The 1999 CIA World Factbook

by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Exports: $925 million (f.o.b., 1998)

Exports—commodities: fish, ground nuts (peanuts), petroleum
products, phosphates, cotton

Exports—partners: France 20%, other EU countries, India, Cote
d'Ivoire, Mali (1996)

Imports: $1.2 billion (f.o.b., 1998)

Imports—commodities: foods and beverages, consumer goods, capital
goods, petroleum products

Imports—partners: France 36%, other EU countries, Nigeria,
Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Algeria, US, China, Japan (1996)

Debt—external: $3.8 billion (1997)

Economic aid—recipient: $647.5 million (1995)

Currency: 1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes

Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (CFAF) per US$1—560.01 (December 1998), 589.95 (1998), 583.67 (1997), 511.55 (1966), 499.15 (1995), 555.20 (1994)