Exports:
$868.4 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Exports - commodities:
reexports, cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa
Exports - partners:
Ghana 21.1%, Burkina Faso 18.2%, Benin 11.5%, Mali 7.3%, India
5.8%, Nigeria 4% (2005)
Imports:
$1.208 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products
Imports - partners:
France 17.8%, China 13.3%, Cote d'Ivoire 6.5%, Italy 4.5%, Spain
4.3% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$333.9 million (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$2 billion (2005)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $80 million (2000 est.)
Currency (code):
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible
authority is the Central Bank of the West African States