Exports - partners:
Belgium 34.9%, France 9.6%, Spain 8.7%, Italy 8.1%, China 7.1%,
Indonesia 6.3%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.7%, US 4.5%,
Turkey 4.5% (2005)
Imports:
$203 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food, textiles, petroleum products, machinery, electrical
equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals
Imports - partners:
France 16.6%, Netherlands 10.3%, Cameroon 9.7%, US 7.3% (2005)
Debt - external:
$1.06 billion (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $59.8 million; note - traditional budget subsidies from France
(2002 est.)
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 - 527.47
(2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99 (2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year