consumption:
84.88 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 33
Electricity - exports:
6.561 billion kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
17.16 billion kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
11,220 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 82
Oil - consumption:
608,200 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 27
Oil - exports:
433,700 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 31
Oil - imports:
1.12 million bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 16
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 201
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 204
Natural gas - consumption:
16.87 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 39
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 57
Natural gas - imports:
16.78 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 14
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 202
Current account balance:
-$1.129 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 141 $1.251 billion (2009 est.)
Exports:
$279.2 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 16 $261.1 billion (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, chemicals, finished diamonds, metals and metal products, foodstuffs
Exports - partners:
Germany 19.58%, France 17.71%, Netherlands 11.84%, UK 7.21%, US 5.37%, Italy 4.77% (2009)
Imports:
$281.7 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 17 $261.3 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
raw materials, machinery and equipment, chemicals, raw diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, oil products
Imports - partners:
Netherlands 17.93%, Germany 17.14%, France 11.69%, Ireland 6.26%, US 5.74%, UK 5.07%, China 4.09% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$NA (31 December 2010 est.)
$23.98 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$1.241 trillion (30 June 2010) country comparison to the world: 12 $1.354 trillion (31 December 2008)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$741.7 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 6 $705.2 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$632.8 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 10 $595.8 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Exchange rates:
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.7715 (2010), 0.7179 (2009), 0.6827 (2008), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006)
Communications ::Belgium
Telephones - main lines in use:
4,255 (2009) country comparison to the world: 215
Telephones - mobile cellular:
12.419 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 55
Telephone system:
general assessment: highly developed, technologically advanced, and completely automated domestic and international telephone and telegraph facilities
domestic: nationwide mobile-cellular telephone system; extensive cable network; limited microwave radio relay network
international: country code - 32; landing point for a number of submarine cables that provide links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat - 3) (2007)
Broadcast media:
a segmented market with the three major communities (Flemish, French, and German-speaking) each having responsibility for their own broadcast media; multiple TV channels exist for each community; additionally, in excess of 90% of households are connected to cable and can access broadcasts of TV stations from neighboring countries; each community has a public radio network co-existing with private broadcasters (2007)
Internet country code:
.be
Internet hosts:
4.465 million (2010) country comparison to the world: 19
Internet users:
8.113 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 36
Transportation ::Belgium
Airports:
43 (2010) country comparison to the world: 99
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 27
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 9 (2010)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 1
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