ture - products:

cotton, sorghum, millet, peanuts, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca);
cattle, sheep, goats, camels

Industries:

oil, cotton textiles, meatpacking, brewing, natron (sodium
carbonate), soap, cigarettes, construction materials

Industrial production growth rate:

2% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

95 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

88.35 million kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

156,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil - consumption:

1,352 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

176,700 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

1,492 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

1.5 billion bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Current account balance:

-$171 million (2007 est.)

Exports:

$4.201 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

oil, cattle, cotton, gum arabic

Exports - partners:

US 89.5%, Japan 3.7%, China 3.4% (2007)

Imports:

$1.158 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

machinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods,
foodstuffs, textiles

Imports - partners:

France 20.4%, Cameroon 16.1%, US 10.9%, China 10%, Germany 7.5%,
Saudi Arabia 4.4% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

ODA, $379.8 million (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$969 million (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$1.6 billion (2005 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$4.5 billion (2006 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$NA

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$NA

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 - 480.1
(2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004), 581.2 (2003)

Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use:

13,000 (2006)

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