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Agriculture - products:

cotton, corn, cassava (tapioca), yams, beans, palm oil, peanuts, cashews; livestock

Industries:

textiles, food processing, construction materials, cement

Industrial production growth rate:

3.5% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 71

Electricity - production:

124 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 185

Electricity - consumption:

597 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 157

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity - imports:

588 million kWh (2007 est.)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 204

Oil - consumption:

21,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 120

Oil - exports:

8,770 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 96

Oil - imports:

28,900 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 102

Oil - proved reserves:

8 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 91

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 97

Natural gas - consumption:

0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 204

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 49

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 74

Natural gas - proved reserves:

1.133 billion cu m (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 98

Current account balance:

-$735 million (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 111 -$407 million (2007 est.)

Exports:

$1.127 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 150 $819 million (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

cotton, cashews, shea butter, textiles, palm products, seafood

Exports - partners:

China 15.6%, India 12%, Japan 8.5%, Niger 4.9%, US 4.6%, Nigeria 4.3% (2008)

Imports:

$1.843 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 154 $1.194 billion (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

foodstuffs, capital goods, petroleum products

Imports - partners:

China 35.9%, US 13.2%, Thailand 6.5%, France 6.5%, Malaysia 6.2%,

India 4.4% (2008)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$1.261 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 122 $1.209 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$1.2 billion (2007) country comparison to the world: 150

Exchange rates:

Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 447.81 (2008 est.), 493.51 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)

note: since 1 January 1999, the West African CFA franc (XOF) has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 CFA francs per euro; West African CFA franc (XOF) coins and banknotes are not accepted in countries using Central African CFA francs (XAF), and vice versa, even though the two currencies trade at par

Communications ::Benin

Telephones - main lines in use:

159,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 131

Telephones - mobile cellular:

3.435 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 100

Telephone system:

general assessment: inadequate; fixed-line network characterized by aging, deteriorating equipment with fixed-line teledensity only about 2 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscribership has been increasing rapidly

domestic: system of open-wire, microwave radio relay, and cellular connections; multiple mobile-cellular providers

international: country code - 229; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat-Atlantic Ocean) (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 34, shortwave 1 (2007)

Television broadcast stations:

6 (2007)

Internet country code:

.bj

Internet hosts:

1,155 (2009) country comparison to the world: 157

Internet users:

160,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 141

Transportation ::Benin

Airports:

5 (2009) country comparison to the world: 177

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2009)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 4

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2009)

Railways:

total: 578 km country comparison to the world: 113 narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)

Roadways:

total: 16,000 km country comparison to the world: 121 paved: 1,400 km

unpaved: 14,600 km (2006)

Waterways:

150 km (on River Niger along northern border) (2007) country comparison to the world: 102

Ports and terminals:

Cotonou

Military ::Benin

Military branches:

Benin Armed Forces (FAB): Army (l'Arme de Terre), Benin Navy (Forces

Navales Beninois, FNB), Benin People's Air Force (Force Aerienne

Populaire de Benin, FAPB) (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

21 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; in practice, volunteers may be taken at the age of 18; both sexes are eligible for military service; conscript tour of duty - 18 months (2006)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16–49: 1,908,457

females age 16–49: 1,882,421 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16–49: 1,279,053

females age 16–49: 1,292,438 (2009 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 101,549

female: 97,856 (2009 est.)

Military expenditures:

1.7% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 96

Transnational Issues ::Benin

Disputes - international:

in September 2007, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) intervened to attempt to resolve the dispute over two villages along the Benin-Burkina Faso border that remain from 2005 ICJ decision; much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remains undemarcated; in 2005, Nigeria ceded thirteen villages to Benin, but border relations remain strained by rival cross-border gang clashes; talks continue between Benin and Togo on funding the Adjrala hydroelectric dam on the Mona River

Refugees and internally displaced persons:

refugees (country of origin): 9,444 (Togo) (2007)

Illicit drugs:

transshipment point used by traffickers for cocaine destined for Western Europe; vulnerable to money laundering due to poorly enforced financial regulations (2008)

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@Bermuda (North America)

Introduction ::Bermuda

Background:

Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists headed for Virginia. Tourism to the island to escape North American winters first developed in Victorian times. Tourism continues to be important to the island's economy, although international business has overtaken it in recent years. Bermuda has developed into a highly successful offshore financial center. Although a referendum on independence from the UK was soundly defeated in 1995, the present government has reopened debate on the issue.

Geography ::Bermuda

Location:

North America, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, east of

South Carolina (US)

Geographic coordinates: