The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

revenues: $8.121 billion

       expenditures: $8.121 billion, including capital expenditures of NA

       (2003 est.)

      Public debt:

       48% of GDP (2003)

      Agriculture - products:

       vegetables, fruits, tobacco, livestock, wine, wheat, barley,

       sunflowers, sugar beets

      Industries:

       electricity, gas and water; food, beverages and tobacco; machinery

       and equipment, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined

       petroleum, nuclear fuel

      Industrial production growth rate:

       6.3% (2003 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       41.38 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - consumption:

       32.52 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       6.79 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       830 million kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       603 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       94,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - proved reserves:

       8.1 million bbl (1 January 2002)

      Natural gas - production:

       4 million cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

       5.804 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

       0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

       5.8 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

       3.724 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

      Current account balance:

       $-1.666 billion (2003)

      Exports:

       $7.337 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels

      Exports - partners:

       Italy 14.1%, Germany 10.9%, Greece 10.5%, Turkey 9.2%, France 5.1%,

       US 4.5% (2003)

      Imports:

       $9.723 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       fuels, minerals, and raw materials; machinery and equipment; metals

       and ores; chemicals and plastics; food, textiles

      Imports - partners:

       Germany 14.4%, Russia 12.6%, Italy 10.3%, Greece 6.7%, Turkey 6.2%,

       France 5.7% (2003)

      Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:

       $6.705 billion (2003)

      Debt - external:

       $12.05 billion (2003)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $300 million (2000 est.)

      Currency:

       lev (BGL)

      Currency code:

       BGN

      Exchange rates:

       leva per US dollar - 1.7327 (2003), 2.077 (2002), 2.1847 (2001),

       2.1233 (2000), 1.8364 (1999)

       note: on 5 July 1999, the lev was redenominated; the post-5 July

       1999 lev is equal to 1,000 of the pre-5 July 1999 lev

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Bulgaria

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       2,868,200 (2002)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       2,597,500 (2002)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: extensive but antiquated

       domestic: more than two-thirds of the lines are residential;

       telephone service is available in most villages; a fairly modern

       digital cable trunk line now connects switching centers in most of

       the regions, the others are connected by digital microwave radio

       relay

       international: country code - 359; direct dialing to 58 countries;

       satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); 2

       Intelsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 31, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2001)

      Radios:

       4.51 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       39 (plus 1,242 repeaters) (2001)

      Televisions:

       3.31 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .bg

      Internet hosts:

       53,421 (2004)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       200 (2001)

      Internet users:

       630,000 (2002)

      Transportation Bulgaria

      Railways:

       total: 4,294 km

       standard gauge: 4,049 km 1.435-m gauge (2,710 km electrified)

       narrow gauge: 245 km 0.760-m gauge (2003)

      Highways:

       total: 37,286 km

       paved: 35,049 km (including 324 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 2,237 km (2000)

      Waterways:

       470 km (2004)

      Pipelines:

       gas 2,425 km; oil 339 km; refined products 156 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Burgas, Lom, Nesebur, Ruse, Varna, Vidin

      Merchant marine:

       total: 60 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 757,972 GRT/1,115,238 DWT

       by type: bulk 37, cargo 7, chemical tanker 4, container 2, petroleum

       tanker 3, rail car carrier 2, roll on/roll off 3,

       short-sea/passenger 1, specialized tanker 1

       registered in other countries: 45 (2004 est.)

      Airports:

       212 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 128 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 19 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 92 (2004 est.) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 15

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 85 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 72 (2004 est.)

      Heliports: