Imports:
$12.08 trillion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services
Imports - partners:
China 9.3%, Germany 9%, US 9%, Japan 6.1%, France 4.2% (2005)
Debt - external:
$44.62 trillion
note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt,
both public and private (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$154 billion official development assistance (ODA) (2004)
Communications World
Telephones - main lines in use:
1,263,367,600 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
2,168,433,600 (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: NA
Radio broadcast stations:
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA