Natural gas - exports

0 cu m (2008)

Natural gas - imports

0 cu m (2008)

Natural gas - proved reserves

195.4 billion cu m (JAN 2010)

Current account balance

$3.734 billion (2010)

Industries

Cotton textiles, Jute, Garments, Tea processing, Paper newsprint, Cement, Chemical Fertilizer, Light engineering, Sugar

Industrial production growth rate

6.4% (2010 est.)

Agriculture- products

Rice, Jute, Tea, Wheat, Sugarcane, Potatoes, Tobacco, Pulses, Oilseeds, Spices, Fruit; Beef, Milk, Poultry

Exports

$16.24 billion (2010)

Exports-commodities

Garments, Frozen fish and Seafood, Jute and Jute goods, Leather

Exports-partners

US 22.5%, Germany 14.2%, UK 9.6%, France 7%, Netherlands 6.4% (2009

Imports

$21.34 billion (2010)

Imports-commodities

Machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement

Imports-partners

China 16.16%, India 12.61%, Singapore 7.55%, Japan 4.63%, Malaysia 4.46% (2009)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

$10.79 billion (DEC 2010)

Debt - external

$24.46 billion (DEC 2010)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home

$6.72 billion (DEC 2010)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad

$82 million (DEC 2010)

Exchange rates

Taka (BDT) per US dollar - 70.59 (2010), 69.039 (2009), 68.554 (2008), 69.893 (2007), 69.031 (2006)

Telephones-Main lines in use

1.522 million (approx)

Telephones - mobile cellular

50.4 million (2009)

Telephone system

General assessment: inadequate for a modern country; introducing digital systems; trunk systems include VHF and UHF microwave radio relay links, and some fiber-optic cable in cities
domestic: fixed-line teledensity remains only about 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscribership has been increasing rapidly and now exceeds 30 telephones per 100 persons
international: country code - 880; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-4 fiber-optic submarine cable system that provides links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia ; satellite earth stations - 6; international radiotelephone communications and landline service to neighboring countries (2009)

Broadcast Media 

State-owned broadcaster (BTV) operates 1 terrestrial TV station, 3 radio networks, and about 10 local stations; 8 private satellite TV stations and 3 private radio stations also broadcasting; foreign satellite TV stations are gaining audience share in the large cities; several international radio broadcasters are available (2007)

Internet Country Code

.bd

Internet Hosts

68,224 (2010)

Internet Users 

617,300 (2009)

Television broadcast station

11 (approx)

Televisions

350,000 (approx)

Transportation

The International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial waters of Bangladesh as high risk for armed robbery against ships; numerous commercial vessels have been attacked both at anchor and while underway; crews have been robbed and stores or cargoes stolen

Airports

17 (2010)

Airports-with paved runways

Total: 15
Over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 1
Under 914 m: 4 (2010)

Airports-with unpaved runways

Total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
Under 914 m: 1 (2010)

Railways

Total: 2,768 km
Broad gauge: 946 km 1.676-m gauge
Narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)

Highways

Total: 239,226 km
Paved: 22,726 km
Unpaved: 216,500 km (2003)

Waterways

8,370 km
Note: includes up to 3,060 km main cargo routes; network reduced to 5,200 km in dry season (2007)

Pipelines

Gas 2,597 km (2009)

Ports and harbors

Chittagong , Mongla Port

Merchant Marine

Total: 50
by type: bulk carrier 16, cargo 25, container 5, petroleum tanker 4 foreign-owned: 4 ( China 1, Singapore 3)
registered in other countries: 9 (Comoros 1, Malta 1, Panama 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Sierra Leone 1, Singapore 2) (2010)

Disputes-International 

Discussions with India remain stalled to delimit a small section of river boundary, exchange territory for 51 small Bangladeshi exclaves in India and 111 small Indian exclaves in Bangladesh, allocate divided villages, and stop illegal cross-border trade, migration, violence, and transit of terrorists through the porous border; Bangladesh protests India's fencing and walling off high-traffic sections of the porous boundary; a joint Bangladesh-India boundary commission resurveyed and reconstructed 92 missing pillars in 2007; after 21 years, Bangladesh in January 2008 resumed talks with Burma on delimiting a maritime boundary.

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International organization participation

ADB, ARF, BIMSTEC, C, CICA (observer), CP, D-8, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OPCW, SAARC, SACEP, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMIT, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO