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of $1.6 billion (2003)
Public debt:
53.7% of GDP (2003)
Agriculture - products:
bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca),
plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy
products; balsa wood; fish, shrimp
Industries:
petroleum, food processing, textiles, wood products, chemicals
Industrial production growth rate:
5.3% (2003 est.)
Electricity - production:
75.23 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
69.96 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2001)
Oil - production:
421,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:
129,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
NA (2001)
Oil - imports:
NA (2001)
Oil - proved reserves:
2.358 billion bbl (1 January 2002)
Natural gas - production:
160 million cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
160 million cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
106.5 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
Current account balance:
$-117 million (2003)
Exports:
$6.073 billion (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp
Exports - partners:
US 42.4%, Colombia 5.7%, Germany 5.6% (2003)
Imports:
$6.22 billion (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
consumer goods, industrial raw materials, capital goods
Imports - partners:
US 23.9%, Colombia 12.8%, Venezuela 7.1%, Brazil 6.1%, Chile 4.8%,
Japan 4.2% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$1.161 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
$15.69 billion (2003)
Economic aid - recipient:
$120 million (2001)
Currency:
US dollar (USD)
Currency code:
USD
Exchange rates:
Ecuador formally adopted the US dollar as legal tender in March 2000
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Ecuador
Telephones - main lines in use:
1.549 million (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
2,394,400 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded
domestic: facilities generally inadequate and unreliable
international: country code - 593; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001)
Radios:
5 million (2001)
Television broadcast stations:
7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2001)
Televisions:
2.5 million (2001)
Internet country code:
.ec
Internet hosts:
3,188 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
31 (2001)
Internet users:
569,700 (2003)
Transportation Ecuador
Railways: total: 966 km narrow gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)
Highways: total: 43,197 km paved: 8,164 km unpaved: 35,033 km (2000)
Waterways:
1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2003)
Pipelines:
extra heavy crude 578 km; gas 71 km; oil 1,386 km; refined products
1,185 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar, San
Lorenzo
Merchant marine:
total: 34 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 241,403 GRT/391,898 DWT
foreign-owned: Greece 1, Paraguay 1, Peru 1
registered in other countries: 3 (2004 est.)
by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 4, liquefied gas 1, passenger 5,
petroleum tanker 21, specialized tanker 1
Airports:
205 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 62 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 19 under 914 m: 18 (2004 est.) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 143 914 to 1,523 m: 30 under 914 m: 113 (2004 est.)
Heliports: 1 (2003 est.)
Military Ecuador
Military branches:
Army, Navy (including Marines), Air Force, National Police
Military manpower - military age and obligation: 20 years of age for conscript military service; 12-month service obligation (2004)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15–49: 3,440,371 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15–49: 2,315,808 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 132,476 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$650 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.4% (2003)
Transnational Issues Ecuador
Disputes - international: the continuing civil disorder in Colombia has created a serious refugee crisis in neighboring states, especially