olives, citrus, fruits; sheep, cattle

Industries:
petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical,
petrochemical, food processing

Industrial production growth rate:
6% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
24.69 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
22.9 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
340 million kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
275 million kWh (2001)

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

Oil - consumption:
209,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
13.1 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

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

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

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

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

Natural gas - proved reserves:
4.739 trillion cu m (1 January 2002)

Current account balance:
$7.836 billion (2003)

Exports:
$24.96 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products 97%

Exports - partners:
Italy 19.5%, US 18.5%, France 13.6%, Spain 11.2%, Canada 6.2%,
Belgium 5.1%, Brazil 4.9% (2003)

Imports:
$12.42 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods

Imports - partners:
France 30.9%, Italy 9.6%, Spain 6.1%, Germany 5.5%, China 4.6%,
Turkey 4.1% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$33.42 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
$22.71 billion (2003 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$182 million (2001 est.)

Currency:
Algerian dinar (DZD)

Currency code:
DZD

Exchange rates:
Algerian dinars per US dollar - 77.395 (2003), 79.6819 (2002),
77.215 (2001), 75.2598 (2000), 66.5739 (1999)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Algeria

Telephones - main lines in use:
2,199,600 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,447,310 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: telephone density in Algeria is very low, not
exceeding five telephones per 100 persons; the number of fixed main
lines increased in the last few years to a little more than
2,000,000, but only about two-thirds of these have subscribers; much
of the infrastructure is outdated and inefficient
domestic: good service in north but sparse in south; domestic
satellite system with 12 earth station