million (2007 est.)

Exports:

$44 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides

Exports - partners:

Germany 31.3%, Pakistan 6.8%, Belgium 5.8%, Sweden 4.3%, Rwanda
4.3%, France 4.2%, Sudan 4% (2007)

Imports:

$272 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:

Saudi Arabia 17%, Kenya 11.4%, Belgium 8.7%, France 6.1%, Uganda
5.4%, Germany 5.4%, India 4.8%, Pakistan 4.2% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$365 million (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$177.1 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$1.2 billion (2003)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$NA

Currency (code):

Burundi franc (BIF)

Currency code:

BIF

Exchange rates:

Burundi francs (BIF) per US dollar - 1,065 (2007), 1,030 (2006),
1,138 (2005), 1,100.91 (2004), 1,082.62 (2003)

Communications
Burundi

Telephones - main lines in use:

35,000 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

250,000 (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: primitive system; telephone density one of the
lowest in the world; fixed-line connections stand at well less than
1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage is increasing but remains
at a meager 3 per 100 persons
domestic: sparse system of open-wire, radiotelephone communications,
and low-capacity microwave radio relay
international: country code - 257; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)

Radios:

440,000 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (2001)

Televisions:

25,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.bi

Internet hosts:

162 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

60,000 (2006)

Transportation
Burundi

Airports:

8 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 3 (2007)

Heliports:

1 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 12,322 km
paved: 1,286 km
unpaved: 11,036 km (2004)

Waterways:

mainly on Lake Tanganyika (2005)

Ports and terminals:

Bujumbura

Military
Burundi

Military branches:

National Defense Force (Forces de Defense Nationales, FDN): Army
(includes Naval Detachment and Air Win