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

and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, paper and

       paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel; textiles,

       foodstuffs

      Exports - partners:

       Germany 31.9%, Italy 9.6%, Switzerland 5.2%, US 4.9%, France 4.8%,

       UK 4.7% (2003)

      Imports:

       $81.59 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal goods,

       oil and oil products; foodstuffs

      Imports - partners:

       Germany 43.2%, Italy 6.7%, Hungary 5.4%, Switzerland 5%,

       Netherlands 4.2% (2003)

      Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:

       $12.73 billion (2003)

      Debt - external:

       $15.5 billion (2003 est.)

      Economic aid - donor:

       ODA, $520 million (2002)

      Currency:

       euro (EUR)

       note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the

       euro as a common currency to be used by the financial institutions

       of member countries; as of 1 January 2002, the euro became the only

       legal tender in EMU member countries, including Austria

      Currency code:

       EUR

      Exchange rates:

       euros per US dollar - 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001),

       1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Austria

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       3.881 million (2003)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       7,094,500 (2003)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: highly developed and efficient

       domestic: there are 48 main lines for every 100 persons; the fiber

       optic net is very extensive; all telephone applications and Internet

       services are available

       international: country code - 43; satellite earth stations - 2

       Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Eutelsat; in

       addition, there are about 600 VSAT (very small aperture terminals)

       (2002)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 2, FM 65 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1 (2001)

      Radios:

       6.08 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       10 (plus more than 1,000 repeaters) (2001)

      Televisions:

       4.25 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .at

      Internet hosts:

       387,006 (2004)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       37 (2000)

      Internet users:

       3.73 million (2003)

      Transportation Austria

      Railways:

       total: 6,021 km (3,552 km electrified)

       standard gauge: 5,565 km 1.435-m gauge (3,430 km electrified)

       narrow gauge: 34 km 1.000-m gauge (28 km electrified); 422 km

       0.760-m gauge (94 km electrified) (2003)

      Highways:

       total: 200,000 km

       paved: 200,000 km (including 1,633 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 0 km (2000)

      Waterways:

       358 km (2003)

      Pipelines:

       gas 2,722 km; oil 663 km; refined products 149 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Enns, Krems, Linz, Vienna

      Merchant marine:

       total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 29,624 GRT/37,425 DWT

       by type: cargo 4, container 2

       registered in other countries: 34 (2004 est.)

       foreign-owned: Netherlands 1

      Airports:

       55 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 24 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 14 (2004 est.) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 31 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 27 (2004 est.)

      Heliports: 1 (2003 est.)

      Military Austria

      Military branches:

       Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)

      Military manpower - military age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age for voluntary service; from 2007, at the earliest, compulsory military service obligation will be reduced from 8 months to 6 (June 2004)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 2,066,467 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 1,699,384 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 48,981 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $1.497 billion (FY01/02)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       0.85% (June 2004)

      Transnational Issues Austria

      Disputes - international:

       minor disputes with the Czech Republic over the Temelin Nuclear

       Power Plant

      Illicit drugs:

       transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and South American

       cocaine destined for Western Europe

      This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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      @Azerbaijan

      Introduction Azerbaijan

      Background:

       Azerbaijan - a nation with a Turkic and majority-Muslim population

       - regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union

       in 1991. Despite a 1994 cease-fire, Azerbaijan has yet to resolve

       its conflict with Armenia over the Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh

       enclave (largely Armenian populated). Azerbaijan has lost 16% of its

       territory and must support some 800,000 refugees and internally

       displaced persons as a result of the conflict. Corruption is

       ubiquitous and the