Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$547 million (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$5 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$159.1 million (1995)
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 -
513.168 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003), 696.99
(2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Congo, Republic of the
Telephones - main lines in use:
13,800 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
490,000 (2005)