Country Report Comoros March 2011

Economic structure: Annual indicators

	2006a	2007a	2008a	2009b	2010b
GDP at market prices (Cfr bn)	158.1	167.1	178.0	192.1	195.0
GDP (US$ bn)	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Real GDP growth (%)	1.2	0.5	1.0	1.8	2.1
Consumer price inflation (av; %)	1.7	4.5	4.8	4.8a	2.7
Population (m)	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7a	0.7
Exports of goods fob (US$ m)	10.4	13.8	6.5	9.1	9.3
Imports of goods fob (US$ m)	100.7	129.4	175.9	164.1	186.7
Current-account balance (US$ m)	-25.3	-31.2	-58.6	-47.7	-52.7
Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m)	93.5	117.2	112.2	144.3	142.1
Exchange rate (av) Cfr:US$	392.2	359.5	335.9	354.1a	371.5
a Actual. b Economist Intelligence Unit estimates.

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Origins of gross domestic product 2009a	% of total	Components of gross domestic product 2008a	% of total
Agriculture, fishing & forestry	51.2	Private consumption	96.0
Industry	13.4	Government consumption	12.1
Services	38.8	Gross domestic investment	16.1
		Exports of goods & non-factor services	12.8
		Imports of goods & non-factor services	36.9

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 and spare parts	5.4

Main destinations of exports 2009c	% of total	Main origins of imports 2009c	% of total
Turkey	27.4	France	16.8
France	22.2	Pakistan	14.4
Singapore	18.9	UAE	8.8
Italy	6.6	China	6.8
Saudi Arabia	5.4	India	5.6
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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