bbl/day (2001)

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$12.32 billion (2003)

Exports:
$201.3 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
Semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor
vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals

Exports - partners:
China 18.2%, US 17.8%, Japan 9%, Hong Kong 7.6% (2003)

Imports:
$175.6 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel,
transport equipment, organic chemicals, plastics

Imports - partners:
Japan 20.3%, US 13.9%, China 12.3%, Saudi Arabia 5.2% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$155.4 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
$130.3 billion (2003 est.)

Economic aid - donor:
ODA $200 million

Currency:
South Korean won (KRW)

Currency code:
KRW

Exchange rates:
South Korean won per US dollar - 1,191.61 (2003), 1,251.09 (2002),
1,290.99 (2001), 1,130.96 (2000), 1,188.82 (1999)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Korea, South

Telephones - main lines in use:
22.877 million (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
33,591,800 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: excellent domestic and international services
domestic: NA
international: country code - 82; fiber-optic submarine cable to
China; the Russia-Korea-Japan submarine cable; satellite earth
stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1
Inmarsat (Pacific Ocean region)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 58, FM 150, shortwave 2 (2004)

Radios:
47.5 million (2000)

Television broadcast stations:
64 (additionally 119 Cable Operators; 239 Relay Cable Operators)
(2004)

Televisions:
15.9 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.kr

Internet hosts:
694,206 (2001)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
11 (2000)

Internet users:
29.22 million (2003)

Transportation Korea, South

Railways:
total: 3,125 km
standard gauge: 3,125 km 1.435-m gauge (661 km electrified) (2003)

Highways:
total: 86,990 km
paved: 64,808 km (including 1,996 km of expressways)
unpaved: 22,182 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
1,608 km
note: most navigable only by small craft (2004)

Pipelines:
ga