The 2005 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

gas - exports:

       4 million cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

       9.587 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

       50.45 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

      Current account balance:

       $-7.941 billion (2004 est.)

      Exports:

       $54.62 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       machinery and equipment 61.1%, other manufactures 28.7%, food

       products 6.5%, raw materials 2%, fuels and electricity 1.6% (2003)

      Exports - partners:

       Germany 31.4%, Austria 6.8%, France 5.7%, Italy 5.6%, UK 5.1% (2004)

      Imports:

       $58.68 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       machinery and equipment 51.6%, other manufactures 35.7%, fuels and

       electricity 7.7%, food products 3.1%, raw materials 2.0% (2003)

      Imports - partners:

       Germany 29.2%, Austria 8.3%, Russia 5.7%, Italy 5.5%, Netherlands

       4.9%, China 4.8%, France 4.7% (2004)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

       $14.8 billion (2004 est.)

      Debt - external:

       $57 billion (2004 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient: $4.2 billion in available EU structural adjustment and cohesion funds (2004–06)

      Currency (code):

       forint (HUF)

      Currency code:

       HUF

      Exchange rates:

       forints per US dollar - 202.75 (2004), 224.31 (2003), 257.89

       (2002), 286.49 (2001), 282.18 (2000)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Hungary

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       3,666,400 (2002)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       6,862,800 (2002)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: the telephone system has been modernized and is

       capable of satisfying all requests for telecommunication service

       domestic: the system is digitalized and highly automated; trunk

       services are carried by fiber-optic cable and digital microwave

       radio relay; a program for fiber-optic subscriber connections was

       initiated in 1996; heavy use is made of mobile cellular telephones

       international: country code - 36; Hungary has fiber-optic cable

       connections with all neighboring countries; the international switch

       is in Budapest; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic

       Ocean and Indian Ocean regions), 1 Inmarsat, 1 very small aperture

       terminal (VSAT) system of ground terminals

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 17, FM 57, shortwave 3 (1998)

      Radios:

       7.01 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       35 (plus 161 low-power repeaters) (1995)

      Televisions:

       4.42 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .hu

      Internet hosts:

       383,071 (2004)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       16 (2000)

      Internet users:

       1.6 million (2002)

      Transportation Hungary

      Railways:

       total: 7,937 km

       broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge

       standard gauge: 7,682 km 1.435-m gauge (2,628 km electrified)

       narrow gauge: 219 km 0.760-m gauge (2004)

      Highways:

       total: 159,568 km

       paved: 70,050 km (including 533 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 89,518 km (2002)

      Waterways:

       1,622 km (most on Danube River) (2004)

      Pipelines:

       gas 4,397 km; oil 990 km; refined products 335 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Budapest, Dunaujvaros, Gyor-Gonyu, Csepel, Baja, Mohacs (2003)

      Airports:

       44 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 18 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 26 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 9 (2004 est.)

      Heliports: 5 (2004 est.)

      Military Hungary

      Military branches:

       Ground Forces, Air Forces

      Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in June 2004 (June 2004)

      Manpower available for military service:

       males age 18–49: 2,303,116 (2005 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

       males age 18–49: 1,780,513 (2005 est.)

      Manpower reaching military service age annually:

       males: 63,847 (2005 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $1.08 billion (2002 est.)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       1.75% (2002 est.)

      Transnational Issues Hungary

      Disputes - international:

       in 2004, Hungary amended the status law extending special social

       and cultural benefits and voted down a referendum to extend dual

       citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living in neighboring states, which

       have objected to such measures; consultations continue between

       Slovakia and Hungary over Hungary's completion of its portion the

       Gabcikovo-Nagymaros hydroelectric dam project along the Danube; as a

       member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Hungary

       must implement the strict Schengen border rules

      Illicit drugs:

       transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and cannabis and for

       South American cocaine destined for Western Europe; limited producer

       of precursor chemicals, particularly for amphetamine and

       methamphetamine; improving, but remains vulnerable to money

       laundering related