bbl/day (2004)

Oil - proved reserves:
97.8 billion bbl (2006 est.)

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

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$26.89 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$137.1 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried fish, dates

Exports - partners:
Japan 24.4%, South Korea 9.7%, Thailand 5.5%, India 4.3% (2005)

Imports:
$88.89 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food

Imports - partners:
UK 10%, China 9.7%, US 9.4%, India 9.2%, Germany 5.9%, Japan 5.4%,
France 4.7%, Singapore 4.1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$25.51 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$39.1 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - donor:
since its founding in 1971, the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development has
given about $5.2 billion in aid to 56 countries (2004)

Currency (code):
Emirati dirham (AED)

Currency code:
AED

Exchange rates:
Emirati dirhams per US dollar - 3.673 (2006), 3.6725 (2005), 3.6725
(2004), 3.6725 (2003), 3.6725 (2002), note, officially pegged to the
US dollar since February 2002

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications United Arab Emirates

Telephones - main lines in use:
1.237 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
4.535 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital
network with rapidly growing use of mobile cellular telephones; key
centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai
domestic: microwave radio relay, fiber optic and coaxial cable
international: country code - 971; satellite earth stations - 3
Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat;
submarine cables to Qatar, Bahrain, India, and Pakistan;
tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi
Arabia

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 13, FM 8, shortwave 2 (2004)

Radios:
820,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
15 (2004)

Televisions:
310,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.ae

Internet hosts:
337,092 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

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