The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ year:

      1 July - 30 June

      Public debt:

      81.4% of GDP (2004)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      4.9% (2007 est.)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      14% (31 December 2007)

      Stock of money:

      $381.1 million (31 December 2007)

      Stock of quasi money:

      $220.3 million (31 December 2007)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $169.9 million (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      rice, corn, root crops, citrus, foodgrains; dairy products, eggs

      Industries:

      cement, wood products, processed fruits, alcoholic beverages, calcium carbide, tourism

      Industrial production growth rate:

      9.3% (1996 est.)

      Electricity - production:

      4.475 billion kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      528.8 million kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - exports:

      3.644 billion kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      11 million kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production by source:

      fossil fuel: 0.1% hydro: 99.9% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

      Oil - production:

      0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

      1,250 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      0 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - imports:

      1,152 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

      Current account balance:

      $116 million (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $350 million f.o.b. (2006)

      Exports - commodities:

      electricity (to India), cardamom, gypsum, timber, handicrafts, cement, fruit, precious stones, spices

      Exports - partners:

      India 58.6%, Hong Kong 30.1%, Bangladesh 7.3% (2007)

      Imports:

      $320 million c.i.f. (2006)

      Imports - commodities:

      fuel and lubricants, grain, aircraft, machinery and parts, vehicles, fabrics, rice

      Imports - partners:

      India 74.5%, Japan 7.4%, Sweden 3.2% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $941.2 million; note - substantial aid from India (2006)

      Debt - external:

      $713.3 million (2006)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $NA

      Currency (code):

      ngultrum (BTN); Indian rupee (INR)

      Currency code:

      BTN; INR

      Exchange rates:

      ngultrum (BTN) per US dollar - 41.487 (2007), 45.279 (2006), 44.101 (2005), 45.317 (2004), 46.583 (2003) note: the ngultrum is pegged to the Indian rupee

      Communications

       Bhutan

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      29,900 (2007)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      149,400 (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: urban towns and district headquarters have telecommunications services domestic: very low teledensity; domestic service is very poor especially in rural areas; wireless service available since 2003 international: country code - 975; international telephone and telegraph service via landline and microwave relay through India; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 0, FM 9, shortwave 1 (2007)

      Radios:

      37,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

      1 (2007)

      Televisions:

      11,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

      .bt

      Internet hosts:

      9,046 СКАЧАТЬ