partners—France, Nigeria, Cameroon
_#_Imports: $264 million (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
commodities—machinery and transportation equipment 39%, industrial goods 20%, petroleum products 13%, foodstuffs 9%; note—excludes military equipment;
partners—US, France, Nigeria, Cameroon
_#_External debt: $530 million (December 1990 est.)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate 12.9% (1989 est.); accounts for nearly 15% of GDP
_#_Electricity: 38,000 kW capacity; 70 million kWh produced, 14 kWh per capita (1989)
_#_Industries: cotton textile mills, slaughterhouses, brewery, natron (sodium carbonate), soap, cigarettes
_#_Agriculture: accounts for about 45% of GDP; largely subsistence farming; cotton most important cash crop; food crops include sorghum, millet, peanuts, rice, potatoes, manioc; livestock—cattle, sheep, goats, camels; self-sufficient in food in years of adequate rainfall
_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $198 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $1.3 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $28 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $80 million