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

      Natural gas - imports:

      10.96 billion cu m (2009) country comparison to the world: 20

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      16.14 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 77

      Current account balance:

      $8.012 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 26 $8.73 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports:

      $157.4 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 29 $135.7 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, paper and paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs

      Exports - partners:

      Germany 30.96%, Italy 8.17%, Switzerland 4.99%, US 3.99% (2009)

      Imports:

      $156 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 28 $138.7 billion (2009 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal goods, oil and oil products; foodstuffs

      Imports - partners:

      Germany 45.07%, Switzerland 6.76%, Italy 6.66%, Netherlands 4.03% (2009)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $NA (31 December 2010 est.)

      $18.05 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $755 billion (30 June 2010) country comparison to the world: 17 $864.2 billion (31 December 2008)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $290.7 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 18 $286.4 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $297.2 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 14 $290.5 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Exchange rates:

      euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.7715 (2010), 0.7179 (2009), 0.6827 (2008), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006)

      Communications ::Austria

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      3.253 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 46

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      11.773 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 59

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: highly developed and efficient

      domestic: fixed-line subscribership has been in decline since the mid-1990s with mobile-cellular subscribership eclipsing it by the late 1990s; the fiber-optic net is very extensive; all telephone applications and Internet services are available

      international: country code - 43; satellite earth stations - 15; in addition, there are about 600 VSATs (very small aperture terminals) (2007)

      Broadcast media:

      Austria's public broadcaster, ORF, was the main broadcast source until commercial radio and television service was introduced in the 1990s; cable and satellite TV are available, including German TV stations (2008)

      Internet country code:

      .at

      Internet hosts:

      3.266 million (2010) country comparison to the world: 29

      Internet users:

      6.143 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 43

      Transportation ::Austria

      Airports:

      55 (2010) country comparison to the world: 84

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 25

      over 3,047 m: 1

      2,438 to 3,047 m: 5

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

      914 to 1,523 m: 4

      under 914 m: 14 (2010)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 30

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

      914 to 1,523 m: 3

      under 914 m: 26 (2010)

      Heliports:

      1 (2010)

      Pipelines:

      gas 2,721 km; oil 663 km; refined products 157 km (2009)

      Railways:

      total: 6,399 km country comparison to the world: 29 standard gauge: 5,927 km 1.435-m gauge (3,688 km electrified)

      narrow gauge: 384 km 1.000-m gauge (15 km electrified); 88 km 0.760-m gauge (10 km electrified) (2008)

      Roadways:

      total: 107,262 km country comparison to the world: 40 paved: 107,262 km (includes 1,696 km of expressways) (2006)

      Waterways:

      358 km (2007) country comparison to the world: 91

      Merchant marine:

      total: 2 country comparison to the world: 141 by type: cargo 2

      registered in other countries: 4 (Cyprus 1, Malta 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2) (2010)

      Ports and terminals:

      Enns, Krems, Linz, Vienna

      Military ::Austria

      Military branches:

      Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)

      Military service age and obligation:

      18–35 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for male or female voluntary service; service obligation 6 months of training, followed by an 8-year reserve obligation; conscripts cannot be deployed in military operations outside Austria (2009)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 1,960,781

      females age 16–49: 1,926,134 (2010 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 1,595,379

      females age 16–49: 1,566,884 (2010 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 49,455

      female: 47,046 (2010 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      0.8% of GDP (2009) country comparison to the world: 150

      Transnational Issues ::Austria

      Disputes - international:

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

      Illicit drugs:

      transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and South American cocaine destined for Western Europe; increasing consumption of European-produced synthetic drugs

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