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

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billion cu m (2006 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      2.73 billion cu m (2006 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      1.103 billion cu m (2005)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      28.54 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

      Current account balance:

      -$4.85 billion (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $12.62 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels

      Exports - partners:

      Italy 19.3%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.9%, Germany 10.2%, Slovenia 8.4%, Austria 6.2% (2007)

      Imports:

      $25.99 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      machinery, transport and electrical equipment; chemicals, fuels and lubricants; foodstuffs

      Imports - partners:

      Italy 16.1%, Germany 14.4%, Russia 10.1%, China 6.2%, Slovenia 6%,

       Austria 5.3% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      ODA, $125.4 million (2005)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $13.67 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $46.3 billion (30 June 2007)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $23.13 billion (2007 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $3.161 billion (2007 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $29.01 billion (2006)

      Currency (code):

      kuna (HRK)

      Currency code:

      HRK

      Exchange rates:

      kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004), 6.7035 (2003)

      Communications

       Croatia

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      1.825 million (2007)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      5.035 million (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: the telecommunications network has improved steadily since the mid-1990s; the number of fixed telephone lines holding steady at about 40 per 100 persons; the number of cellular telephone subscriptions exceeds the population domestic: more than 90 percent of local lines are digital international: country code - 385; digital international service is provided through the main switch in Zagreb; Croatia participates in the Trans-Asia-Europe (TEL) fiber-optic project, which consists of 2 fiber-optic trunk connections with Slovenia and a fiber-optic trunk line from Rijeka to Split and Dubrovnik; the ADRIA-1 submarine cable provides connectivity to Albania and Greece (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5 (1999)

      Radios:

      1.51 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

      36 (plus 321 repeaters) (1995)

      Televisions:

      1.22 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

      .hr

      Internet hosts:

      1.111 million (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      9 (2000)

      Internet users:

      1.995 million (2007)

      Transportation

       Croatia

      Airports:

      68 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 23 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 9 (2007)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 45 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 37 (2007)

      Heliports:

      2 (2007)

      Pipelines:

      gas 1,556 km; oil 583 km (2007)

      Railways:

      total: 2,726 km standard gauge: 2,726 km 1.435-m gauge (1,199 km electrified) (2006)

      Roadways:

      total: 28,788 km (includes 877 km of expressways) (2006)

      Waterways:

      785 km (2007)

      Merchant marine:

      total: 80 by type: bulk carrier 25, cargo 11, chemical tanker 3, passenger/cargo 30, petroleum tanker 8, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 2 registered in other countries: 30 (Bahamas 1, Belize 2, Liberia 2, Malta 9, Marshall Islands 6, Panama 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7) (2008)

      Ports and terminals:

      Omisalj, Ploce, Rijeka, Sibenik, Vukovar (on Danube)

      Military

       Croatia

      Military branches:

      Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Oruzane Snage Republike Hrvatske, OSRH), consists of five major commands directly subordinate to a General Staff: Ground Forces (Hrvatska Kopnena Vojska, HKoV), Naval Forces (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM), Air Force (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo, HRZ), Joint Education and Training Command, Logistics Command; Military Police Force supports each of the three Croatian military forces (2008)

      Military service age and obligation:

      18–27 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age with consent for voluntary service; 6-month conscript service obligation; full conversion to professional military service by 2010 (2006)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 1,035,712 females age 16–49: 1,037,896 (2008 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 771,323 females age 16–49: 855,937 (2008 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 27,500 female: 25,893 (2008 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      2.39% of GDP (2005 est.)

      Transnational Issues

       Croatia

      Disputes - international:

      dispute remains with Bosnia and Herzegovina over several small disputed sections of the boundary related to maritime access that hinders ratification of the 1999 border agreement; the Croatia-Slovenia land and maritime boundary agreement, which would


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