commodities—crude oil 70%, manganese 11%, wood 12%, uranium 6%;
partners—France 53%, US 22%, FRG, Japan
_#_Imports: $0.78 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
commodities—foodstuffs, chemical products, petroleum products, construction materials, manufactures, machinery;
partners—France 48%, US 2.6%, FRG, Japan, UK
_#_External debt: $3.4 billion (December 1990 est.)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate - 10% (1988 est.)
_#_Electricity: 310,000 kW capacity; 980 million kWh produced, 920 kWh per capita (1989)
_#_Industries: petroleum, food and beverages, timber, cement plywood, textiles, mining—manganese, uranium, gold)
_#_Agriculture: accounts for 10% of GDP (including fishing and forestry); cash crops—cocoa, coffee, palm oil; livestock not developed; importer of food; small fishing operations provide a catch of about 20,000 metric tons; okoume (a tropical softwood) is the most important timber product