Imports:
$992 million f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Imports - commodities:
capital goods, foodstuffs, petroleum

Imports - partners:
France 24.2%, Cote d'Ivoire 23.7%, Togo 6.8% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$764 million (2005 est.)

Debt - external:
$1.85 billion (2003)

Economic aid - recipient:
$468.4 million (2003)

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 - 527.47
(2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99 (2002), 733.04 (2001)

Fiscal year:
calendar year