commodities—cocoa 30%, coffee 20%, tropical woods 11%, cotton, bananas, pineapples, palm oil, cotton;
partners—France, FRG, Netherlands, US, Belgium, Spain (1985)
_#_Imports: $1.4 billion (f.o.b., 1989);
commodities—manufactured goods and semifinished products 50%, consumer goods 40%, raw materials and fuels 10%;
partners—France, other EC, Nigeria, US, Japan (1985)
_#_External debt: $15.0 billion (1990 est.)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate - 6% (1989); accounts for 17% of GDP
_#_Electricity: 1,081,000 kW capacity; 2,440 million kWh produced, 210 kWh per capita (1989)
_#_Industries: foodstuffs, wood processing, oil refinery, automobile assembly, textiles, fertilizer, beverage
_#_Agriculture: most important sector, contributing one-third to GDP and 80% to exports; cash crops include coffee, cocoa beans, timber, bananas, palm kernels, rubber; food crops—corn, rice, manioc, sweet potatoes; not self-sufficient in bread grain and dairy products