evenues: $6.178 billion
expenditures: $8.35 billion (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

calendar year

Public debt:

186.6% of GDP (2007 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

4.2% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

12% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

10.26% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$2.374 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$57.4 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$45.51 billion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

citrus, grapes, tomatoes, apples, vegetables, potatoes, olives,
tobacco; sheep, goats

Industries:

banking, tourism, food processing, wine, jewelry, cement, textiles,
mineral and chemical products, wood and furniture products, oil
refining, metal fabricating

Industrial production growth rate:

NA%

Electricity - production:

8.764 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

8.161 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

929 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 97.2%
hydro: 2.8%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

106,000 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

97,590 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:

-$2.046 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$4.077 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

authentic jewelry, inorganic chemicals, miscellaneous consumer
goods, fruit and vegetables, tobacco, construction minerals,
electric power machinery and switchgear, textile fibers, paper

Exports - partners:

Syria 25.2%, UAE 11.8%, Switzerland 8.2%, Saudi Arabia 5.6% (2007)

Imports:

$11.93 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

petroleum products, cars, medicinal products, clothing, meat and
live animals, consumer goods, paper, textile fabrics, tobacco,
electrical machinery

Imports - partners:

Syria 12.1%, Italy 8.5%, France 8.3%, US 7%, China 5.9%, Germany
5.3%, Sa