0 cu m (2004 est.)

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

Current account balance:
$339 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$11.17 billion (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
garments, jute and jute goods, leather, frozen fish and seafood
(2001)

Exports - partners:
US 23.6%, Germany 13.5%, UK 9.4%, France 6.4% (2005)

Imports:
$13.77 billion (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles,
foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement (2000)

Imports - partners:
India 14.1%, China 13.5%, Kuwait 8.5%, Singapore 6.2%, Japan 4.1%,
Hong Kong 4.1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$3.278 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$22.55 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$1.575 billion (2000 est.)

Currency (code):
taka (BDT)

Currency code:
BDT

Exchange rates:
taka per US dollar - 70.235 (2006), 64.328 (2005), 59.513 (2004),
58.15 (2003), 57.888 (2002)

Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June

Communications Bangladesh

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

Telephones - mobile cellular:
9 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: totally inadequate for a modern country
domestic: modernizing; introducing digital systems; trunk systems
include VHF and UHF microwave radio relay links, and some
fiber-optic cable in cities
international: country code - 880; satellite earth stations - 6;
international radiotelephone communications and landline service to
neighboring countries (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 15, FM 13, shortwave 2 (2006)

Radios:
6.15 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
15 (1999)

Televisions:
770,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.bd

Internet hosts:
469 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
10 (2000)

Internet users:
300,000 (2005)

Transportation Bangladesh

Airports:
16 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 15
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 5 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006)

Pipelines:
gas 2,604 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 2,768 km
broad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 239,226 km
paved: 22,726 km
unpaved: 216,500 km (2003)

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