Imports - partners:
France 40.5%, US 6.4%, Cameroon 4.2% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$835 million (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$3.971 billion (2006 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 -
522.592 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99
(2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
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Telephones - main lines in use:
39,100 (2005)