dairy

Industries:
machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals,
shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles

Industrial production growth rate:
10.2% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
143.5 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 98.1%
hydro: 1.5%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0.4% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
124.1 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
14.6 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
5.3 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
35,880 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
445,700 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
53,000 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
413,700 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
142.4 million bbl (December 2004)

Natural gas - production:
5.957 billion cu m (2004)

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$-4.548 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$110.7 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment 37.8%, intermediate manufactured
goods 23.7%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 17.1%, food and live
animals 7.6% (2003)

Exports - partners:
Germany 28.2%, France 6.2%, Italy 6.1%, UK 5.6%, Czech Republic
4.6%, Russia 4.4%, Netherlands 4.2% (2005)

Imports:
$113.2 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment 38%, intermediate manufactured
goods 21%, chemicals 14.8%, minerals, fuels, lubricants, and related
materials 9.1% (2003)

Imports - partners:
Germany 29.6%, Russia 8.7%, Italy 6.6%, Netherlands 5.9%, France
5.7% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$49.69 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$147.3 billion (30 June 2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$13.9 billion in available EU structural adjustment and cohesion
funds (2004-06)

Currency (code):
zloty (PLN)

Currency code:
PLN

Exchange rates:
zlotych per US dollar - 3.11 (2006), 3.2355 (2005), 3.6576 (2004),
3.8891 (2003), 4.08 (2002), note, zlotych is the plural form of zloty

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Poland

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

Telephones - mobile cel