capital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
France 22.1%, China 18.7%, US 5.6%, Italy 5.2%, India 5.1%, Belgium 4.4% (2008)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$3.873 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 87 $2.184 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$5 billion (2000 est.) country comparison to the world: 106
Exchange rates:
Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) per US dollar - 447.81 (2008 est.), 483.6 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
note: since 1 January 1999, the Central African CFA franc (XAF) has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 CFA francs per euro; Central African CFA franc (XAF) coins and banknotes are not accepted in countries using West African CFA francs (XOF), and vice versa, even though the two currencies trade at par