, Germany 10.2%, Norway 8.7%, UK 7.3%, Denmark 6.5%,
Finland 5.7%, France 4.9%, Netherlands 4.5%, Belgium 4.3% (2005)

Imports:
$151.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor
vehicles, iron and steel; foodstuffs, clothing

Imports - partners:
Germany 17.6%, Denmark 8.9%, Norway 7.8%, UK 6.6%, Netherlands
6.2%, Finland 5.8%, France 5% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$22.26 billion (August 2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$598.2 billion (30 June 2006)

Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $1.7 billion (1997)

Currency (code):
Swedish krona (SEK)

Currency code:
SEK

Exchange rates:
Swedish kronor per US dollar - 7.43321 (2006), 7.4731 (2005),
7.3489 (2004), 8.0863 (2003), 9.7371 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Sweden

Telephones - main lines in use:
6.447 million (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
8.436 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: excellent domestic and international
facilities; automatic system
domestic: coaxial and multiconductor cables carry most of the voice
traffic; parallel microwave radio relay systems carry some
additional telephone channels
international: country code - 46; 5 submarine coaxial cables;
satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Eutelsat,
and 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Sweden
shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries
(Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 265, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:
8.25 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
169 (plus 1,299 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:
4.6 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.se

Internet hosts:
2,958,435 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
29 (2000)

Internet users:
6.8 million (2005)

Transportation Sweden

Airports:
255 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 155
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 13
1,524 to 2,437 m: 80
914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m: 36 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 100
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 91 (2006)

Heliports:
2 (2006)

Pipelines:
gas 798 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 11,481 km
standard gauge: 11,481 km 1.435-m gauge (9,400 km electrified) (2005)

Roadways:
total: 424,947 km
paved: 129,651