Imports - partners:
France 50.7%, US 6.3%, Netherlands 3.6% (2002)
Debt - external:
$3.8 billion (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$331 million (1995)
Currency:
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible
authority is the Bank of the Central African States
Currency code:
XAF
Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar - 696.99
(2002), 733.04 (2001), 711.98 (2000), 615.7 (1999), 589.95 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Gabon
Telephones - main lines in use:
39,000 (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
120,000 (2000)