Imports - partners:
France 24.3%, Nigeria 19.2%, UK 4% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.95 billion (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$11.81 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $1 billion (1996 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
Communications Cote d'Ivoire
Telephones - main lines in use:
328,000 (2003)