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

capital expenditures of $NA

       million (2003 est.)

      Agriculture - products:

       rice, coffee, pineapples, palm kernels, cassava (tapioca), bananas,

       sweet potatoes; cattle, sheep, goats; timber

      Industries:

       bauxite, gold, diamonds; alumina refining; light manufacturing and

       agricultural processing industries

      Industrial production growth rate:

       3.2% (1994)

      Electricity - production:

       790.6 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - consumption:

       735.2 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       8,600 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Current account balance:

       $-252 million (2003)

      Exports:

       $726 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish, agricultural

       products

      Exports - partners:

       South Korea 14.8%, Spain 10.7%, US 10.1%, France 9.2%, Russia 9%,

       Ireland 7.9%, Belgium 6.4%, Germany 5.6%, Ukraine 5.3% (2003)

      Imports:

       $646 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment,

       textiles, grain and other foodstuffs

      Imports - partners:

       France 16.8%, China 9.3%, Belgium 7.1%, Italy 6.6%, Netherlands

       5.4%, UK 5.4%, Cote d'Ivoire 4.8%, US 4.5% (2003)

      Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:

       $191 million (2003)

      Debt - external:

       $3.25 billion (2001 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $359.2 million (1998)

      Currency:

       Guinean franc (GNF)

      Currency code:

       GNF

      Exchange rates:

       Guinean francs per US dollar - NA (2003), 1,975.84 (2002), 1,950.56

       (2001), 1,746.87 (2000), 1,387.4 (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Guinea

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       26,200 (2003)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       111,500 (2003)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: poor to fair system of open-wire lines, small

       radiotelephone communication stations, and new microwave radio relay

       system

       domestic: microwave radio relay and radiotelephone communication

       international: country code - 224; satellite earth station - 1

       Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 4 (one station is inactive), FM 1 (plus 7 repeaters), shortwave

       3 (2001)

      Radios:

       357,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       6 low-power stations (2001)

      Televisions:

       85,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .gn

      Internet hosts:

       380 (2004)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       4 (2001)

      Internet users:

       40,000 (2003)

      Transportation Guinea

      Railways:

       total: 837 km

       standard gauge: 175 km 1.435-m gauge

       narrow gauge: 662 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

      Highways:

       total: 30,500 km

       paved: 5,033 km

       unpaved: 25,467 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:

       1,295 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Boke, Conakry, Kamsar

      Merchant marine:

       total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,344 GRT/5,003 DWT

       by type: cargo 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1

       foreign-owned: Iraq 1 (2003 est.)

      Airports:

       16 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 5

       over 3,047 m: 1

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 11

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 6

       914 to 1,523 m: 3

       under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)

      Military Guinea

      Military branches:

       Army, Navy, Air Force, Republican Guard, Presidential Guard,

       National Gendarmerie, General Directorate of National Police

      Military manpower - military age and obligation:

       18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service

       obligation - 2 years (2004)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 2,108,948 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 1,064,965 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $58.5 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       1.7% (2003)

      Transnational Issues Guinea

      Disputes - international:

       domestic fighting among disparate rebel groups in Guinea, domestic

       fighting among disparate rebel groups, warlords, and youth gangs in

       Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone have created insurgencies,