The 1994 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ GDP. Timber accounted for about 26% of export earnings and the diamond

       industry for 54%. Important constraints to economic development

       include the CAR's landlocked position, a poor transportation system,

       and a weak human resource base. Multilateral and bilateral development

       assistance, particularly from France, plays a major role in providing

       capital for new investment.

       National product:

       GDP - purchasing power equivalent - $2.5 billion (1993 est.)

       National product real growth rate:

       −3% (1990 est.)

       National product per capita:

       $800 (1993 est.)

       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       −3% (1990 est.)

       Unemployment rate:

       30% (1988 est.) in Bangui

       Budget:

       revenues:

       $175 million

       expenditures:

       $312 million, including capital expenditures of $122 million (1991

       est.)

       Exports:

       $123.5 million (f.o.b.1992)

       commodities:

       diamonds, cotton, coffee, timber, tobacco

       partners:

       France, Belgium, Italy, Japan, US

       Imports:

       $165.1 million (f.o.b.1992)

       commodities:

       food, textiles, petroleum products, machinery, electrical equipment,

       motor vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, industrial

       products

       partners:

       France, other EC countries, Japan, Algeria

       External debt:

       $859 million (1991)

       Industrial production:

       growth rate 4% (1990 est.); accounts for 14% of GDP

       Electricity:

       capacity:

       40,000 kW

       production:

       95 million kWh

       consumption per capita:

       30 kWh (1991)

       Industries:

       diamond mining, sawmills, breweries, textiles, footwear, assembly of

       bicycles and motorcycles

       Agriculture:

       accounts for 42% of GDP; self-sufficient in food production except for

       grain; commercial crops - cotton, coffee, tobacco, timber; food crops

       - manioc, yams, millet, corn, bananas

       Economic aid:

       recipient:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70–90), $52 million; Western

       (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970–90), $1.6

       billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979–89), $6 million; Communist countries

       (1970–89), $38 million

       Currency:

       1 CFA franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes

       Exchange rates:

       Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (CFAF) per US$1 - 592.05

       (January 1994), 283.16 (1993), 264.69 (1992), 282.11 (1991), 272.26

       (1990), 319.01 (1989)

       note:

       beginning 12 January 1994, the CFA franc was devalued to CFAF 100 per

       French franc from CFAF 50 at which it had been fixed since 1948

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      @Central African Republic, Communications

      Highways:

       total:

       22,000 km

       paved:

       bituminous 458 km

       unpaved:

       improved earth 10,542 km; unimproved earth 11,000 km

       Inland waterways:

       800 km; traditional trade carried on by means of shallow-draft

       dugouts; Oubangui is the most important river

       Airports:

       total:

       65

       usable:

       51

       with permanent-surface runways:

       3

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       0

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       2

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       20

       Telecommunications:

       fair system; network relies primarily on radio relay links, with

       low-capacity, low-powered radiocommunication also used; broadcast

       stations - 1 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

      @Central African Republic, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Central African Army (including Republican Guard), Air Force, National

       Gendarmerie, Police Force

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