COTE D'IVOIRE  
CONTACTS    
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
Fax (225) 20 32 47 77

DESCRIPTION

Head of State

Laurent GBAGBO

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
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

Area code
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.

 

MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS

(*) estimate Source: BCEAO Economic Indicators

1997 1998 1999* 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
TOTAL POPULATION ( millions of inhabitants ) 14.2 14.74 15.3          
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (billions of CFA francs)

5984.5

6492.5

7038.7

7891.5 8111.2 8023.1 8204.4 8468.4
CURRENT GROWTH RATE
6.0%
5.4% 5.5% 0.1% -1.6% -1.7% 1.0% 1.0%
INFLATION RATE
4.1%
4.6% 2.5% 4.4% 3.1% 3.3% 1.4% <3

DOMESTIC SAVINGS (billions of CFA francs)

1361.1
1593.7

1801.4

         
DOMESTIC SAVINGS RATE 22.7%
24.5% 25.6%          
INVESTMENT (billions of CFA francs)

957.5
1181.6 1309.2          

INVESTMENT RATE

16.0%
18.2% 18.6%          
REVENUE PER IN HABITANT (CFA francs)
392,200
409,900 428,100