Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2003 est.)
Exports:
$131 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
diamonds, timber, cotton, coffee, tobacco
Exports - partners:
Belgium 34.1%, France 9.5%, Spain 8.5%, Italy 7.9%, China 6.9%,
Indonesia 6.2%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.6%, US 4.4%,
Turkey 4.4% (2005)
Imports:
$203 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food, textiles, petroleum products, machinery, electrical
equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals
Imports - partners:
France 16.7%, Netherlands 10.4%, Cameroon 9.8%, US 7.4% (2005)
Debt - external:
$1.06 billion (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $59.8 million; note - traditional budget subsidies from France
(2002 est.)
Currency (code):
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF); note - responsible
authority is the Bank of the Central African States