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COTE
D'IVOIRE |
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| CONTACTS |
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| Manager |
Amadou
Tidiane BAH |
Email
: tbah@brvm.org |
| Adress |
S/C
Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières
18, Avenue Joseph Anoma (Rue des Banques) ABIDJAN
01 BP 3802 Abidjan 01 - 01 BP 1541 Abidjan 01 |
| Telephone |
(225)
20 31 55 50/ 20 31 55 50 |
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| Fax |
(225)
20 32 47 77 |
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DESCRIPTION
| Head
of State |
Laurent GBAGBO
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| Area |
322
640 Km2 |
| Population |
16
900 000 inhabitants |
| Key
cities |
Yamoussoukro
( administrative Capital), Abidjan (economiq capital) Bouaké,
Daloa, Korhogo, Man, San-Pédro. |
| Key
industries |
Bananas,
cacao, coffee, cotton, sugar cane, lumber, manioc, pineapples, rice,
palm oil, petroleum, electricity, rubber, diamonds, natural gas |
| Communications |
Telephone, fax and telex - Road network: 55,000 km |
| Railways |
Abidjan-Ouagadougou-Kaya,
630 km in Côte d'Ivoire |
| Main
Port |
Abidjan,
San Pédro |
| Airport |
ABIDJAN
Port-Bouet, 16 km from downtown |
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Air
Ivoire (48 airports across the country) |
| Vaccinations |
Yellow
Fever (mandatory) - risk of malaria |
| Visa |
Required
for all foreign nationals except Monegasques, Norwegians, Germans,
Italians, Danes, Swedes, and African countries (valid passport) |
| Business
Hours |
Monday to Friday: 7:30 a.m./8 a.m. - 12/12:30 noon and 2/2:30
p.m. - 5:30/6 p.m. Sunday: closed
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Area
code
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225 |
| Usefull
Adresses |
Côte
d'Ivoire Chamber of Commerce and Industry 01 BP 1399 Abidjan 01 |
| National
Office of Tourism 01 BP 1343 Abidjan 01 |
| Local
time |
U.T.
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MACROECONOMIC
INDICATORS
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(*)
estimate Source: BCEAO Economic Indicators
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1997 |
1998 |
1999* |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
| TOTAL
POPULATION ( millions of inhabitants ) |
14.2 |
14.74 |
15.3 |
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| GROSS
DOMESTIC PRODUCT (billions of CFA francs) |
5984.5
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6492.5 |
7038.7
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7891.5 |
8111.2 |
8023.1 |
8204.4 |
8468.4 |
CURRENT
GROWTH RATE
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6.0%
|
5.4% |
5.5% |
0.1% |
-1.6% |
-1.7% |
1.0% |
1.0% |
INFLATION
RATE
|
4.1%
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4.6% |
2.5% |
4.4% |
3.1% |
3.3% |
1.4% |
<3 |
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DOMESTIC
SAVINGS (billions of CFA francs)
|
1361.1
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1593.7 |
1801.4
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| DOMESTIC
SAVINGS RATE |
22.7%
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24.5% |
25.6% |
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INVESTMENT
(billions of CFA francs)
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957.5
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1181.6 |
1309.2 |
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INVESTMENT
RATE
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16.0%
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18.2% |
18.6% |
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REVENUE
PER IN HABITANT (CFA francs)
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392,200
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409,900 |
428,100 |
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