- imports:0 kWh (2002)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:
129,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
NA
Oil - imports:
129,900 bbl/day (2003)
Current account balance:
$762.2 million (2004 est.)
Exports:
$5.446 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats,
consumer goods
Exports - partners:
US 80%, South Korea 2.1%, Canada 1.9% (2004)
Imports:
$8.093 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and
pharmaceuticals
Imports - partners:
US 48.1%, Venezuela 13.5%, Colombia 4.8%, Mexico 4.8% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$426 million (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$7.745 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$239.6 million (1995)
Currency (code):
Dominican peso (DOP)
Currency code:
DOP
Exchange rates:
Dominican pesos per US dollar - 42.12 (2004), 30.831 (2003), 18.61
(2002), 16.952 (2001), 16.415 (2000)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Dominican Republic
Telephones - main lines in use:
901,800 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
2,120,400 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: relatively efficient system based on island-wide microwave
radio relay network
international: country code - 1–809; 1 coaxial submarine cable;
satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4 (1998)
Radios:
1.44 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
25 (2003)
Televisions:
770,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.do
Internet hosts:
64,197 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
24 (2000)
Internet users:
500,000 (2003)
Transportation Dominican Republic
Railways:
total: 1,743 km
standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge
note: additional 1,226 km operated by sugar companies in 1.076-m,
0.889-m, and 0.762-m gauges (2004)
Highways: total: 12,600 km paved: 6,224 km unpaved: 6,376 km (1999)
Ports and harbors:
Boca Chica, Puerto Plata, Rio Haina, Santo Domingo
Merchant marine:
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 11,230 GRT/17,011 DWT
by type: cargo 3 (2005)
Airports:
31 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 13 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 18 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 10 (2004 est.)
Military Dominican Republic
Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18–49: 2,108,197 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18–49: 1,420,693 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 91,597 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$180 million (1998)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.1% (1998)
Transnational Issues Dominican Republic
Disputes - international: increasing numbers of illegal migrants
