04)

Electricity - imports:
1.699 billion kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - consumption:
11,500 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
16,000 bbl/day (2001)

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

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

Current account balance:
$1.698 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$4.836 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
diamonds, copper, nickel, soda ash, meat, textiles

Exports - partners:
European Free Trade Association (EFTA) 87%, Southern African
Customs Union (SACU) 7%, Zimbabwe 4% (2004)

Imports:
$3.034 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, machinery, electrical goods, transport equipment,
textiles, fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper products,
metal and metal products

Imports - partners:
Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 74%, EFTA 17%, Zimbabwe 4%
(2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$7.445 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$520 million (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$73 million (1995)

Currency (code):
pula (BWP)

Currency code:
BWP

Exchange rates:
pulas per US dollar - 5.90646 (2006), 5.1104 (2005), 4.6929 (2004),
4.9499 (2003), 6.3278 (2002)

Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

Communications Botswana

Telephones - main lines in use:
132,000 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
823,100 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: the system is expanding with the growth of
mobile cellular service and participation in regional development
domestic: small system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relay
links, and a few radiotelephone communication stations; mobile
cellular service is growing fast
international: country code - 267; two international exchanges;
digital microwave radio relay links to Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 8, FM 13, shortwave 4 (2001)

Radios:
252,720 (2000)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2001)

Televisions:
31,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.bw

Internet hosts:
5,499 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
11 (2001)

Internet users:
60,000 (2002)

Transportation Botswana

Airports:
85 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: