Imports:
$2.128 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food and beverages, capital goods, fuels
Imports - partners:
France 24.8%, Nigeria 11.9%, Thailand 6.1% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$820 million (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$3.476 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$362.6 million (2002 est.)
Currency (code):
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 - 528.29
(2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99 (2002), 733.04 (2001), 711.98 (2000)
Fiscal year:
calendar year