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

0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       3,581 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       71,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       28.45 million bbl (37257)

      Natural gas - production:

       9.9 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       9.9 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:

       150.3 billion cu m (37257)

      Agriculture - products: rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry

      Exports: $6.2 billion (2002)

      Exports - commodities: garments, jute and jute goods, leather, frozen fish and seafood (2001)

      Exports - partners:

       US 27.6%, Germany 10.4%, UK 9.8%, France 5.7%, Italy 4% (2002)

      Imports:

       $8.5 billion (2002)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles,

       foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement (2000)

      Imports - partners:

       India 14.6%, China 11.6%, Singapore 11.5%, Japan 7.6%, Hong Kong

       5.4%, South Korea 4.3% (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $16.5 billion (2002)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $1.575 billion (2000 est.)

      Currency:

       taka (BDT)

      Currency code:

       BDT

      Exchange rates:

       taka per US dollar - 57.89 (2002), 55.81 (2001), 52.14 (2000),

       49.09 (1999), 46.91 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       1 July - 30 June

      Communications Bangladesh

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       500,000 (2000)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       283,000 (2000)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: totally inadequate for a modern country

       domestic: modernizing; introducing digital systems; trunk systems

       include VHF and UHF microwave radio relay links, and some

       fiber-optic cable in cities

       international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean);

       international radiotelephone communications and landline service to

       neighboring countries (2000)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 12, FM 12, shortwave 2 (1999)

      Radios:

       6.15 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       15 (1999)

      Televisions:

       770,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .bd

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       10 (2000)

      Internet users:

       150,000 (2002)

      Transportation Bangladesh

      Railways:

       total: 2,706 km

       broad gauge: 884 km 1.676-m gauge

       narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

      Highways:

       total: 207,486 km

       paved: 19,773 km

       unpaved: 187,713 km (1999)

      Waterways:

       up to 8,046 km depending on season

       note: includes 3,058 km main cargo routes

      Pipelines:

       gas 2,016 km (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Chittagong, Dhaka, Mongla Port, Narayanganj

      Merchant marine:

       total: 40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 314,437 GRT/436,465 DWT

       ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 23, container 11, passenger 1,

       petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 1 (2002 est.)

      Airports:

       18 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 15 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 6 (2002)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 3

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

       under 914 m: 2 (2002)

      Military Bangladesh

      Military branches:

       Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, paramilitary forces (includes

       Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Ansars, Village Defense Parties, Armed

       Police Battalions, National Cadet Corps)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 38,436,912 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 22,807,339 (2003 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $559 million (FY96)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       1.8% (FY96)

      Transnational Issues Bangladesh

      Disputes - international:

       discussions with India remain stalled to delimit a small section of

       river boundary, demarcate and fence the porous land boundary,

       exchange 162 miniscule enclaves, allocate divided villages, and stop

       illegal cross-border trade and violence; Bangladesh protests India's

       attempts to fence off high-traffic sections of the porous boundary;

       dispute with India over New Moore/South Talpatty Island in the Bay

       of Bengal prevents maritime boundary delimitation; Burmese Muslim

       refugees strain Bangladesh's meager resources

      Illicit drugs:

       transit country for illegal drugs produced in neighboring countries

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