Country Report Burundi February 2011

Economic structure: Quarterly indicators

	2008		2009				2010
	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr
Central government finance (Bufr m)
Revenue & grants	103.2	140.3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Expenditure & net lending	112.9	134.4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Balance	-9.6	5.9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Prices
Consumer prices (av; 2005=100)	142.0	147.5	152.1	151.1	153.1	157.3	160.3	163.8
Consumer prices (% change, year on year)	27.0	24.0	20.1	10.5	7.8	6.6	5.4	8.4
Financial indicators
Exchange rate Bufr:US$ (av)	1,185	1,218	1,231	1,228	1,231	1,231	1,230	1,230
Exchange rate Bufr:US$ (end-period)	1,190	1,235	1,234	1,230	1,231	1,231	1,230	1,231
Discount rate (end-period; %)	10.1	10.1	10.1	9.9	10.3	10.0	7.2	7.9
Lending rate (av; %)	16.7	15.8	14.8	14.4	14.0	13.1	12.8	12.3
M1 (end-period; Bufr bn)	299.1	323.1	309.9	320.7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M1 (% change, year on year)	37.5	38.3	23.0	18.2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M2 (end-period; Bufr bn)	512.5	557.7	524.5	542.9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M2 (% change, year on year)	43.6	42.4	22.0	21.5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sectoral trends
Coffee exports (tonnes)	3,902	5,761	6,625	3,423	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Foreign trade (Bufr m)
Exports fob	22,610	21,045	33,769	14,553	15,050	12,958	12,375	10,063
Coffee	12,354	16,457	18,280	7,619	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Imports cif	-124,017	-128,928	-161,488	-121,426	-118,348	-93,568	-138,052	-123,910
Trade balance	-101,407	-107,883	-127,719	-106,873	-103,298	-80,610	-125,677	-113,847
Foreign reserves (US$ m)
Reserves excl gold (end-period)	203	266	226	219	315	322	318	277
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Banque de la République du Burundi, Bulletin mensuel.

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