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

gas - consumption:

      470 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 95

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 64

      Natural gas - imports:

      470 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 60

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 185

      Current account balance:

      -$3.862 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 167 -$2.328 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports:

      $6.161 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 102 $5.462 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods

      Exports - partners:

      US 54.08%, Haiti 9.78% (2009)

      Imports:

      $14.53 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 79 $12.28 billion (2009 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals

      Imports - partners:

      US 42.79%, Venezuela 7.04%, Mexico 6.17%, Colombia 5.59% (2009)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $2.705 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 88 $2.905 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $13.09 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 82 $11.04 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $19.45 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 68 $17.95 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $NA (31 December 2010 est.)

      $59 million (31 December 2009 est.)

      Exchange rates:

      Dominican pesos (DOP) per US dollar - 36.92 (2010), 36.027 (2009), 34.775 (2008), 33.113 (2007), 33.406 (2006)

      Communications ::Dominican Republic

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      965,400 (2009) country comparison to the world: 80

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      8.63 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 71

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: relatively efficient system based on island-wide microwave radio relay network

      domestic: fixed-line teledensity is about 10 per 100 persons; multiple providers of mobile-cellular service with a subscribership of roughly 75 per 100 persons

      international: country code - 1–809; landing point for the Americas

       Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1), Antillas 1, and the

       Fibralink submarine cables that provide links to South and Central

       America, parts of the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth station - 1

       Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2009)

      Broadcast media:

      combination of state-owned and privately-owned broadcast media; 1 state-owned television network and a number of private TV networks; networks operate repeaters to extend signals throughout country; combination of state-owned and privately-owned radio stations; more than 300 radio stations operating (2007)

      Internet country code:

      .do

      Internet hosts:

      283,298 (2010) country comparison to the world: 60

      Internet users:

      2.701 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 68

      Transportation ::Dominican Republic

      Airports:

      35 (2010) country comparison to the world: 110

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 16

      over 3,047 m: 3

      2,438 to 3,047 m: 4

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 4

      914 to 1,523 m: 4

      under 914 m: 1 (2010)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 19

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

      914 to 1,523 m: 1

      under 914 m: 17 (2010)

      Railways:

      total: 1,784 km country comparison to the world: 77 standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge

      narrow gauge: 1,409 km 1.076-m, 0.889-m, and 0.762-m gauges

      note: 1,226 km operated by sugar companies in 1.076 m, 0.889 m, and 0.762-m gauges (2008)

      Roadways:

      total: 19,705 km country comparison to the world: 110 paved: 9,872 km

      unpaved: 9,833 km (2002)

      Merchant marine:

      total: 1 country comparison to the world: 161 by type: cargo 1

      registered in other countries: 1 (Panama 1) (2008)

      Ports and terminals:

      Andres (Boca Chica), Puerto Haina, Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo

      Military ::Dominican Republic

      Military branches:

      Army, Navy (Marina de Guerra), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Dominicana,

       FAD) (2010)

      Military service age and obligation:

      16–21 years of age for compulsory military service; recruits must be Dominican Republic citizens; women may volunteer (2010)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 2,514,160

      females age 16–49: 2,395,804 (2010 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 2,090,785

      females age 16–49: 1,957,233 (2010 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 98,394

      female: 94,576 (2010 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      0.7% of GDP (2009) country comparison to the world: 154

      Transnational Issues ::Dominican Republic

      Disputes - international:

      Haitian migrants cross the porous border into the Dominican Republic to find work; illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic cross the Mona Passage each year to Puerto Rico to find better work

      Trafficking in persons:

      current situation: the Dominican Republic is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation