ni index:
29 (1999)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
8.5% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
22.7% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $33.41 billion
expenditures: $35.6 billion; note - this is the consolidated budget
(2006 est.)

Public debt:
17.3% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables; beef, milk

Industries:
coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and
transport equipment, chemicals, food processing (especially sugar)

Industrial production growth rate:
6.3% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
177.3 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 48.6%
hydro: 7.9%
nuclear: 43.5%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
158.9 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
12 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
6 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
85,090 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - consumption:
370,000 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - exports:
8,891 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - imports:
444,600 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - proved reserves:
395 million bbl (9 November 2004)

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

Natural gas - consumption:
86.4 billion cu m (2004)

Natural gas - exports:
3.9 billion cu m (2004)

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

Natural gas - proved reserves:
1.121 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$-1.933 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$39.12 billion (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products,
chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food products

Exports - partners:
Russia 22.1%, Turkey 6%, Italy 5.6% (2005)

Imports:
$44.81 billion (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
energy, machinery and equipment, chemicals

Imports - partners:
Russia 35.5%, Germany 9.4%, Turkmenistan 7.4%, China 5% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$20.69 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$41.57 billion (30 June 2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$637.7 million (1995); IMF Extended Funds Facility $2.2 billion
(1998)

Currency (code):
hryvnia (UAH)

Currency code:
UAH

Exchange rates:
hryvnia per US dollar - 5.05 (2006), 5.1247 (2005), 5.3192 (2004),
5.3327 (2003), 5.3266 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

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