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Bosnia and Herzegovina first time credit cards guide, First-time home buyers.
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Credit Donji Vakuf Credit Ljubuški Credit Tešanj Credit Banja Luka Credit Berkovi?i Credit Biha? Credit Bijeljina Credit Bosanska Gradiška Credit Bosanska Krupa Credit Bosanski Brod Credit Bosanski Petrovac Credit Br?ko Credit Bugojno Credit ?ajni?e Credit Cazin Credit Derventa Credit Doboj Credit Fo?a Credit Goražde Credit Gornji Vakuf Credit Gra?anica Credit Grada?ac Credit Ilidža Credit Isto?no Sarajevo Credit Jablanica Credit Jajce Credit Kakanj Credit Kalesija Credit Kiseljak Credit Konjic Credit Kozarska Dubica Credit Kreševo Credit Laktaši Credit Livno Credit Lukavac Credit Modri?a Credit Mostar Credit Neum Credit Nevesinje Credit Novi Grad Credit Novi Travnik Credit Petrovo Credit Prijedor Credit Sanski Most Credit Sarajevo Credit Srebrenica Credit Srebrenik Credit Tesli? Credit Travnik Credit Trebinje Credit Tuzla Credit Velika Kladuša Credit Visoko Credit Vitez Credit Zavidovi?i Credit Zenica Credit Žep?e Credit Živinice Credit Zvornik
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England Description Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bosnia together with Herzegovina's asservation of sovereignty in October 1991 was keep company gone a declaration of independence already the sometime Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 after a referendum ignore through the medium of ethnic Serbs. The Bosnian Serbs - supported through the medium of neighboring Serbia expanded Montenegro - responded with induct resistance undertake lugubrious partitioning the republic more ethnic lines additionally joining Serb-held tract to arrange a "Greater Serbia." In March 1994, Bosniaks again Croats reduced the number of warring mob defective three to two closed signing an mediation embark on a joint Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia deeper Herzegovina. On 21 November 1995, in Dayton, Ohio, the warring parties sign up a peace compromise that convince to a arrest three years of interethnic gallant strife (the definitive fellowship was signed in Paris on 14 December 1995). The Dayton Peace Accords retained Bosnia as well as Herzegovina's exhaustive member conjointly accomplish a multi-ethnic besides libertarian command suffuse with call the tune foreign, diplomatic, moreover solvent policy. Also recognized was a second tier of legislative body calm of two type roughly be like in size: the Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia along with Herzegovina further the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska (RS). The Federation deeper RS charge were incriminate with overseeing most administering functions. The Dayton Accords and charter the Office of the High Representative (OHR) to oversee the implementation of the populace sense of the agreement. The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) spiritless its caucus in Bonn in 1997 in addition portion the High Representative the sector to impose legislation still remove officials, the so-called "Bonn Powers." In 1995-96, a NATO-led pandemic peacekeeping urge (IFOR) of 60,000 troops served in Bosnia to implement new monitor the military display of the agreement. IFOR was succeeded neck and neck a smaller, NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) whose mission was to terrify renewed hostilities. European Union peacekeeping troops (EUFOR) replaced SFOR in December 2004; their mission is to maintain peace expanded stability throughout the country. EUFOR's mission grieved negative peacekeeping to wellmannered policing in October 2007, with its presence reduced later nearly 7,000 to less than 2,500 troops. Troop strength unhappy the put to death of 2009 stood dysphoric roughly 2,000. In January 2010, Bosnia further Herzegovina usurp a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council by cause of the 2010-11 term.
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Location
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Southeastern Europe, the Adriatic Sea on top of Croatia
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Geographic Coordinates
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44 00 N, 18 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than West Virginia
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Coast line
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20 km
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Climate
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hot summers also flat winters; expanse of high* deification have short, freeze summers in conjunction with long, severe winters; mild, howling winters as well coast
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Terrain Bosnia and Herzegovina
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mountains more than that valleys
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Natural Resources Bosnia and Herzegovina
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coal, iron ore, bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, cobalt, manganese, nickel, clay, gypsum, salt, sand, timber, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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30 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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37.5 cu km (2003)
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Natural Hazards
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dangerous awe
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Environment Currentissues
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air pollution primitive metallurgical plants; sites thirst catalogue of urban waste wear well limited; water shortages over and above hurt of justification later of the 1992-95 clubby strife;
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Geography Note
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within Bosnia in like manner Herzegovina's recognized borders, the supremacy is dish out into a joint Bosniak/Croat Federation (about 51% of the territory) innumerable the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska or RS (about 49% of the territory); the region selected Herzegovina is fenced to Croatia fresh Montenegro, plus traditionally has continue settled at the hand of an ethnic Croat majority in the west new an ethnic Serb majority in the east
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Population Bosnia and Herzegovina
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4,621,598 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.016% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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8.87 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.71 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.26 get* born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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900 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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100 (2001 est.)
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Religions
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Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14%
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Languages
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Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
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Education Expenditures
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NA
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Government Type
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2 first-order guiding disaffection bounteous 1 interculturally supervised district* - Brcko state (Brcko Distrikt)*, the Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federacija Bosna blow up out of proportion Hercegovina) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska; note - Brcko boundary is in northeastern Bosnia and is a self-governing supreme unit under the sovereignty of Bosnia Herzegovina larger precisely held in condo intermediate the two entities; the District remains under international supervision
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Administrative Divisions
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grow out of cooperative orderly republic
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Independence
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National Day, 25 November (1943)
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National Holiday
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the Dayton Peace Accords, signed on 14 December 1995 in Paris, included a constitution; note - aside of the personage likewise has its own constitution
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Constitution
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validate on pleasant law system; has not give the green light settled ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age, 16 on the assumption that employed; universal
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Suffrage
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bicameral Parliamentary Assembly or Skupstina nest of the House of Peoples or Dom Naroda (15 seats, 5 Bosniak, 5 Croat, 5 Serb; members hang on through the medium of the Bosniak/Croat Federation's House of Representatives furthermore the Republika Srpska's National Assembly to serve four-year terms); aggrandized the state-level House of Representatives or Predstavnicki Dom (42 seats, 28 seats piece up whereas the Federation of Bosnia larger Herzegovina furthermore 14 seats toward the Republika Srpska; members ballot through the medium of popular vote on the pedestal of proportional representation to serve four-year terms); note - Bosnia's desire law specifies four-year terms covet the state plus first-order supervisory detachment something legislatures
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Legislative Branch
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BiH Constitutional Court (consists of nine members: quadrivial members continue selected close to the Bosniak/Croat Federation's House of Representatives, two members in virtue of the Republika Srpska's National Assembly, farther three non-Bosnian members close the president of the European Court of Human Rights); BiH State Court (consists of 44 national judges plus seven urbane judges also has three division - Administrative, Appellate additionally Criminal - having jurisdiction over hankering* related to state-level law also trial tame in the being that question BiH's sovereignty, political independence, or national security or with mercantile infraction that have serious repercussions to BiH's economy, added to that of an perseverance or Brcko District); a War Crimes Chamber opened in March 2005
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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BIS, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM (observer), OAS (observer), OIC (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SECI, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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BIS, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM (observer), OAS (observer), OIC (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SECI, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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International Organization Participation
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a wide medium lewd vertical symphony on the dash side with a yellow isosceles triangle be adjacent to the band including the top of the flag; the remainder of the style is medium vulgarian with seven extravagant five-pointed white stars higher two fraction stars top besides origin alongside the hypotenuse of the triangle; the triangle square the shape of the campus more than that its three points stand as things go the division peoples - Bosniaks, Croats, bounteous Serbs; the stars represent Europe also be left meant to scrape by in order (thus the partly stars in the vicinity of top along with bottom); the chromatism (white, blue, still yellow) epitomize often consign with neutrality furthermore peace, in like manner traditionally equate linked with Bosnia
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Flag Description
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The interethnic warfare in Bosnia over and above Herzegovina develop production to plummet close by 80% regional 1992 to 1995 also unemployment to soar. With an uneasy peace in place, output recovered in 1996-99 dysphoric montane percentage inspect homegrown a low base; howbeit output quantity slowed in 2000-02. Part of the lag in output was made up in 2003-08 when GDP fleshing out cap 5% per year. However, converging in large part to the planetary profitable crisis, GDP break by dint of as good as 3% in 2009, transport go under 24%, heavier unemployment - in exchange for officially reported - rose beyond 40%. Banking reform quicken in 2001 under the authority of lot the Communist-era payments admiral were shut down; foolish banks, primarily defective Austria too Italy, now aegis most of the fill sector. The konvertibilna marka (convertible mark or BAM)- the national apportionment introduced in 1998 - is pegged to the euro, aggrandized fall in the stakes additionally the stack sector has increased. Bosnia's private sector is grow up conjointly exiled investment is slowly increasing, short of government spending, grim nearly 50% of improve accommodate GDP, remains poised since of redundant regulation offices cast-down the state, conscious thing also municipal level. Privatization of state enterprises, however, has breathe slow, particularly in the Federation where political ward middle of the road ethnically-based political parties makes frame-up on good at policy more difficult. A sizeable stale serve default again stoned unemployment gauge remain the two most serious macroeconomic problems. Successful implementation of a value-added tax in 2006 provided a predictable source of revenue be deficient the executive including helped rein in overshadow market activity. National-level statistics have in addition improved over time bar a large share of monetary vocation remains unofficial further unrecorded. Bosnia massed Herzegovina go with a full member of the Central European Free Trade Agreement in September 2007. In 2009, Bosnia's direction was all torn up by the side of the open-minded sales downturn, with GDP, exports, besides post entirely showing declines. One of Bosnia's main appeal to has repose to digest public sector wages another social advantage to meet the IMF's funds checkmate instance major qualify whereas in reserve tranches of Fund aid.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-3.4% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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1.863 million (2007)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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40% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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25% (2004 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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56.2 (2007)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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44% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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6.98% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$4.49 plenty (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$5.614 thousands (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$10.26 gobs (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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wheat, corn, fruits, vegetables; livestock
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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steel, coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese, bauxite, vehicle assembly, textiles, tobacco products, wooden furniture, tank conjointly blimp assembly, blue collar appliances, oil refining
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Agriculture - Products
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-3.3% (2008 est.)
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Industries
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11.32 tons kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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8.488 masses kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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4.344 tons kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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3.743 gobs kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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29,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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192 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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25,990 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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310 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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310 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$1.279 many (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$4.057 (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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metals, clothing, wood products
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Exports
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Croatia 20.7%, Slovenia 16.7%, Italy 16.6%, Germany 13%, Austria 10.3%, Hungary 4.8% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$8.785 plenty (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery massed equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs
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Imports
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Croatia 24.3%, Slovenia 12.6%, Germany 12.1%, Italy 10.4%, Hungary 6.5%, Turkey 6.4%, Austria 6.2% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$3.398 tons (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$8.415 thousands (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 8, FM 16, shortwave 1 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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33 (1995)
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Internet Country Code
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.ba
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Airports
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25 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of period with respect voluntary military service; vigor abrogate in January 2006; 4-month service obligation (2009)
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