atural gas - consumption:
19.28 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
60.87 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
4.545 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$25.8 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$55.6 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

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

Exports - partners:
US 22.6%, Italy 16%, Spain 10.5%, France 10%, Canada 7.9%, Brazil
6.5%, Belgium 4.3%, Germany 4.2% (2005)

Imports:
$27.6 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods

Imports - partners:
France 28.1%, Italy 7.8%, Spain 7.2%, China 6.6%, Germany 6.3%, US
5.5% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$71.96 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$5 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$313 million (2004 est.)

Currency (code):
Algerian dinar (DZD)

Currency code:
DZD

Exchange rates:
Algerian dinars per US dollar - 73.2 (2006), 73.276 (2005), 72.061
(2004), 77.395 (2003), 79.682 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Algeria

Telephones - main lines in use:
2.572 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
13.661 million (2005)

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 nearly 2.6 million, 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infrastructure is outdated and inefficient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 stations (20 additional domestic
earth stations are planned)
international: country code - 213; submarine cables - 5; microwave
radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial
cable to Morocco and Tunisia; participant in Medarabtel; satellite
earth stations - 51 (Intelsat, Intersputnik, and Arabsat) (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999)

Radios:
7.1 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:
3.1 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.dz

Internet hosts:
1,202 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)

Internet users:
1.92 million (2005)

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