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Stock of money:
$49.5 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$104.6 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$155.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
dates, vegetables, watermelons; poultry, eggs, dairy products; fish
Industries:
petroleum and petrochemicals; fishing, aluminum, cement, fertilizers, commercial ship repair, construction materials, some boat building, handicrafts, textiles
Industrial production growth rate:
4.3% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
62.76 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
57.88 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)
Oil - production:
2.948 million bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
381,000 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
2.703 million bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - imports:
232,300 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - proved reserves:
97.8 billion bbl (1 January 2008 est.)
Natural gas - production:
48.79 billion cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
43.11 billion cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
6.848 billion cu m (2005 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
1.343 billion cu m (2005)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
6.071 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)
Current account balance:
$34.53 billion (2007 est.)
Exports:
$178.9 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried fish, dates
Exports - partners:
Japan 23.6%, South Korea 9.2%, Thailand 5%, India 4.8% (2007)
Imports:
$116.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food
Imports - partners:
China 12.8%, India 10%, US 8.7%, Japan 6.1%, Germany 5.9%, UK 5.3%,
Italy 4.6% (2007)
Economic aid - donor:
since its founding in 1971, the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development has given about $5.2 billion in aid to 56 countries (2004)
Economic aid - recipient:
$5.36 million (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$77.24 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$61.68 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$44.37 billion (2007 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$14.14 billion (2007 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$138.5 billion (2006)
Currency (code):
Emirati dirham (AED)
Currency code: