Imports:
$525 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)

Imports - commodities:
capital goods, foodstuffs, petroleum

Imports - partners:
France 27.7%, Cote d'Ivoire 23%, Togo 4.3% (2002)

Debt - external:
$1.3 billion (2000)

Economic aid - recipient:
$484.1 million (1995)

Currency:
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible
authority is the Central Bank of the West African States

Currency code:
XOF

Exchange rates:
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 696.99
(2002), 733.04 (2001), 711.98 (2000), 615.7 (1999), 589.95 (1998)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Burkina Faso