thing, other consumer goods

Industrial production growth rate:
0% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
363.2 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 73.8%
hydro: 0.9%
nuclear: 23.7%
other: 1.6% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
345.2 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
2.3 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
9.8 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
2.075 million bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
1.827 million bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
1.498 million bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
1.084 million bbl/day (2003)

Oil - proved reserves:
4.5 billion bbl (31 December 2004)

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

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$-57.68 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$468.8 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco

Exports - partners:
US 15.1%, Germany 10.5%, France 8.9%, Ireland 7.3%, Netherlands
5.5%, Belgium 5%, Spain 4.4% (2005)

Imports:
$603 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
Germany 12.8%, US 8.7%, France 7.1%, Netherlands 6.6%, China 5%,
Norway 4.7%, Belgium 4.6%, Italy 4% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$38.83 billion (August 2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$8.28 trillion (30 June 2006)

Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $7.9 billion (2004)

Currency (code):
British pound (GBP)

Currency code:
GBP

Exchange rates:
British pounds per US dollar - 0.54413 (2006), 0.55 (2005), 0.5462
(2004), 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002)

Fiscal year:
6 April - 5 April

Communications United Kingdom

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

Telephones - mobile cellular:
61.091 million (2004)

Telephone system:
general assessment: technologically advanced domestic and
international system
domestic: equal mix of buried cables, microwave radio relay, and
fiber-optic systems
international: country code - 44; 40 coaxial submarine cables;
satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic