The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency
agriculture 40%, industry 20%, services 40% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
17% (2001 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $603.5 million
expenditures: $700.5 million, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003 est.)
Agriculture - products:
citrus, grapes, tea, hazelnuts, vegetables; livestock
Industries:
steel, aircraft, machine tools, electrical appliances, mining
(manganese and copper), chemicals, wood products, wine
Industrial production growth rate:
3% (2000)
Electricity - production:
7.27 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
7.611 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports:
850 million kWh (2001)
Oil - production:
2,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:
31,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
NA (2001)
Oil - imports:
NA (2001)
Natural gas - production:
60 million cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
1.16 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
1.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Current account balance:
$-365 million (2003)
Exports:
$615 million (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
scrap metal, machinery, chemicals; fuel reexports; citrus fruits,
tea, wine
Exports - partners:
Russia 17.7%, Turkey 17.3%, Turkmenistan 12.2%, Armenia 8.6%,
Switzerland 6.9%, Ukraine 6.3%, UK 5.9% (2003)
Imports:
$1.25 billion (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
fuels, machinery and parts, transport equipment, grain and other
foods, pharmaceuticals
Imports - partners:
Russia 14%, UK 12.9%, Turkey 9.9%, Azerbaijan 8.3%, US 8%, Germany
7.3%, Ukraine 7%, France 4.9% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$190.7 million (2003)
Debt - external:
$1.8 billion (2002)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA $150 million (2000 est.)
Currency:
lari (GEL)
Currency code:
GEL
Exchange rates:
lari per US dollar - 2.1457 (2003), 2.1957 (2002), 2.073 (2001),
1.9762 (2000), 2.0245 (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Georgia
Telephones - main lines in use:
650,500 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
522,300 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: local - T'bilisi and K'ut'aisi have cellular telephone
networks; urban telephone density is about 20 per 100 people; rural
telephone density is about 4 per 100 people; intercity facilities
include a fiber-optic line between T'bilisi and K'ut'aisi;
nationwide pager service is available
international: country code - 995; Georgia and Russia are working on
a fiber-optic line between P'ot'i and Sochi (Russia); present
international service is available by microwave, landline, and
satellite through the Moscow switch; international electronic mail
and telex service are available
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 12, shortwave 4 (1998)
Radios:
3.02 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
12 (plus repeaters) (1998)
Televisions:
2.57 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.ge
Internet hosts:
5,160 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
6 (2000)
Internet users:
150,500 (2003)
Transportation Georgia
Railways:
total: 1,612 km (1,612 km electrified)
broad gauge: 1,575 km 1.520-m gauge (1,575 electrified)
narrow gauge: 37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 electrified) (2003)
Highways:
total: 20,363 km
paved: 19,038 km
unpaved: 1,325 km (2000)
Pipelines:
gas 1,697 km; oil 1,027 km; refined products 232 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Bat'umi, P'ot'i, Sokhumi
Merchant marine:
total: 144 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 855,908 GRT/1,288,812 DWT
by type: bulk 20, cargo 95, chemical tanker 1, container 11,
liquefied gas 1, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger 1,
petroleum tanker 9, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 2,
short-sea/passenger 1, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: Albania 2, Belize 2, British Virgin Islands 2,
Bulgaria 1, Cyprus 5, Ecuador 1, Egypt 3, Estonia 1, Germany 1,
Gibraltar 1, Greece 13, Israel 1, Italy 1, Latvia 4, Lebanon 3,
Liberia 2, Madagascar 1, Malta 1, Netherlands 2, Norway 1, Panama 8,
Romania 6, Russia 10, Saint Kitts and Nevis 3, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines 4, Saudi Arabia 1, Syria 31, Turkey 10, Ukraine 16,
registered in other countries: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports:
31 (2003 est.)
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