.)

Public debt:
43.5% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
rice, cassava (tapioca), rubber, corn, sugarcane, coconuts, soybeans

Industries:
tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing, beverages,
tobacco, cement, light manufacturing such as jewelry and electric
appliances, computers and parts, integrated circuits, furniture,
plastics, automobiles and automotive parts; world's second-largest
tungsten producer and third-largest tin producer

Industrial production growth rate:
6% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
121.7 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 91.3%
hydro: 6.4%
nuclear: 0%
other: 2.4% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
116.2 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
372 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
3.388 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
230,000 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
900,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
583 million bbl (November 2003)

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

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$-899.4 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$123.5 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
textiles and footwear, fishery products, rice, rubber, jewelry,
automobiles, computers and electrical appliances

Exports - partners:
US 15.4%, Japan 13.6%, China 8.3%, Singapore 6.9%, Hong Kong 5.6%,
Malaysia 5.2% (2005)

Imports:
$119.3 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
capital goods, intermediate goods and raw materials, consumer
goods, fuels

Imports - partners:
Japan 22%, China 9.4%, US 7.4%, Malaysia 6.8%, UAE 4.8%, Singapore
4.6% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$59.06 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$57.83 billion (30 June 2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$72 million (2002)

Currency (code):
baht (THB)

Currency code:
THB

Exchange rates:
baht per US dollar - 38.2472 (2006), 40.22 (2005), 40.222 (2004),
41.485 (2003), 42.96 (2002)

Fiscal year:
1 October - 30 September

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