rate:
15% (2002 est.)

Electricity - production:
6.492 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 42.3%
hydro: 27%
nuclear: 30.7%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
5.797 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
704 million kWh; note - exports an unknown quantity to Georgia;
includes exports to Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan (2002)

Electricity - imports:
463 million kWh; note - imports an unknown quantity from Iran (2002)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
5,700 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

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

Natural gas - consumption:
1.4 billion cu m (2001 est.)

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

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

Current account balance:
$-240.4 million (2004 est.)

Exports:
$850 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
diamonds, mineral products, foodstuffs, energy

Exports - partners:
Belgium 18%, Israel 15.3%, Germany 13.3%, Russia 12.5%, US 8.1%,
Netherlands 7.2%, Iran 5.5%, Georgia 4.3%, UAE 4% (2004)

Imports:
$1.3 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
natural gas, petroleum, tobacco products, foodstuffs, diamonds

Imports - partners:
Russia 11.3%, Belgium 10.1%, Israel 8.4%, US 7.6%, Iran 7.1%, UAE
6.1%, Ukraine 5.9%, Italy 5.5%, Germany 5.2%, Georgia 4.6%, France
4.5% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$555 million (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$905 million (June 2001)

Economic aid - recipient:
ODA $170 million (2000)

Currency (code):
dram (AMD)

Currency code:
AMD

Exchange rates:
drams per US dollar - 533.45 (2004), 578.76 (2003), 573.35 (2002),
555.08 (2001), 539.53 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Armenia

Telephones - main lines in use:
562,600 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
114,400 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: system inadequate; now 90% privately owned and
undergoing modernization and expansion
domestic: the majority of subscribers and the most modern equipment
are in Yerevan (this includes paging and mobile cellular service)
international: country code - 374; Yerevan is connected to the
Trans-Asia-Europe fiber-optic cable through Iran; additional
international service is available by microwave r