Imports: $688 million (1994 est.)
commodities: petroleum products, metals, machinery, transport
equipment, textiles, grain and other foodstuffs
partners: France 26%, Cote d'Ivoire 12%, Hong Kong 6%, Germany 6%
External debt: $3.02 billion (1994)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA
Currency: 1 Guinean franc (FG) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: Guinean francs (FG) per US$1 - 995.3 (August 1995), 976.6 (1994), 955.5 (1993), 902.0 (1992), 753.9 (1991) note: the official exchange rate of the Guinean franc was set and quoted weekly against the US dollar until end-October 1993; since 1 November 1994, the exchange rate is determined in the interbank market for foreign exchange
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 1,086 km
standard gauge: 279 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 807 km 1.000-m gauge; note - includes 662 km in common
carrier service from Kankan to Conakry
Highways: total: 29,750 km paved: 4,490 km unpaved: 25,260 km (1991 est.)
Waterways: 1,295 km navigable by shallow-draft native craft