oduction growth rate:
10% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
9.264 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
8.616 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
864,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
29,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA (2001)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Current account balance:
$4.149 billion (2003)

Exports:
$12.36 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
petroleum products, fertilizers, steel

Exports - partners:
Japan 46%, South Korea 18.5%, Singapore 9.5% (2003)

Imports:
$5.711 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals

Imports - partners:
US 12.2%, Japan 10.5%, Germany 9.6%, UK 8%, Italy 7.4%, UAE 6.7%,
Saudi Arabia 5.9%, South Korea 5% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$2.952 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
$17.5 billion (2003 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
NA

Currency:
Qatari rial (QAR)

Currency code:
QAR

Exchange rates:
Qatari rials per US dollar - 3.64 (2003), 3.64 (2002), 3.64 (2001),
3.64 (2000), 3.64 (1999)

Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

Communications Qatar

Telephones - main lines in use:
184,500 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
376,500 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system centered in Doha
domestic: NA
international: country code - 974; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain;
microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and UAE; submarine cable to
Bahrain and UAE; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic
Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:
256,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (plus three repeaters) (2001)

Televisions:
230,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.qa

Internet hosts:
221 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
126,000 (2003)

Transportation Qatar