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metal-cutting machine tools, tractors, trucks, earthmovers, motorcycles, televisions, synthetic fibers, fertilizer, textiles, radios, refrigerators
Industrial production growth rate:
5% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
29.91 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
30.43 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
5.789 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - imports:
10.15 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 99.5% hydro: 0.1% nuclear: 0% other: 0.4% (2001)
Oil - production:
33,700 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
179,700 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
256,400 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - imports:
394,100 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - proved reserves:
198 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)
Natural gas - production:
164 million cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
21.76 billion cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
21.6 billion cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
2.832 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)
Current account balance:
-$2.876 billion (2007 est.)
Exports:
$24.47 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
Exports - partners:
Russia 36.5%, Netherlands 17.8%, UK 6.3%, Ukraine 6.1%, Poland 5%,
Latvia 4.1% (2007)
Imports:
$28.32 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
mineral products, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs, metals
Imports - partners:
Russia 59.9%, Germany 7.6%, Ukraine 5.4% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$53.76 million (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$4.266 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$7.347 billion (31 December 2007)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA
Currency (code):
Belarusian ruble (BYB/BYR)
Currency code:
BYB/BYR
Exchange rates:
Belarusian rubles (BYB/BYR) per US dollar - 2,145 (2007), 2,144.6 (2006), 2,150 (2005), 2,160.26 (2004), 2,051.27 (2003)
Communications
Belarus
Telephones - main lines in use:
3.672 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
5.96 million (2006)
Telephone system:
general assessment: Belarus lags behind its neighbors in upgrading telecommunications infrastructure; state-owned Beltelcom is the sole provider of fixed-line local and long distance service; fixed-line teledensity of roughly 35 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone density of about 60 per 100 persons; modernization of the network progressing with roughly two-thirds of switching equipment now digital domestic: fixed-line penetration is improving although rural areas continue to be underserved; 3 GSM wireless networks are experiencing rapid growth; strict government controls on telecommunications technologies international: country code - 375; Belarus is a member of the Trans-European Line (TEL), Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line, and has access to the Trans-Siberia Line (TSL); 3 fiber-optic segments provide connectivity to Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine; worldwide service is available to Belarus through this infrastructure; additional analog lines to Russia; Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik earth stations (2007)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 28, FM 37, shortwave 11 (1998)
Radios:
3.02 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
47 (plus 27 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions:
2.52 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.by
Internet hosts:
68,118 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
23 (2002)
Internet users:
6 million (2007)
Transportation
Belarus
Airports:
67 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 36 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 22 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 7 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 31 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 27 (2007)
Heliports:
1 (2007)
Pipelines:
gas 5,250 km; oil 1,528 km; refined products 1,730 km (2007)
Railways:
total: 5,512 km broad gauge: 5,497 km 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified) standard gauge: 15 km 1.435 m (2006)
Roadways:
total: 94,797 km paved: 84,028 km unpaved: 10,769 km (2005)
Waterways:
2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country and by shallowness) (2003)
Ports and terminals:
Mazyr
Military
Belarus
Military branches:
Belarus Armed Forces: Land Force, Air and Air Defense Force (2008)
Military service age and obligation:
18–27 years of age for compulsory military service;