est products

Industries:
metal and metal products; food and beverages; electricity, gas,
coke, oil, nuclear fuel; chemicals and manmade fibers; machinery;
paper and printing; earthenware and ceramics; transport vehicles;
textiles; electrical and optical apparatus; rubber products

Industrial production growth rate:
7.8% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
28.81 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 30.3%
hydro: 16%
nuclear: 53.6%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
24.2 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
10.4 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
7.8 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
11,480 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
74,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
2,160 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - imports:
59,000 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - proved reserves:
9 million bbl (1 January 2006)

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

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$-3.781 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$39.64 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
vehicles 25.9%, machinery and electrical equipment 21.3%, base
metals 14.6%, chemicals and minerals 10.1%, plastics 5.4% (2004)

Exports - partners:
Germany 26.2%, Czech Republic 14.1%, Austria 7.1%, Italy 6.7%,
Poland 6.3%, Hungary 5.7% (2005)

Imports:
$41.84 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment 41.1%, intermediate manufactured
goods 19.3%, fuels 12.3%, chemicals 9.8%, miscellaneous manufactured
goods 10.2% (2003)

Imports - partners:
Germany 25.1%, Czech Republic 19.3%, Russia 10.5%, Austria 6.1%,
Poland 4.7%, Hungary 4.6%, Italy 4.5% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$15.75 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$31.5 billion (30 June 2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$12.67 billion in available EU structural adjustment and cohesion
funds (2007-13)

Currency (code):
Slovak koruna (SKK)

Currency code:
SKK

Exchange rates:
koruny per US dollar - 29.9315 (2006), 31.018 (2005), 32.257
(2004), 36.773 (2003), 45.327 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

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