s):

11.2% (2007 est.)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

15.05% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$145.6 million (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$49.89 million (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$1.157 billion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

rubber, coffee, cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), palm oil, sugarcane,
bananas; sheep, goats; timber

Industries:

rubber processing, palm oil processing, timber, diamonds

Industrial production growth rate:

NA%

Electricity - production:

320 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

297.6 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

3,687 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

23.37 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

3,593 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:

-$224 million (2007)

Exports:

$1.197 billion f.o.b. (2006)

Exports - commodities:

rubber, timber, iron, diamonds, cocoa, coffee

Exports - partners:

Malaysia 27.5%, Poland 18.5%, Germany 11.5%, US 10.5%, Spain 8.2%,
Norway 5.5% (2007)

Imports:

$7.143 billion f.o.b. (2006)

Imports - commodities:

fuels, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured
goods; foodstuffs

Imports - partners:

South Korea 31.4%, Singapore 22.1%, Japan 14.9%, China 10.1% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$236.2 million (2005)

Debt - external:

$3.2 billion (2005 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$NA

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$NA

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$NA

Currency (code):

Liberian dollar (LRD)

Currency code:

LRD

Exchange rates:

Liberian dollars (LRD) per US dollar - NA (2007), 59.43 (2006),
53.098 (2005), 54.906 (2004), 59.379 (2003)

Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use:

6,90