on:
530 million cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
530 million cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
79.57 billion cu m (2004)

Current account balance:
$-37.88 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$12.76 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
crude oil, diamonds, refined petroleum products, gas, coffee,
sisal, fish and fish products, timber, cotton

Exports - partners:
US 38%, China 35.9%, Taiwan 6.8%, France 6.5% (2004)

Imports:
$4.896 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts;
medicines, food, textiles, military goods

Imports - partners:
South Korea 28.3%, Portugal 13.1%, US 9.3%, South Africa 7.4%,
Brazil 5.6%, Japan 4.8%, France 4.4% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$800 million (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$10.45 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$383.5 million (1999)

Currency (code):
kwanza (AOA)

Currency code:
AOA

Exchange rates:
kwanza per US dollar - 83.541 (2004), 74.606 (2003), 43.53 (2002),
22.058 (2001), 10.041 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Angola

Telephones - main lines in use:
96,300 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
130,000 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: telephone service limited mostly to government
and business use; HF radiotelephone used extensively for military
links
domestic: limited system of wire, microwave radio relay, and
tropospheric scatter
international: country code - 244; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); fiber optic submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC)
provides connectivity to Europe and Asia

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 21, FM 6, shortwave 7 (2000)

Radios:
815,000 (2000)

Television broadcast stations:
6 (2000)

Televisions:
196,000 (2000)

Internet country code:
.ao

Internet hosts:
17 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
41,000 (2002)

Transportation Angola

Railways:
total: 2,761 km
narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2004)

Highways:
total: 51,429 km
paved: 5,328 km
unpaved: 46,101 km (2001)

Waterways:
1,300 km (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 214 km; liquid natural gas 14 km; liquid petroleum