le and
products, metals, agricultural products

Imports - partners:

Germany 17.2%, Italy 12.8%, Hungary 6.9%, Russia 6.3%, France 6.2%,
Turkey 5.4%, Austria 4.8% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$914.3 million (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$39.96 billion (31 December 2007)

Debt - external:

$74.54 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$60.82 billion (2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$915 million (2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$45.42 billion (2007)

Currency (code):

"new" leu (RON) was introduced in 2005; "old" leu (ROL) was phased
out in 2006; note - because of currency revaluation, 10,000 ROL = 1
RON

Currency code:

ROL

Exchange rates:

lei (RON) per US dollar - 2.43 (2007), 2.809 (2006), 3 (2005), 3
(2004), 3 (2003)

Communications
Romania

Telephones - main lines in use:

4.3 million (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

22.875 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: domestic and international service improving
rapidly, especially in wireless telephony
domestic: more than 90 percent of telephone network is automatic;
liberalization in 2003 is transforming telecommunications;
fixed-line teledensity is roughly 20 telephones per 100 persons;
mobile-cellular teledensity now slightly exceeds 100 telephones per
100 persons
international: country code - 40; the Black Sea Fiber Optic System
provides connectivity to Bulgaria and Turkey; satellite earth
stations - 10; digital, international, direct-dial exchanges operate
in Bucharest (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

698 (frequency type NA) (2006)

Radios:

7.2 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

623 (plus 200 repeaters) (2006)

Televisions:

5.25 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.ro

Internet hosts:

2.195 million (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

38 (2000)

Internet users:

12 million (2007)

Transportation
Romania

Airports:

61 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 25
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 36
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 22 (2007)

Heliports:

2 (2007)

Pipelines:

gas 3,674 km; oil 2,424 km (2007)

Railways:

total: 11,385 km
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