The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      $342 million (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      coffee, cotton, tea, corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, bananas, manioc (tapioca); beef, milk, hides

      Industries:

      light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imported components; public works construction; food processing

      Industrial production growth rate:

      6.4% (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production:

      87 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      120.9 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      40 million kWh; note - supplied by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production by source:

      fossil fuel: 0.6% hydro: 99.4% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

      Oil - production:

      0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

      2,956 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      0 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - imports:

      2,635 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

      Current account balance:

      -$101 million (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $44 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides

      Exports - partners:

      Germany 31.3%, Pakistan 6.8%, Belgium 5.8%, Sweden 4.3%, Rwanda 4.3%, France 4.2%, Sudan 4% (2007)

      Imports:

      $272 million f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs

      Imports - partners:

      Saudi Arabia 17%, Kenya 11.4%, Belgium 8.7%, France 6.1%, Uganda 5.4%, Germany 5.4%, India 4.8%, Pakistan 4.2% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $365 million (2005)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $177.1 million (31 December 2007 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $1.2 billion (2003)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $NA

      Currency (code):

      Burundi franc (BIF)

      Currency code:

      BIF

      Exchange rates:

      Burundi francs (BIF) per US dollar - 1,065 (2007), 1,030 (2006), 1,138 (2005), 1,100.91 (2004), 1,082.62 (2003)

      Communications

       Burundi

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      35,000 (2006)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      250,000 (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: primitive system; telephone density one of the lowest in the world; fixed-line connections stand at well less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage is increasing but remains at a meager 3 per 100 persons domestic: sparse system of open-wire, radiotelephone communications, and low-capacity microwave radio relay international: country code - 257; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)

      Radios:

      440,000 (2001)

      Television broadcast stations:

      1 (2001)

      Televisions:

      25,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

      .bi

      Internet hosts:

      162 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      1 (2000)

      Internet users:

      60,000 (2006)

      Transportation

       Burundi

      Airports:

      8 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (2007)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 3 (2007)

      Heliports:

      1 (2007)

      Roadways:

      total: 12,322 km paved: 1,286 km unpaved: 11,036 km (2004)

      Waterways:

      mainly on Lake Tanganyika (2005)

      Ports and terminals:

      Bujumbura

      Military

       Burundi

      Military branches:

      National Defense Force (Forces de Defense Nationales, FDN): Army (includes Naval Detachment and Air Wing), Gendarmerie (2008)

      Military service age and obligation:

      16 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; children as young as 10 years of age have been conscripted into the armed forces; the enrollment of children is still not prohibited (2007)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 1,878,544 females age 16–49: 1,851,676 (2008 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 1,083,899 females age 16–49: 1,062,488 (2008 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 98,105 female: 98,533 (2008 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      5.9% of GDP (2006 est.)

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