The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

- production:

       29,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       89,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       93.6 million bbl (37257)

      Natural gas - production:

       1.76 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       2.84 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

       1.08 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

       34.36 billion cu m (37257)

      Agriculture - products:

       wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed, barley, alfalfa, clover,

       olives, citrus, grapes, soybeans, potatoes; livestock, dairy products

      Exports:

       $4.9 billion f.o.b. (2002)

      Exports - commodities:

       transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels

      Exports - partners:

       Italy 22.4%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.4%, Germany 12.5%, Slovenia

       8%, Austria 7.3% (2002)

      Imports:

       $10.7 billion c.i.f. (2002)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery, transport and electrical equipment, chemicals, fuels and

       lubricants, foodstuffs

      Imports - partners:

       Italy 16.8%, Germany 16.4%, Slovenia 7.8%, Russia 6.8%, Austria

       6.7%, France 5.2% (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $16.5 billion (yearend 2002 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       ODA $66 million (2000)

      Currency:

       kuna (HRK)

      Currency code:

       HRK

      Exchange rates:

       kuna per US dollar - 7.87 (2002), 8.34 (2001), 8.28 (2000), 7.11

       (1999), 6.36 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Croatia

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       1,721,139 (2000)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       1.3 million (2001)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: NA

       domestic: reconstruction plan calls for replacement of all analog

       circuits with digital and enlarging the network; a backup will be

       included in the plan for the main trunk

       international: digital international service is provided through the

       main switch in Zagreb; Croatia participates in the Trans-Asia-Europe

       (TEL) fiber-optic project, which consists of two fiber-optic trunk

       connections with Slovenia and a fiber-optic trunk line from Rijeka

       to Split and Dubrovnik; Croatia is also investing in ADRIA 1, a

       joint fiber-optic project with Germany, Albania, and Greece (2000)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5 (1999)

      Radios:

       1.51 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       36 (plus 321 repeaters) (September 1995)

      Televisions:

       1.22 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .hr

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       9 (2000)

      Internet users:

       480,000 (2001)

      Transportation Croatia

      Railways: total: 2,296 km standard gauge: 2,296 km 1.435-m gauge (983 km electrified) (2002)

      Highways:

       total: 28,123 km

       paved: 23,792 km (including 410 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 4,331 km (2000)

      Waterways:

       785 km

       note: (perennially navigable; large sections of Sava blocked by

       downed bridges, silt, and debris)

      Pipelines:

       gas 1,374 km; oil 583 km (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Dubrovnik, Dugi Rat, Omisalj, Ploce, Pula, Rijeka, Sibenik, Split,

       Vukovar (inland waterway port on Danube), Zadar

      Merchant marine:

       total: 56 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 765,830 GRT/1,188,948 DWT

       note: includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of

       convenience: Hong Kong 1 (2002 est.)

       ships by type: bulk 14, cargo 16, chemical tanker 4, combination

       bulk 5, multi-functional large-load carrier 3, passenger 1,

       petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 6,

       short-sea passenger 3

      Airports:

       59 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 16 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 under 914 m: 9 (2002) 914 to 1,523 m: 4

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 43 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 8 under 914 m: 34 (2002)

      Heliports: 1 (2002)

      Military Croatia

      Military branches:

       Ground Forces (Hrvatska Vojska, HV), Naval Forces, Air and Air

       Defense Forces

      Military manpower - military age:

       19 years of age (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 1,081,135 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 856,946 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 30,096 (2003 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $520 million (2002 est.)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       2.39% (2002 est.)

      Transnational Issues Croatia

      Disputes - international:

       discussions continue with Bosnia and Herzegovina on sections of the

       Una River and villages at