(2006 est.)

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

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$419 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$4.318 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa beans, aluminum,
coffee, cotton

Exports - partners:
Spain 17.4%, Italy 13.8%, France 9.5%, South Korea 8.1%, UK 8.1%,
Netherlands 7.9%, Belgium 4.9%, US 4.3% (2005)

Imports:
$3.083 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery, electrical equipment, transport equipment, fuel, food

Imports - partners:
France 24%, Nigeria 12%, Belgium 6.3%, China 5.6%, US 5.1%,
Thailand 4.5%, Germany 4.2% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.336 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$3.657 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
in January 2001, the Paris Club agreed to reduce Cameroon's debt of
$1.3 billion by $900 million; debt relief now totals $1.26 billion

Currency (code):
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible
authority is the Bank of the Central African States

Currency code:
XAF

Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar -
522.592 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99
(2002)

Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June

Communications Cameroon

Telephones - main lines in use:
99,400 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
2.259 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: available only to business and government
domestic: cable, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter
international: country code - 237; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); fiber optic submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC)
provides connectivity to Europe and Asia

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 3 (2002)

Radios:
2.27 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2002)

Televisions:
450,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.cm

Internet hosts:
39 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2002)

Internet users:
167,000 (2005)

Transportation Cameroon

Airports:
47 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 11
over 3,047 m: 2