Exports: $695 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.)
Exports—commodities: bauxite, alumina, diamonds, gold, coffee,
fish, agricultural products
Exports—partners: Russia, US, Belgium, Ukraine, Ireland, Spain
(1997)
Imports: $560 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.)
Imports—commodities: petroleum products, metals, machinery,
transport equipment, textiles, grain and other foodstuffs (1997)
Imports—partners: France, Cote d'Ivoire, US, Belgium, Hong Kong
(1997)
Debt—external: $3.15 billion (1998 est.)
Economic aid—recipient: $433.6 million (1995)
Currency: 1 Guinean franc (FG) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: Guinean francs (FG) per US$1—1,292.5 (January 1999), 1,095.3 (1997), 1,004.0 (1996), 991.4 (1995), 976.6 (1994) note: the official exchange rate of the Guinean franc was set and quoted weekly against the US dollar until the end of October 1993; since 1 November 1994, the exchange rate is determined in the interbank market for foreign exchange