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

562,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       3.308 billion bbl (37257)

      Natural gas - production:

       21.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       21.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

       1.264 trillion cu m (37257)

      Agriculture - products: cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruits, vegetables; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats

      Exports:

       $7 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products,

       chemicals

      Exports - partners:

       US 18.3%, Italy 13.7%, UK 8.4% (2002)

      Imports:

       $15.2 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, wood products, fuels

      Imports - partners:

       US 16.9%, Germany 7.9%, Italy 6.7%, France 6.5%, China 5%, UK 4.1%

       (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $30.5 billion (2002 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       ODA, $2.25 billion (1999)

      Currency:

       Egyptian pound (EGP)

      Currency code:

       EGP

      Exchange rates:

       Egyptian pounds per US dollar - 4.5 (2002), 3.97 (2001), 3.47

       (2000), 3.4 (1999), 3.39 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       1 July - 30 June

      Communications Egypt

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       3,971,500 (December 1998)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       380,000 (1999)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: large system; underwent extensive upgrading

       during 1990s and is reasonably modern; Internet access and cellular

       service are available

       domestic: principal centers at Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah,

       Ismailia, Suez, and Tanta are connected by coaxial cable and

       microwave radio relay

       international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean

       and Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat; 5 coaxial submarine

       cables; tropospheric scatter to Sudan; microwave radio relay to

       Israel; a participant in Medarabtel and a signatory to Project

       Oxygen (a global submarine fiber-optic cable system)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999)

      Radios:

       20.5 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       98 (September 1995)

      Televisions:

       7.7 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .eg

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       50 (2000)

      Internet users:

       600,000 (2002)

      Transportation Egypt

      Railways: total: 5,105 km standard gauge: 5,105 km 1.435-m gauge (42 km electrified) (2002)

      Highways: total: 64,000 km paved: 49,984 km unpaved: 14,016 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:

       3,500 km

       note: includes the Nile, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and

       numerous smaller canals in the delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including

       approaches), used by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 16.1 m of water

      Pipelines:

       condensate 327 km; condensate/gas 94 km; gas 6,145 km; liquid

       petroleum gas 382 km; oil 5,726 km; oil/gas/water 36 km; water 62 km

       (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Alexandria, Al Ghardaqah, Aswan, Asyut, Bur Safajah, Damietta,

       Marsa Matruh, Port Said, Suez

      Merchant marine:

       total: 170 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,284,197 GRT/1,907,734 DWT

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

       convenience: Denmark 1, Germany 1, Greece 6, Lebanon 3, Monaco 1,

       Ukraine 1 (2002 est.)

       ships by type: bulk 20, cargo 50, container 5, liquefied gas 1,

       passenger 63, petroleum tanker 15, roll on/roll off 13, short-sea

       passenger 3

      Airports:

       89 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 71

       over 3,047 m: 13

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 38

       under 914 m: 3 (2002)

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 17

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 18

       under 914 m: 9 (2002)

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

       914 to 1,523 m: 6

      Heliports:

       2 (2002)

      Military Egypt

      Military branches:

       Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command

      Military manpower - military age:

       20 years of age (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 19,895,370 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 12,867,160 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 743,305 (2003 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $4.04 billion (FY99)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       4.1% (FY99)

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