery

Imports - partners:
Brazil 27.2%, China 20.5%, Argentina 19.7%, US 5.3%, Switzerland
4.2% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.543 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$3.722 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$NA

Currency (code):
guarani (PYG)

Currency code:
PYG

Exchange rates:
guarani per US dollar - 5,680.71 (2006), 6,178 (2005), 5,974.6
(2004), 6,424.3 (2003), 5,716.3 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Paraguay

Telephones - main lines in use:
320,300 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.887 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: meager telephone service; principal switching
center is in Asuncion
domestic: fair microwave radio relay network
international: country code - 595; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 46, FM 27, shortwave 6 (three inactive) (1998)

Radios:
925,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
5 (2003)

Televisions:
990,000 (2001)

Internet country code:
.py

Internet hosts:
13,178 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
4 (2000)

Internet users:
200,000 (2005)

Transportation Paraguay

Airports:
881 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 12
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 869
1,524 to 2,437 m: 26
914 to 1,523 m: 325
under 914 m: 518 (2006)

Railways:
total: 36 km
standard gauge: 36 km 1.435-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 29,500 km
paved: 14,986 km
unpaved: 14,514 km (1999)

Waterways:
3,100 km (2005)

Merchant marine:
total: 21 ships (1000 GRT or over) 34,749 GRT/39,280 DWT
by type: cargo 15, livestock carrier 1, passenger 1, passenger/cargo
1, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 3 (Argentina 3)
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