ction:

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

2,082 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

41.62 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

2,123 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:

-$71 million (2007 est.)

Exports:

$88 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels, re-exports

Exports - partners:

India 37.7%, China 17.5%, UK 8.7%, France 5.1%, Belgium 4.2% (2007)

Imports:

$271 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

foodstuffs, manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport equipment

Imports - partners:

China 23.7%, Senegal 11.5%, Cote d'Ivoire 8.3%, Brazil 8%,
Netherlands 5.2% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$58.15 million (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$142.8 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$628.8 million (2003 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$NA

Currency (code):

dalasi (GMD)

Currency code:

GMD

Exchange rates:

dalasis (GMD) per US dollar - 27.79 (2007), 28.066 (2006), 28.575
(2005), 30.03 (2004), 27.306 (2003)

Communications
Gambia, The

Telephones - main lines in use:

76,400 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

795,900 (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: adequate; a packet switched data network is
available; two mobile-cellular service providers
domestic: adequate network of microwave radio relay and open-wire;
combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity reached 50
telephones per 100 persons in 2007
international: country code - 220; microwave radio relay links to
Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
(Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 3, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2001)

Radios:

196,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (government-owned) (1997)

Televisions:

5,000 (2000)

Internet country code:

.gm

Internet hosts:

320 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

2 (2001)

Internet users:

100,200 (2007)

Transportation
Gambia, The