cement and other construction materials, food processing
(particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), ferrous
and non-ferrous metal fabrication, armaments

Industrial production growth rate:

4.8% excluding oil (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

189.9 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

149.4 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

2.775 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - imports:

2.54 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 97.1%
hydro: 2.9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

4.033 million bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

1.679 million bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

2.52 million bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - imports:

167,800 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

138.4 billion bbl based on Iranian claims (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural gas - production:

111.9 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

111.8 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

6.2 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

6.1 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

26.85 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Current account balance:

$28.95 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$88.26 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts,
carpets

Exports - partners:

China 15%, Japan 14.3%, Turkey 7.4%, South Korea 7.3%, Italy 6.4%
(2007)

Imports:

$53.88 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

industrial raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods,
foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services

Imports - partners:

China 14.2%, Germany 9.6%, UAE 9.1%, South Korea 6.3%, Russia 5.7%,
Italy 5% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$104 million (2005 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$69.2 billion (2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$20.68 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$6.026 billion (2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$903 million (2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$45.2 billion (December 2007)

Currency (code):

Iranian rial (IRR)

Currency code:

IRR

Exchange rates:

Iranian rials (IRR) per US dollar - 9,407.5 (2007), 9,227.1 (2006),
8,964 (2005)