Exports—commodities: cotton, animal products, gold
Exports—partners: Cote d'Ivoire, France, Italy, Mali
Imports: $700 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.)
Imports—commodities: machinery, food products, petroleum
Imports—partners: Cote d'Ivoire, France, Togo, Nigeria
Debt—external: $715 million (December 1996)
Economic aid—recipient: $484.1 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 (1996), 499.15 (1995), 555.20 (1994)
Fiscal year: calendar year