nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
162.8 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - consumption:
6,400 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

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

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

Current account balance:
$-173.4 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$359.5 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood

Exports - partners:
US 30.6%, UK 25%, France 4.8% (2005)

Imports:
$543 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods; fuels,
chemicals, pharmaceuticals; food, beverages, tobacco

Imports - partners:
US 31%, Mexico 11.6%, Russia 8.8%, Cuba 6%, Guatemala 5.6%, China
4.6%, Spain 4.5% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$78.96 million (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$1.362 billion (June 2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$NA

Currency (code):
Belizean dollar (BZD)

Currency code:
BZD

Exchange rates:
Belizean dollars per US dollar - 2 (2006), 2 (2005), 2 (2004), 2
(2003), 2 (2002)

Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

Communications Belize

Telephones - main lines in use:
33,300 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
93,100 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: above-average system
domestic: trunk network depends primarily on microwave radio relay
international: country code - 501; satellite earth station - 8
(Intelsat - 2, unknown - 6) (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 12, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:
133,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
2 (1997)

Televisions:
41,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.bz

Internet hosts:
3,905 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)

Internet users:
35,000 (2005)

Transportation Belize

Airports:
43 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 38
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 26 (2006)

Roadways:
total: 2,872 km
paved: 488 km
unpaved: 2,384 km (1999)

Waterways:
825 km (navigable on