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

of broad money:

      $11.64 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 96 $10.54 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $8.135 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 100 $5.726 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $NA

      Agriculture - products:

      cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea, tobacco; cattle, pigs, sheep, goats

      Industries:

      petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield equipment; steel, iron ore; cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles

      Industrial production growth rate:

      3.5% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 91

      Electricity - production:

      18.6 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 72

      Electricity - consumption:

      18 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 71

      Electricity - exports:

      786 million kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      548 million kWh (2007 est.)

      Oil - production:

      1.011 million bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 23

      Oil - consumption:

      136,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 70

      Oil - exports:

      528,900 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 29

      Oil - imports:

      2,848 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 169

      Oil - proved reserves:

      7 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 19

      Natural gas - production:

      23 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 30

      Natural gas - consumption:

      10.12 billion cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 47

      Natural gas - exports:

      5.564 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 25

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 72

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      849.5 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 27

      Current account balance:

      $15.96 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 19 $10.18 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports:

      $28.07 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 63 $21.1 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      oil and gas 90%, machinery, cotton, foodstuffs

      Exports - partners:

      Italy 20.69%, India 10.67%, US 9.24%, France 8.15%, Germany 7.62%,

       Indonesia 6.63%, Canada 5.13% (2009)

      Imports:

      $7.035 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 103 $6.514 billion (2009 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

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

      Imports - partners:

      Turkey 18.69%, Russia 16.98%, Germany 7.87%, Ukraine 7.3%, China 6.18%, UK 5.73% (2009)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $6.33 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 62 $5.364 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $3.221 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 124 $3.44 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $8.918 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 80 $8.318 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $6.058 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 58 $5.558 billion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Exchange rates:

      Azerbaijani manats (AZN) per US dollar - 0.8035 (2010), 0.8038 (2009), 0.8219 (2008), 0.8581 (2007), 0.8934 (2006)

      Communications ::Azerbaijan

      Telephones - main lines in use:

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

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      7.757 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 74

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: requires considerable expansion and modernization; fixed-line telephony and a broad range of other telecom services are controlled by a state-owned telecommunications monopoly and growth has been stagnant; more competition exists in the mobile-cellular market with four providers in 2009

      domestic: teledensity of 17 fixed lines per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity has increased and is rapidly approaching 100 telephones per 100 persons; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch in its exclave of Nakhchivan

      international: country code - 994; the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic link transits Azerbaijan providing international connectivity to neighboring countries; the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; satellite earth stations - 2 (2009)

      Broadcast media:

      1 state-run and 1 public television channel; 4 domestic commercial TV stations and about 15 regional TV stations; Turkish, Russian, and Iranian TV and radio broadcasts are available, especially in border regions; cable TV services are available in Baku; 1 state-run and 1 public radio network operating; a small number of private commercial radio stations broadcasting; local FM relays of Baku commercial stations are available in many localities; local relays of several international broadcasters had been available until late 2008 when their broadcasts were banned from FM frequencies (2008)

      Internet country code:

      .az

      Internet hosts:

      22,737 (2010) country comparison to the world: 105

      Internet users:

      2.42 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 70

      Transportation ::Azerbaijan

      Airports:

      35 (2010) country comparison to the world: 109

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 27

      over 3,047 m: 3

      2,438 to 3,047 m: 6

      1,524 to 2,437 m: 13

      914 to 1,523 m: 4

      under 914 m: 1 (2010)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 8

      under