The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

(2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 33 $112.6 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      machinery and transport equipment, raw materials and fuel, chemicals

      Exports - partners:

      Germany 32.25%, Slovakia 9.02%, Poland 5.8%, France 5.62%, UK 4.93%,

       Austria 4.71%, Italy 4.38% (2009)

      Imports:

      $109.2 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 31 $103.1 billion (2009 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      machinery and transport equipment, raw materials and fuels, chemicals

      Imports - partners:

      Germany 30.67%, Poland 6.97%, Slovakia 6.6%, Netherlands 5.99%,

       China 5.7%, Austria 5.26%, Russia 4.93%, Italy 3.98% (2009)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $38.67 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 29 $41.2 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $86.79 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 39 $82.42 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $126.7 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 28 $121.9 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $15.85 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 48 $14.35 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Exchange rates:

      koruny (CZK) per US dollar - 19.737 (2010), 19.063 (2009), 17.064 (2008), 20.53 (2007), 22.596 (2006)

      Communications ::Czech Republic

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      2.092 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 53

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      14.258 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 51

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: privatization and modernization of the Czech telecommunication system got a late start but is advancing steadily; virtually all exchanges now digital; existing copper subscriber systems enhanced with Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) equipment to accommodate Internet and other digital signals; trunk systems include fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay

      domestic: access to the fixed-line telephone network expanded throughout the 1990s but the number of fixed line connections has been dropping since then; mobile telephone usage increased sharply beginning in the mid-1990s and the number of cellular telephone subscriptions now greatly exceeds the population

      international: country code - 420; satellite earth stations - 6 (2 Intersputnik - Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions, 1 Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 1 Globalstar) (2009)

      Broadcast media:

      roughly 130 television broadcasters operating some 350 television channels with 4 publicly operated and the remainder in private hands; 13 television stations have national coverage with 4 being publicly operated; cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; about 70 radio broadcasters are registered operating roughly 85 radio stations with 15 stations publicly operated; 16 radio stations provide national coverage with the remainder local or regional (2008)

      Internet country code:

      .cz

      Internet hosts:

      3.494 million (2010) country comparison to the world: 25

      Internet users:

      6.681 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 40

      Transportation ::Czech Republic

      Airports:

      122 (2010) country comparison to the world: 49

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 44

      over 3,047 m: 2

      2,438 to 3,047 m: 9

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 12

      914 to 1,523 m: 3

      under 914 m: 18 (2010)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 78

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

      914 to 1,523 m: 27

      under 914 m: 50 (2010)

      Heliports:

      1 (2010)

      Pipelines:

      gas 7,010 km; oil 547 km; refined products 94 km (2009)

      Railways:

      total: 9,620 km country comparison to the world: 22 standard gauge: 9,521 km 1.435-m gauge (3,013 km electrified)

      narrow gauge: 99 km 0.750-m gauge (2008)

      Roadways:

      total: 128,582 km country comparison to the world: 37 paved: 128,582 km (includes 691 km of expressways) (2008)

      Waterways:

      664 km (principally on Elbe, Vltava, Oder, and other navigable rivers, lakes, and canals) (2010) country comparison to the world: 77

      Merchant marine:

      registered in other countries: 1 (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1) (2010) country comparison to the world: 162

      Ports and terminals:

      Decin, Prague, Usti nad Labem

      Military ::Czech Republic

      Military branches:

      Army of the Czech Republic (ACR): Joint Forces Command (includes Land Forces and Air Forces), Support and Training Forces Command (2010)

      Military service age and obligation:

      18–28 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; no conscription (2010)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 2,517,268

      females age 16–49: 2,418,163 (2010 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 2,086,662

      females age 16–49: 2,003,055 (2010 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 55,139

      female: 52,440 (2010 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      1.46% of GDP (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 104

      Transnational Issues ::Czech Republic

      Disputes - international:

      while threats of international legal action never materialized in 2007, 915,220 Austrians, with the support of the popular Freedom Party, signed a petition in January 2008, demanding that Austria block the Czech Republic's accession to the EU unless Prague closes its controversial Soviet-style nuclear plant in Temelin, bordering Austria

      Illicit drugs:

      transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and minor transit point for Latin American cocaine to Western Europe; producer of synthetic drugs for local and regional markets; susceptible to money laundering related to drug trafficking, organized crime; significant consumer of ecstasy (2008)

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