Imports - commodities:
petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials,
foodstuffs, textiles
Imports - partners:
France 13%, Senegal 13%, Cote d'Ivoire 8.5% (2005)
Debt - external:
$2.8 billion (2002)
Economic aid - recipient:
$472.1 million (2002)
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)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Mali
Telephones - main lines in use:
75,000 (2005)