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Agriculture - products:

cassava (tapioca), sugar, rice, corn, peanuts, vegetables, coffee, cocoa; forest products

Industries:

petroleum extraction, cement, lumber, brewing, sugar, palm oil, soap, flour, cigarettes

Industrial production growth rate:

7% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 28

Electricity - production:

400 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 164

Electricity - consumption:

471 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 164

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity - imports:

449 million kWh (2007 est.)

Oil - production:

239,900 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 40

Oil - consumption:

9,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 153

Oil - exports:

241,100 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 47

Oil - imports:

2,136 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 177

Oil - proved reserves:

1.6 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 34

Natural gas - production:

180 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 76

Natural gas - consumption:

180 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 100

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 193

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 195

Natural gas - proved reserves:

90.61 billion cu m (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 56

Current account balance:

$848 million (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 48 -$2.181 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$10.85 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 84 $5.808 billion (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

petroleum, lumber, plywood, sugar, cocoa, coffee, diamonds

Exports - partners:

US 45.1%, China 32.3%, France 6% (2008)

Imports:

$3.105 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 139 $2.858 billion (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

capital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:

France 22.1%, China 18.7%, US 5.6%, Italy 5.2%, India 5.1%, Belgium 4.4% (2008)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$3.873 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 87 $2.184 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$5 billion (2000 est.) country comparison to the world: 106

Exchange rates:

Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) per US dollar - 447.81 (2008 est.), 483.6 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)

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

Communications ::Congo, Republic of the

Telephones - main lines in use:

22,200 (2008) country comparison to the world: 191

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1.807 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 125

Telephone system:

general assessment: services barely adequate for government use; key exchanges are in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo; intercity lines frequently out of order; fixed-line infrastructure inadequate providing less than 1 connection per 100 persons; in the absence of an adequate fixed line infrastructure, mobile-cellular subscribership has surged and is approaching 50 per 100 persons

domestic: primary network consists of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable

international: country code - 242; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 3 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (2001)

Internet country code:

.cg

Internet hosts:

18 (2009) country comparison to the world: 216

Internet users:

155,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 142

Transportation ::Congo, Republic of the

Airports:

25 (2009) country comparison to the world: 131

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 6

over 3,047 m: 2

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2009)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 19

1,524 to 2,437 m: 8

914 to 1,523 m: 10

under 914 m: 1 (2009)

Pipelines:

gas 7 km; oil 207 km (2008)

Railways:

total: 795 km country comparison to the world: 103 narrow gauge: 795 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)

Roadways:

total: 17,289 km country comparison to the world: 119 paved: 864 km

unpaved: 16,425 km (2004)

Waterways:

1,120 km (commercially navigable on Congo and Oubanqui rivers) (2008) country comparison to the world: 62

Merchant marine:

registered in other countries: 1 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1) (2008) country comparison to the world: 148

Ports and terminals:

Brazzaville, Djeno, Impfondo, Ouesso, Oyo, Pointe-Noire

Military ::Congo, Republic of the

Military branches:

Congolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Congolaises, FAC): Army (Armee de Terre), Navy, Congolese Air Force (Armee de l'Air Congolaise), Gendarmerie, Special Presidential Security Guard (GSSP) (2009)

Military service age and obligation:

18 years of age for voluntary military service; women allowed to serve (2007)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16–49: 842,771

females age 16–49: 833,624 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16–49: 538,202

females age 16–49: 527,649 (2009 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 46,976

female: 46,490 (2009 est.)

Military expenditures:

3.1% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 46

Transnational Issues ::Congo, Republic of the

Disputes - international:

the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Democratic Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area

Refugees and internally displaced persons:

refugees (country of origin): 46,341 (Democratic Republic of Congo); 6,564 (Rwanda)

IDPs: 48,000 (multiple civil wars since 1992; most IDPs are ethnic

Lari) (2007)

Trafficking in persons:

current situation: Republic of the Congo is a source and destination country for children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; girls are trafficked from rural areas within the country for commercial sexual exploitation, forced street vending, and domestic servitude; children are trafficked from other African countries for domestic servitude, forced market vending, and forced labor in the fishing industry

tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Republic of the Congo is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in persons in 2007; struggling to recover from six years of civil conflict that ended in 2003, the Republic of the Congo's capacity to address trafficking is handicapped; the government neither monitors its borders for trafficking activity nor provides specialized anti-trafficking training for law enforcement officials; the government does not encourage victims to assist in trafficking investigations or prosecutions, and has not taken measures to reduce demand for commercial sex acts in the Republic of the Congo (2008)

page last updated on November 11, 2009

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@Cook Islands (Australia-Oceania)

Introduction ::Cook Islands

Background:

Named after Captain COOK, who sighted them in 1770, the islands became a British protectorate in 1888. By 1900, administrative control was transferred to New Zealand; in 1965, residents chose self-government in free association with New Zealand. The emigration of skilled workers to New Zealand and government deficits are continuing problems.

Geography ::Cook Islands

Location:

Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand

Geographic coordinates: