Country Report Chad March 2011

Economic structure: Annual indicators

	2006a	2007a	2008b	2009b	2010b
GDP at market prices (CFAfr bn)	3,294.1	3,395.7	3,808.3	3,255.9	3,368.5
GDP (US$ bn)	6.3	7.1	8.5	6.9	6.8
Real GDP growth (%)	0.2	0.6	10.7	-1.6	4.2
Consumer price inflation (av; %)	8.0	-9.0	10.3a	10.0a	-1.0
Population (m)	10.3	10.6	10.9a	11.2a	11.5
Exports of goods fob (US$ m)	3,408	3,674	4,232	2,709	3,160
Imports of goods fob (US$ m)	-1,344	-1,547	-1,976	-2,539	-2,940
Current-account balance (US$ m)	-564	-744	-1,146	-2,305	-2,512
Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m)	625	955	1,345a	679a	790
Exchange rate (av) CFAfr:US$	522.9	479.3	447.8a	472.2a	495.3
a Actual. b Economist Intelligence Unit estimates.

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Origins of gross domestic product 2009a	% of total	Components of gross domestic product 2009a	% of total
Agriculture	22.9	Private consumption	74.8
Industry (incl oil)	43.2	Government consumption	9.6
Services	33.9	Gross domestic investment	38.0
		Exports of goods & services	43.6
		Imports of goods & services	-65.9

Principal exports 2009a	CFAfr bn	Principal imports 2006a	US$ m
Oil	1,071.4	Oil sector	416.6
Cattle	116.7	Non-oil sector	653.4
Cotton	18.0

Main destinations of exports 2009b	% of total	Main origins of imports 2009b	% of total
US	70.7	France	6.3
France	3.8	Cameroon	4.6
China	1.3	China	4.0
Netherlands	1.2	US	2.7
CAR	0.3	Italy	2.3
a Banque de France; b Drawn from partners' trade returns, subject to a wide margin of error.

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