(2003)

Imports:
$65.3 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
capital goods, intermediate goods and raw materials, consumer
goods, fuels (2000)

Imports - partners:
Japan 24.1%, US 9.5%, China 8%, Malaysia 6%, Singapore 4.3%, Taiwan
4.2% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$42.15 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
$53.75 billion (2003 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$131.5 million (1998 est.)

Currency:
baht (THB)

Currency code:
THB

Exchange rates:
baht per US dollar - 41.4846 (2003), 42.9601 (2002), 44.4319
(2001), 40.1118 (2000), 37.8137 (1999)

Fiscal year:
1 October - 30 September

Communications Thailand

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

Telephones - mobile cellular:
16.117 million (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: service to general public adequate, but
investment in technological upgrades reduced by recession; bulk of
service to government activities provided by multichannel cable and
microwave radio relay network
domestic: microwave radio relay and multichannel cable; domestic
satellite system being developed
international: country code - 66; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 204, FM 334, shortwave 6 (1999)

Radios:
13.96 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
5 (all in Bangkok; plus 131 repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:
15.19 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.th

Internet hosts:
103,700 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
15 (2000)

Internet users:
6,031,300 (2003)

Transportation Thailand

Railways:
total: 4,071 km
narrow gauge: 4,071 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

Highways:
total: 64,600 km
paved: 62,985 km
unpaved: 1,615 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
4,000 km
note: 3,701 km navigable by boats with drafts up to 0.9 m (2003)

Pipelines:
gas 3,112 km; refined products 265 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Pattani, Phuket, Sattahip, Si Racha, Songkhla

Merchant marine:
total: 339 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 2,038,597 GRT/3,104,712 DWT
foreign-owned: Egypt 1, Germany 3, Indonesia 1, Japan 4, Norway 38,
Panama 2, Singapore 3
registered in other countries: 43 (2004 est.)
by type: bulk 40, cargo 135, chemical tanker 5, combination bulk 2,
combination ore/oil 1, container 19, liquefied gas 22,
multi-funct