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<text id=93CT0422>
<title>
Equatorial Guinea--Economy
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Equatorial Guinea
Economy</hdr><body>
<p>Overview: The economy, devastated during the regime of former
President Macias NGUEMA, is based on agriculture, forestry, and
fishing, which account for about half of GDP and nearly all
exports. Subsistence agriculture predominates, with cocoa,
coffee, and wood products providing income, foreign exchange,
and government revenues. There is little industry. Commerce
accounts for about 8% of GDP and the construction, public works,
and service sectors for about 38%. Undeveloped natural resources
include titanium, iron ore, manganese, uranium, and alluvial
gold. Oil exploration, taking place under concessions offered to
US, French, and Spanish firms, has been moderately successful.
Increased production from recently discovered natural gas
deposits will provide a greater share of exports by 1995.
</p>
<p>National product: GDP - exchange rate conversion - $144
million (1991 est.)
</p>
<p>National product real growth rate: -1% (1991 est.)
</p>
<p>National product per capita: $380 (1991 est.)
</p>
<p>Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.4% (1990)
</p>
<p>Unemployment rate: NA%
</p>
<p>Budget: revenues $26 million; expenditures $30 million,
including capital expenditures of $3 million (1991 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Exports: $37 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.)</l>
<l> commodities: coffee, timber, cocoa beans</l>
<l> partners: Spain 38.2%, Italy 12.2%, Netherlands 11.4%, FRG
6.9%, Nigeria 12.4% (1988)</l>
<l>Imports: $63.0 million (c.i.f., 1990)</l>
<l> commodities: petroleum, food, beverages, clothing,
machinery</l>
<l> partners: France 25.9%, Spain 21.0%, Italy 16%, US 12.8%,
Netherlands 8%, FRG 3.1%, Gabon 2.9%, Nigeria 1.8% (1988)</l>
</list>
<p>External debt: $213 million (1990)
</p>
<p>Industrial production: growth rate 6.8% (1990 est.)
</p>
<p>Electricity: 23,000 kW capacity; 60 million kWh produced, 160
kWh per capita (1991)
</p>
<p>Industries: fishing, sawmilling
</p>
<p>Agriculture: cash crops - timber and coffee from Rio Muni,
cocoa from Bioko; food crops - rice, yams, cassava, bananas, oil
palm nuts, manioc, livestock
</p>
<p>Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY81-89), $14
million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral
commitments (1970-89) $130 million; Communist countries
(1970-89), $55 million
</p>
<p>Currency: 1 CFA franc (CFAF)=100 centimes
</p>
<p>Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (CFAF)
per US$1 - 274.06 (January 1993), 264.69 (1992), 282.11 (1991),
272.26 (1990), 319.01 (1989), 297.85 (1988)
</p>
<p>Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March
</p></body></article></text>