Country Report Comoros June 2011

Economic structure: Annual indicators

	2006a	2007a	2008a	2009a	2010b
GDP at market prices (Cfr bn)	158.1	167.1	178.1	191.7b	194.0
GDP (US$ bn)	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5b	0.5
Real GDP growth (%)	1.2	0.5	1.0	1.8c	2.1c
Consumer price inflation (av; %)	1.7	4.5	4.8	4.8	2.7
Population (m)	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Exports of goods fob (US$ m)	10.4	13.8	6.5	11.9	12.7
Imports of goods fob (US$ m)	100.7	129.4	175.9	169.6	192.1
Current-account balance (US$ m)	-25.3	-31.2	-58.6	-46.5b	-45.1
Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m)	93.5	117.2	112.2	150.3	145.3a
Exchange rate (av) Cfr:US$	392.2	359.5	335.9	354.1	371.5a
a Actual. b Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. c IMF estimate.

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Origins of gross domestic product 2009a	% of total	Components of gross domestic product 2008a	% of total
Agriculture, fishing & forestry	51.9	Private consumption	104.8
Industry	13.6	Government consumption	15.3
Services	49.7	Gross domestic investment	14.3
		Exports of goods & non-factor services	13.9
		Imports of goods & non-factor services	48.3

Principal exports 2009b	Cfr bn	Principal imports 2009b	Cfr bn
Cloves	2.2	Petroleum products	9.5
Ylang-ylang	0.8	Rice	6.4
Vanilla	0.6	Vehicles & spare parts	5.4

Main destinations of exports 2010c	% of total	Main origins of imports 2010c	% of total
France	25.7	France	17.1
Singapore	22.0	Pakistan	13.7
Turkey	11.8	UAE	9.7
US	7.4	China	7.5
Netherlands	7.1	India	5.3
a World Bank. b Banque de France, Rapport annuel de la zone franc 2009. c IMF, Direction of Trade Statistics, 2009.

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