2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 88 $14 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$21.63 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 77 $18.91 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA
Agriculture - products:
sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, eggs
Industries:
tourism, sugar processing, ferronickel and gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco
Industrial production growth rate:
1.5% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 139
Electricity - production:
14.02 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 82
Electricity - consumption:
12.7 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 80
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 180
Oil - consumption:
118,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 73
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 199
Oil - imports:
116,200 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 61
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 185
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 177
Natural gas - consumption:
470 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 95
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 64
Natural gas - imports:
470 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 60
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 185
Current account balance:
-$3.862 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 167 -$2.328 billion (2009 est.)
Exports:
$6.161 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 102 $5.462 billion (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods
Exports - partners:
US 54.08%, Haiti 9.78% (2009)
Imports:
$14.53 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 79 $12.28 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals
Imports - partners:
US 42.79%, Venezuela 7.04%, Mexico 6.17%, Colombia 5.59% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.705 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 88 $2.905 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$13.09 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 82 $11.04 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$19.45 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 68 $17.95 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$NA (31 December 2010 est.)
$59 million (31 December 2009 est.)
Exchange rates:
Dominican pesos (DOP) per US dollar - 36.92 (2010), 36.027 (2009), 34.775 (2008), 33.113 (2007), 33.406 (2006)
Communications ::Dominican Republic
Telephones - main lines in use:
965,400 (2009) country comparison to the world: 80
Telephones - mobile cellular:
8.63 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 71
Telephone system:
general assessment: relatively efficient system based on island-wide microwave radio relay network
domestic: fixed-line teledensity is about 10 per 100 persons; multiple providers of mobile-cellular service with a subscribership of roughly 75 per 100 persons
international: country code - 1–809; landing point for the Americas
Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1), Antillas 1, and the
Fibralink submarine cables that provide links to South and Central
America, parts of the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2009)
Broadcast media:
combination of state-owned and privately-owned broadcast media; 1 state-owned television network and a number of private TV networks; networks operate repeaters to extend signals throughout country; combination of state-owned and privately-owned radio stations; more than 300 radio stations operating (2007)
Internet country code:
.do
