Exports:
$1.478 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Exports - commodities:
fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
Exports - partners:
Mali 16.9%, India 13.1%, France 9.5%, Spain 6.1%, Italy 5.5%,
Gambia, The 4.6% (2005)
Imports:
$2.98 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food and beverages, capital goods, fuels
Imports - partners:
France 22.8%, Nigeria 11.4%, Brazil 4.5%, Thailand 4.3%, US 4.2%,
UK 4% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.18 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$1.628 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$449.6 million (2003 est.)
Currency (code):
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible
authority is the Central Bank of the West African States