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

products, oilfield equipment;

       steel, iron ore, cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles

      Industrial production growth rate:

       6% (2002 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       18.23 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 89.7% hydro: 10.3% other: 0% (2001) nuclear: 0%

      Electricity - consumption:

       16.65 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       700 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       400 million kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       307,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       140,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       589 million bbl (37257)

      Natural gas - production:

       5.72 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       6.72 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

       1 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

       62.3 billion cu m (37257)

      Agriculture - products: cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea, tobacco; cattle, pigs, sheep, goats

      Exports:

       $2 billion f.o.b. (2002)

      Exports - commodities:

       oil and gas 90%, machinery, cotton, foodstuffs

      Exports - partners:

       Italy 28.7%, Germany 17.7%, Israel 10.6%, France 8.4%, Georgia

       6.7%, Russia 4.7% (2002)

      Imports:

       $1.8 billion f.o.b. (2002)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery and equipment, oil products, foodstuffs, metals, chemicals

      Imports - partners:

       Russia 17.8%, Turkey 11.9%, Germany 10.7%, France 7%, Kazakhstan

       6.3%, China 6%, UK 5.5%, US 4.5% (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $1.4 billion (2002)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       ODA, $140 million (2000 est.)

      Currency:

       Azerbaijani manat (AZM)

      Currency code:

       AZM

      Exchange rates:

       Azerbaijani manats per US dollar - 4,860.82 (2002), 4,656.58

       (2001), 4,474.15 (2000), 4,120.17 (1999), 3,869 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Azerbaijan

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       865,000 (2002)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       800,000 (2002)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: inadequate; requires considerable expansion and

       modernization; teledensity of 10 main lines per 100 persons is low

       (2002)

       domestic: the majority of telephones are in Baku and other

       industrial centers - about 700 villages still without public

       telephone service; satellite service connects Baku to a modern

       switch in its exclave of Naxcivan

       international: the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still

       serviceable; a satellite connection to Turkey enables Baku to reach

       about 200 additional countries, some of which are directly connected

       to Baku by satellite providers other than Turkey (1997)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998)

      Radios:

       175,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       2 (1997)

      Televisions:

       170,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .az

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       2 (2000)

      Internet users:

       25,000 (2002)

      Transportation Azerbaijan

      Railways: total: 2,122 km broad gauge: 2,122 km 1.520-m gauge (1,278 km electrified) (2002)

      Highways: total: 24,981 km paved: 23,057 km unpaved: 1,924 km (2000)

      Waterways:

       none

      Pipelines:

       gas 5,001 km; oil 1,631 km (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Baku (Baki)

      Merchant marine:

       total: 55 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 251,004 GRT/313,193 DWT

       ships by type: cargo 13, petroleum tanker 40, roll on/roll off 2

       (2002 est.)

      Airports:

       71 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 27 over 3.047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 14 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 1 (2002)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 44 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 27 (2002)

      Military Azerbaijan

      Military branches:

       Army, Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces

      Military manpower - military age:

       18 years of age (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 2,159,450 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 1,727,340 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 82,925 (2003 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $121 million (FY99)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       2.6% (FY99)

      Transnational Issues Azerbaijan

      Disputes - international:

       Armenia supports ethnic Armenian secessionists in Nagorno-Karabakh

       and militarily occupies about one-sixth of Azerbaijan - Organization

       for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) continues to mediate