ic goods, textiles, cigarettes

Industrial production growth rate:
7% (2001 est.)

Electricity - production:
93 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 2.3%
hydro: 97.7%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
196.5 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
10 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
120 million kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
5,400 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2002)

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$-104.1 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$135.4 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
coffee, tea, hides, tin ore

Exports - partners:
Germany 11%, China 6.5%, Belgium 4.5% (2005)

Imports:
$390.4 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum products,
cement and construction material

Imports - partners:
Kenya 21.5%, Uganda 6.4%, Belgium 5.7%, Germany 5.5%, Israel 4.1%
(2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$422.8 million (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$1.4 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$425 million (2003)

Currency (code):
Rwandan franc (RWF)

Currency code:
RWF

Exchange rates:
Rwandan francs per US dollar - 560 (2006), 610 (2005), 574.62
(2004), 537.66 (2003), 476.33 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Rwanda

Telephones - main lines in use:
23,000 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
290,000
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several
provincial capitals (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: telephone system primarily serves business and
government
domestic: the capital, Kigali, is connected to the centers of the
provinces by microwave radio relay and, recently, by cellular
telephone service; much of the network depends on wire and HF
radiotelephone
international: country code - 250; international connections employ
microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite
communications to more distant countries; satellite earth stations -
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