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- exports:

      421,700 bbl/day (2005 est.)

      Oil - imports:

      47,060 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      4.517 billion bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      280 million cu m (2006 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      280 million cu m (2006 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      9.369 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

      Current account balance:

      $1.064 billion (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $14.37 billion (2007 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp, cacao, coffee, hemp, wood, fish

      Exports - partners:

      US 41.9%, Peru 8.5%, Chile 4.9%, Russia 4.8%, Colombia 4.7% (2007)

      Imports:

      $12.76 billion (2007 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

      industrial materials, fuels and lubricants, nondurable consumer goods

      Imports - partners:

      US 23.7%, Colombia 10.3%, China 7.6%, Brazil 5.3%, Japan 4.3% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $209.5 million (2005)

      Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

      $3.521 billion (30 November 2007 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $17.12 billion (31 December 2007)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

      $16.31 billion (2007 est.)

      Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

      $1.456 billion (2007 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $4.04 billion (2006)

      Currency (code):

      US dollar (USD)

      Currency code:

      USD

      Exchange rates:

      the US dollar is used; the sucre was eliminated in 2000

      Communications

       Ecuador

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      1.805 million (2007)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      10.086 million (2007)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: generally elementary but being expanded domestic: fixed-line services provided by three state-owned enterprises; plans to transfer the state-owned operators to private ownership have repeatedly failed; fixed-line density stands at about 13 per 100 persons; mobile cellular use has surged and has a subscribership of nearly 75 per 100 persons international: country code - 593; landing point for the PAN-AM submarine telecommunications cable that provides links to the west coast of South America, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and extending onward to Aruba and the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001)

      Radios:

      5 million (2001)

      Television broadcast stations:

      7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2000)

      Televisions:

      2.5 million (2001)

      Internet country code:

      .ec

      Internet hosts:

      45,404 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      31 (2001)

      Internet users:

      1.549 million (2006)

      Transportation

       Ecuador

      Airports:

      406 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 104 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 914 to 1,523 m: 26 under 914 m: 54 (2007)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

      total: 302 914 to 1,523 m: 34 under 914 m: 268 (2007)

      Heliports:

      1 (2007)

      Pipelines:

      extra heavy crude oil 578 km; gas 71 km; oil 1,389 km; refined products 1,185 km (2007)

      Railways:

      total: 966 km narrow gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)

      Roadways:

      total: 43,670 km paved: 6,472 km unpaved: 37,198 km (2006)

      Waterways:

      1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2006)

      Merchant marine:

      total: 37 by type: cargo 1, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger 8, petroleum tanker 24, refrigerated cargo 1, specialized tanker 1 foreign-owned: 1 (US 1) registered in other countries: 5 (China 1, Panama 4) (2008)

      Ports and terminals:

      Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, Manta, Puerto Bolivar

      Military

       Ecuador

      Military branches:

      Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry, Naval Aviation, Coast Guard),

       Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, FAE) (2007)

      Military service age and obligation:

      20 years of age for selective conscript military service; 12-month service obligation (2008)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 3,536,602 females age 16–49: 3,559,188 (2008 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 3,030,664 females age 16–49: 3,037,892 (2008 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 144,821 female: 139,091 (2008 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      2.8% of GDP (2006)

      Transnational Issues

       Ecuador

      Disputes - international:

      organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia penetrate across Ecuador's shared border, which thousands of Colombians also cross to escape the violence in their home country

      Refugees and internally displaced persons:

      refugees (country of origin): 11,526

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