Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction
materials
Imports - partners:
France 40.6%, US 6.4%, Cameroon 4.2% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$675.2 million (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$3.903 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$331 million (1995)
Currency (code):
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 - 527.47
(2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99 (2002), 733.04 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
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