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)