inum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous
metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement,
chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages

Industrial production growth rate:
-1.8% (2006 est.)

Electricity - production:
9.412 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 47%
hydro: 53%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
11 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
2.25 billion kWh (2004)

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

Oil - consumption:
22,500 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - imports:
23,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

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

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

Current account balance:
$-264.6 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$1.766 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing

Exports - partners:
South Africa 27%, China 7.9%, Japan 6.8%, Zambia 5.6%, Netherlands
5.4%, US 4.9%, Italy 4.5%, Germany 4.4% (2005)

Imports:
$2.055 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals,
fuels

Imports - partners:
South Africa 52.5%, China 5.7%, Botswana 4.1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$140 million (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$5.26 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$178 million; note - the EU and the US provide food aid on
humanitarian grounds (2000 est.)

Currency (code):
Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD)

Currency code:
ZWD

Exchange rates:
Zimbabwean dollars per US dollar - 195.107 (2006), 77.965 (2005),
5.729 (2004), 0.824 (2003), 0.055 (2002), note, these are official
exchange rates; non-official rates vary significantly

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Zimbabwe

Telephones - main lines in use:
328,000 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
699,000 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, but
now suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstanding
requests for connection despite an equally large number of installed
but unused main lines
domestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines,
radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local l