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7 August 1979
Sub-Saharan Af rica Report
FOUO No. 644
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SUB-SAIIARAN AFRICA REPORT
FOUO No. 644
CONTENTS
INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS
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Fren,ch-African Trade Statistics Given
(Pierre Platon; MARCHES TROPZCAUX E.P MEDITERRANEENS,
22 Jun 79) 1
Tricontinental Meeting on Increasing Cooperation Scheduled
( Edit or ial; MARCHES TROPICAUX ET MEDITERftANE'ENS,
22 Jun 79) 30
Fruit, Vegetable Exporta of Sahel Nations Repor-Eed
(MARCHES TROPICAUX ET MEDITr EE s, 22 Jun 79)... 34
Briefs
Bokassa Contacting Soviets Through Libya 38
BOAD Loa.ns 38
ECOWAS Yeaxbook 38
CENTRAL AFRICAN ENIl'IRE
Bokassa Denies'. Assassination of 100 Students
_ (Jean-Bedel Bokassa Interview; PARIS-MATCH, 1 Jun 79) 39
� Briefs `
Reported Coup Pla,n ' 45
GABON
Briefs
CCCE Palm Oil Loa.n
GHANA
46
Intermediary Cocoa Aarvest Will teot Flxlfill Expectations
(MARCHES TROPICAUX ET MED~'~~~~s, 13 Jut 79).... 47
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- CONTENTS (Continued)
_ MADAC}ASCAR
Brie fs
Petroleum Price rncreasee
MaLawr
' Briefs
Karonga Diesel Power Station
MALz
Briefa
Budget Defitic Down
Moz,arBzQuE
Briefs
Official Delegation to Br.azil
Romanian Locomotives
NSGER
Briefs
BADEA Grants Loan
RHODESIA
Briefs
Frontline Strategy for FF
snvEGAL
Briefs
1979-1980 Budget
National Population Commission
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FRIIdCH-AFRICAN TRADE SiATISTICS GIVEN
Paris MARCHES TROPICAUX ET MEDITERRANEENS in French 22 Jun 79 pp 1653-1660
[ArCicle by Pierre Platon: "Trade Between France and Africa in 1978"]
[Text] Trade Between Industrial Countries and the African Nations in 1978
For many years now, we have tried to inform our readers aiunually about
the foreign trade of the main induetrial countries with Africa during the
past year, apart from the "special issues" we devote to the economic and
trade relations of given industrial countries with Che African continent.
In 1979 we will publish a aeries of articles on the trade between the main
industrial'countries and Africa in 1918, beginning with a study of French-
African trade. ~
EdiCed by oux colleague Pierre Platon, the head of our Studies Department,
these articles are hased on the copy machine reports of customs figures on
foreign trade for each country considered, and we would stress that we are
presenting an original comparative work, drafted and revieded reflectively,
based on the raw material offered by the customs statistics.
(Author's note: The very numerous statistical references contained in this ~
study were taken from the official figures on French foreign trade. Certain
toCals, having to do in particular with the geographical distribution of
trade by continents and some groupings of products by categories, are our own
work. The'figures have been rounded off with a positive ~or negative margin
,d of variation, barring error, of less than 50,000 Frrench francs.)
France's foreign trade in 1978 involved a total operational volume of about
713 billioa French francs (712 billion 995 million), of which 358 billion
401 million French francs (51.67 percent) represented imports, and 344 billion
594 million French francs (48.33 percent) exports.
Thus on the overall level we can see a substantial disparity between income
and expenditures, since exports balanced imports only to the extent of
93.5 percent.
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The Lab1e headed COM-FA-A ehows that during ehe 14-year period between 1965
and 1978, inalueive, the French trade balance consi.atently showed a deficit
on the inCernaCional 1eve1. The average coverage of impores by exporte came
t0 91,81 percent, wiCh a peak at 96.9 percent in 1972 and low pointi at 86.4
perc:ene in 1969 nnd 1976. The 1978 figure wag 93.5 percent.
We see that between 1965 and 1978, incluaive, the volume of French foreign
erade in currenC values muleiplied by 7(+608 percent). The acceleration was
noticeable in parCicular after 1974, when inflationary facCors precipitated
the increase in both income and expenditures. A very slighC gap can be seen
beCween the increase in importa (+621 percent) and that of exports (+595
percent). In fact, our foreign salea brought us a 11tt1e leas than our
purchases abroad coat us.
This was due to general conaiderations, such that a deeailed examination of
the trade covering the whole of the period between 1965 and 1978 would
doubtiless sug,gest substanrial corrections or intiereating explanaCions. Un-
foreunately, # is not possible within Che limitations of this study to
undertake such an�examination. Our etudy will be limiCed to the year 1978.
Distribution of Trade by Continents
The table headed COM-FA-B shows the continental distribution of France's
foreign trade. The various nations p?ayed the following roles (in percentage):
' (1)
hnPort
(2)
tavo.e
3
Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.42 %
IWs
e8.22 96
~

1e.2096
Ahi
8.6196

qu~ . 7,7996
i
A
~
12,7996
7
m
r
pue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4e 96
ONanIe et dlwn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,0e %
9.84 96
0.64 46
Key:
1.
Imports
5. Africa
2.
Exports
5. America
3.
Europe
qouth Sea
Islands and various
4.
Asia
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(2)t tMPOATATIONS ; t en millionsl de f:r
368401 ,
231314, , Asit 5J (3) (2~ IMFOIITA110NS
~MtAlOU[ IUf10Ct
~,1117t
' . . � .o~~6 EXIOAIATIONS
(S) EXIOATAilON2:
34459
. I ~q ) t . p,~~ ~6~
441.s
135085 (4~ (5) (6)
~
ncaIa,c (7)
A
J4)
auw~ -
33,14
~CU~r~~ � e M
tttl.e~wn
LL-i IL ri
Table COM-FA-1. French Foreign Trade in 1978
Key:
1. In millions of French 5. America
francs 6. Africa
2. Imports 7. South Sea Islands and various
3. Europe 8. Exports
4. Asia '
(mp e~(t1o~~
Eipdfia(f.
CoYKhurr
h~nialt~~ICAF)
hamplae IF0E1
e�p.imp.ir,
19E5
61058
49633
97.2
19"e
19e7
58496
53782
91.9

01251
50 198
911
1968
69029
81 723
90.9
1969
90023
7) 759
884
19)0
106 190
99641
93
8
1071
117997
113970
.
90
0
1972
136741
131483
.
A6
9
1873
1E0 123
159 714
.
9d.1
1974............
264651
220213
68.3
1975 .
23 f 2-.9
223362
� 98.E
1976
308 012
W229
96,4
1977
34E 207
711 650
90
1078
969 ~01
314594
97.5
Table COM-FA-A. French Foreign Trade Between 1965 and 1978
(In Millions of French Francs)
I;ey :
1. French imports (CIF) 3. Coverage of imports by exports in
2. French exports (FOB) percentage
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Preponderant Role of Europe
The subsCantial ro1.e played by Europe in French tirade, both incoming and
outgoing, wi11 immediately be seen. The percentage of exporta ia higher -
than thar of inporCs, buC on the level of values, there is a slight deficit
to the detriment of France. The table headed COM-FA-C reveals the privileged
position occupied by the FRG, Italy and the Benelux countries ae suppliers
and clients. Great Britain, Holland and Sweden are also outstanding partnera.
On the balance level, apart from the FRG, in trading with whom FrAnce shows
a deficit (85.5 percent coverage) and Holland (81.7 percent), trade operations
with Italy show perfect compensation (100.7 percent) and trade wiCh the
Benelux countries and Great Britain shows a surplus (+4.3 and +23 percent).
For the Common Market countries as a whole, the French deficit is modeat
(-4.54 percent), since the 7 other countries in the community compensate in
great part for the deficits existing for the German-Dutch group.
Importa
%
Expoets
%
)
1
.
TOTAL . . . ,
t
, S.
i
368401
100
344594
'
100
- Eu'op
277 314
M,42
235085
68,42
/
(4)
~
`
.
ICEE

189 550
180977
Pays del'Est ...(5
11584
13161
e ~
Aotresp+ys d'Europ
~
36200
40947
/
- Asia , , , . . . . . , \ )
69 889
78,28
28 318
8,61
donl:
- Proeho�Orionl.. (4)
43288
18583
Asir eenvale, '
Chine tompiise .
'
2 789
�
3816
6)
~ Exulmc�Orient .
'
13834
8841
- Alriqu� , . . . . , . . / 7)
~
28 661
7,7E
41(IeG
12,76
dom :
8)
1
Allique du Nord (
10 985)
(2020
11
Alriqua de I'Ouest Iron-
copnone . . . , . . (9)
(5602)
18340)
Autres pays de
(1
)
1'Afrique de 1'Oues1
(4617)
(4439)
Zone Aquatoriala
(40081
14872)
A!rique orientalis (11
)
et australe . . . . .
15468)
16212)
- Am6rique . . . . . . (12
)
38 638
10,43
33 928
8,81
dont:
"
Amlriqu6 du NwQ l 13
129560)
(22 112) '
AmAriqua eanvatc
12 941)
(7851)
�
Arnliiquedu5vr. (15
)
(6027)
(3P81)
- OcGanie et dive:� ,
4 001
1,08
2201
0,64
i
Table COM-FA-B. Geographic Distribution of
French Imports and Exports in 1978
(In Millions of French Francs)
A
Key:
1.
Total
5.
East European countries
2.
Europe
6.
Other Eti:~'--:;nean countries
3.
Of which:
7.
Asta
4.
European Economic Community
4.
Near East
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5. Central ARia, including China
6. Far East
7. Africa '
8. NorCh Africa
9. rrench-speaking Weat Af rica
10. Other West African cnuntriea
in the equatorial zone
11. East and Southern A�rica
12. Western hemiaphere
13. North America
14. Central America
15. SouCh America
16. South Sea Islands and various
(a)Foumi�s.un
(b) cii�nts

1. Aliemopno Idd,
70010
1. AllemalnafQd,
68 810
2. lulie .
37377
2, IIaHe
37 636
3 d!nllux , , , . , ;
31084
3. BOnllut . . , , . , ,
36 658
4. Qtats�Unis , , , , , , ,
28 879
4. Grende�Breupro , ,
24 960
5 Pays�Bls
23010
6, Etets-Unii
19218
6. Grande�Bratapns . .
20 297
6, Peyf-Bat , . , , , , , ,
18 799
7. Arabia iAoudite , . ,
18 338
7, Sulue , , . , , . . , , . .
14 147
8. Etpapne
11 187
6, Etpapne
8 294
9, Ink . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9179
9. Alplrie

6 913
10. Sufsu...........
0855
tO,UHSSI
8551
11. Japon
7411
11, Msroe........,.,
4302
12. SuAde,,.......,.
$713
12, Iran...,........,
3999
13, URSS
5626
13, Arabie sAoudit�
3 819
14. li'n
6403
14. COte d'Ivare
3809
15. Niparia . , . .
4 191
15. Nipsris . , , . . , , . . .
9 797
16 Abou0liabi
3472
16. Sulde
3789
17. 8idail . . , . . .
3134
17. Tunisla , . . . . . , . . .
3377
18. Afiidue du Sud . . . .
3401
18. Canada
2034
19. CEte d'Ivotre
I
3 284
; : ; ; ; ; ; : :
19, Autrichs ,
2823
20. Alpdn� . , , , . . . .
3204
20, Japon ,
2 762
Table COM-FA-C. The Leading 20 Suppliers
and Clients of. Fr3nce in 1978
(In Millior;r of French Francs)
Key:
a.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Suppliers
b.
Clients
FRG
1.
FRG
Italy
2.
Italy
Benelux countries
3.
Benelux countries
United S tates
4.
Great Britain
Holland
5.
United States
Great Britain
6.
Holland
Saudi Arabia
7.
SwiCzerland
Spain
8.
Spain
Iraq
9.
Algeria
Switzerland
10.
USSR
Japan
11.
Morocco
Sweden
12.
Iran
USSR
13.
Saudi Arabia
Iran
14.
Ivory Coast
Nigeria
15.
Nigeria
Abu Dhab i
16.
Sweden
Brazil
17.
Tunisia
South Africa
18.
Canada
Ivory Coast
19.
Austria
Algeria
20.
Japan
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It wou].d be well to stress the high rank (Table COM-FA-C) of Spain and
Switzerland, but also to remember that the balance position is very different
(+59.8 percenC to the benefit of France with SwiCzerland, -25.7 percent Co
its detri.ment with Spain).
~ In Crade with the USSR France shows a surplus (+16.4 percent).
Japanese Influence in Asia
- The figures pertaining to Asia (Table COM-FA-B) reflecC a considerable in-
crease of imports as compared to exports, due both to the ill-compensated
supplies of oil from the Middle .EasC and the abnormal disparity found between
Japun's sales to France (7 billion 400 million French f rancs) and those of
France to Japan (2 billion 750 million).
Tn fact, for the Near East we note very limited coverage of imporCs by
exports (only 38,3 percent). TYiis is explained by the massive shipments
of oil from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Abu Dhabi, etc, against which there
were no comparable purchases of French gAOds (balance: 74 percent for Iran,
21.37 percent for Saudi Arabia, 23.8 pere..ent for Iraq, 35.25 percent for
Kuwait, 7.49 percent for Abu Dhabi, 6.74 percent for Qatar, etc.
In Che Far Eastern zone, the situation with Japan is worrisome (rate of
cove.rage, 37.13 percent for France), while French trade with the other coun-
tries in this region shows a surplus in almost all cases (except Taiwan):
132 percent for Hong Kong, 141.7 percent for South Korea, 217.7 percent for
North Korea, 143 percent for the Philippines, 120.9 percent for Singapore,
2,112.3 percent for Vietnam. A slight imbalance exists for Malaysia, from
which France buys rubber and tin. The balance in Central Asia is, as a whole,
favorable Co France.
- Tao-Thirds of Western Hemisphere Trade Is With U.S.
The Western Hemisphere constitutes a relatively modest supplier and client.
_ Seven or eight countries play the determining role.
. , (1) (2) c (3) re
Imports Exports exDOrtfimrort
(Millions FF) IMillions FF) pow france 14�
4 ttats�Unis . 26 879 19 246 ( 71,6)
~ BrAsil . . . . . . . . 3 435 2193 Canada 2645 ( 63.81
2834 (107.1)
, 7 Argentino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 517 874 ( 57.6)
$ Vene:uela 395 1499 (379.5)
8 Mexique . 422 1 408 (333
Maniniquo . 526 .6
~],j Guacieloupe 1 278 (24a !
479 1302 (271.0)
' Key: 1. Imports in millions of 2. Exports in millions of French
French francs francs
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3.
French coverage of im.ports
7.
Argentiaa
by exports in percentage
8.
Venezuela
- k.
United SCates
9.
Mexico
5.
Brazil
10.
MarCinique
6.
Canada
11.
Guadeloupe
The imbalance w3.Ch the United States, Brazil and Argentina is considerable,
the trade with Venezuela, Mex3.co, tihe French West Indies and a large number
_ of small Central or South American nations enables France Co compensate for
- this deficit in part. Serious Imbalance in Trade With Africa
Where French-African trade is concerned, the tables of figures and the
graphics contained in this study reveal an imbalance to the detriment of
the black continent. .
It will be noted (Table COM-FA-B or Graph COM-FA-2) that on the continpntal
level, it is only Africa which currently enables France to show a surplus
balance, and a large surpltts at that. This was not the case at the beginning
of Che decade. For example in 1970 (see Graph COM-FA-2), it was Afr3ca
which showed a surplus, although very small it is true (+3.57 percent).
In 1975, the AfricaiL countries had a deficit of 41.37 percent in the trade
balance with France, which comes to the same as saying their sales covered
their purchases only to the extent o� 58.63 percent.
The situation has improved a little, but is sCill very unfavorable: 66.81
percent coverage in 1977 and only 65.04 percent in 1978.
This phenomenon becomes especially serious if one takes into account the
maj or purchases of hydrocarbons France makes in Africa.
Of the 42 countries found on the list seen in Tables COM-FA-D and COM-FA-E,
only 5 showed a surplus balance in trade with France in 1978: Nigeria
(110.4 percent coverage), Gabon (129.44 percent), Zaire (129.55 percent),
South Africa (124 percent), and Zambia (758.02 percent).
The other 37 nations had a more or less serious deficit (the coverage of
imports by exports by the nation in question is shown in parentheses):
Niger (99.4 percent), Central African Empire (90.2), Ivoxy Coast (85.7),
Sudan (81), Liberia (80.6), Comoro Islands (78.29), Malawi (77.71), Ethiopia
(75.04), Libya (71.16), Mauritania (69.58), Cameroon (69.35), Madagascar
(68.93), Burundi (68.54), Senegal (64.61), Mauritius (60.89), Revolutionary
_ People's Republic of Guinea (60.61), Rwanda (56.73), Morocco (54.67), Ghana
- (54.12), Algeria (46.33), Tanzania (43.13), Mali (41.47), Kenya (34.21),
' Reunion (31.37), Mozambique (30.63), Uganda (25.86), Togo (25.83), Tunisia
(25.56), Congo (22.82), Angola (17.37), Chad (16.42), Sierra Leone (14.97),
" Egypt (14.04), Upper Volta (10.19), Benin (8.74), Somalia (7.74), and
Djibouti (1.04).
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This tab1e needs no comment. It would be interesting to see in each given
case whether the African country has noth3ng to se11 for France or whetiher,
for various reasons, France does not purchase what that country could offer
it. Unfortunately such a atudy would have to be of conaiderable length.
We must, alas, 1imiC ourselves to generalities.
~
6:�:~::�
(1> IMDONTpT10NS in pro~~nant~ E'Rf6~06t '
~1t
(2) a tKeoatntiovt 44818 44065
33416
� 19 621
12384 12827 I

1970 1975
I
~ 29985
28 661
i
~
I
i
i
~
1977 1978
Graph COM-FA-2. French-African Trade Balance
(In Millions of French Francs)
Key :
1. Imports f rom Africa 2. Exports to Africa
French Purchases From Africa
Energy Products
The bulk of French purchases from the African countries involves energy
products (10 billion 680 million French francs, i.e. 37.26 of the import
_ total). The main suppliers (in millions of French francs) have been
_ Nigeria (4,022.2), Algeria (2,973.3), Libya (1,716.2), South Africa
(1,041.8), Gabon (578.5), Egypt (187.9), Tunisia (82.9), Congo (44.9), and
Cameroon (30.9). It should be noted that one of the suppliers sells only
crude oil to France. That nation is South Africa, which supplies category
`.7 deliveries of anthracite and pit coal (6,920,894 tons totaling 1 billion
17 million French francs) and some processed petroleum products (heavy oils
3nd kerosene). Sales of hydrocarbons accounted for 99.96, i.e. almost all,
..F Libya's exports to France. For Nigeria, the percentage was 95.97 per-
cent and that for Algeria 92.8 percent.
Coffee, Tea, Spices
The second category in value, in terms of French imports of African pro-
ducts, comes within category 09 of the Brussels Nomenclature, including
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coffee, Cen, cloveg, vattilln, vnrinus gpiceg, erc. Within Chis categnry,
coffee rgnl.g firge. Snme 30 cnuntries share in suppl.ying it. The main onee
gre the following (with vglue 3n mi113ona of French frgncg gnd, in parenthesis,
the tnnnage): Ivdry Coast, 1,229.1 (81,399 tiong), Cameronn, 463.1 (29,595
tnns), zaire, 437.4 (30,362 tnns), htxdagascar, 191.3 (10,364 tons), Uganda,
185 (13,086 tong), Ceneral A�ricnn Empire, 118.5 (8,459 tdne), Kenya, 103.8
(5,651 eons), and Ethiopia, 60.5 (3,474 torie). Theee countries ure followed
by Lirerin, wieh 35.6 mi111nn �rgncss the Congo with 34.3, Tanxania wieh
25.5. Rwanda wieh 22.7, Burundi with 20.6, Angolg w3th 18.6, Togo with 13
xnd Che Crnnoro Islgnds with 12.4, etc.
It wnuld be we11 to nnee that for some cduntirieg the iCema in cgtegnry 09
~ gre widely vgried, and do nnt involve coffee alone. Fnr Madagascar, for
example, rhe 10,364 Cong of goods purchased by France included 9,080 Cons of -
co�fee, 538 eona of pepper, 394 eons nf vanilla, 258 tone of cloves, and
94 Cong of various other produces.
WiChin caeegory 09 in Che Brugsels Nomenclature, Morocco exported Co b'rance
527 Cong of pimientos wvrth .4 mil-lion X-rench francs.
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V; millions do /renes hencois } 2)

i 1970 19y8 1877 11978
 v r v r v rv
Ahiqw ~u o na�
( Onob , ,~3 . 18,9 42.6 - - � 0,4 - 0.2
; Iln Cinyyn~. , , - rS,A 20,1 8,6 31,1
; Miiot 2648,1 1 118,1 1841,1 I 180,9 2220.4 2114,2 1690.1 2 351.6
+ AlOiiit 28537.4 3599 8 IAO 3 183.4 12593 38911 6218,8 3203.6
~ tunitit 653.1 240, 858,3 641I,J 1034,8 840 814,4 863,4
`
~ IIEy~ 11808 1623 2073,11 004,3 2807,2 1 519,5 3592,2 1 )16.9
191,1 179 102 190.9 911,5 314,9 116,5 39/,1 ,
~ Soudin 40.1 57 119.7 342,6 101,8 941,4 131,11 404,1 ~
Mrorit~n'~ 1958,4 128.1 2101,3 101,1 2543,1 262.6 2141,1 183.4
M:1i �~L 11,2 31,9 , 13,9 41,5 31,1 1891 31,8 182.1 ~
Hw1t�V 8.8 20 14,2 40,1 11,9 75,8 5.1 38,1 ti
Niptr , 99.2 130 18.2 236,4 5,3 426,1 0.7 584.3
ieAid . 23.1 89 9,6 41,2 10 81,6 6.8 6013 ~
SEniOil 673,2 $01.6 922,9 1020.5 994,1 1349 581,1 899,6
OomDit k , 6,7 8,5 5,3 153 18.1 82,3 14,6 57,1 ,
~ Gp�Vert "1 0,1 0,1 0.4 0,2 1
s Guinh-Bits~u ~ 0, 0,1 6,3 20,5 1 2,6
~ Slo Tom! y i 0.2 0.1 1,1 0,2 2,7
s Gut 8,4 9.3 855,1 52,) 1823,9 220,1 1181 247,3
~ Sitrnd~y ~ . . . 13 3.7 0.2 1,9 1.1 11,5 - 2.4 9,1
tLiN~~s l~ 1818,8 114,8 2064.1 220,7 1114,8 298 1982,3 280
1 t61, 1'I 750,7 1062,~ 702,2 1638,8 861 3790,4 823,1 3 2G4.~
~ GAm~ 2 , 4.. 15J 22.4 15,1 41.5 24.1 115,2 8.5 80.1
+ Topo., Zb 80A,2 119.2 725.4 284,5 813,1 288,1 115.5 188.4
i elnin lu�0 o I~ 2 ~44,5 88.6 15J 60,9 8,1 53,7 8,5 '33.1
; HiOeti+ 5398,1 885, 8151 3831 8422,11811 6498.1 4191.2
, Gmnoun , 208.3 418 232,9 838.2 219,4 1081,5 307,3 1302.8
; temulriQo~ ~Q~ 33.6 (13.6 38.8 103,6 28.2 142.8 29,1 188,1
Cuinh! wt. 3 - 0.1 1 0.8 8.8 11,9 C,4 1,3 f
~ GaDon 3 ~ 250412 480.5 2338.0 1055 1739,7 1829,8 2018 1591,7 ~
i conoo-ell:. .(33). 101.1 53.2 805.8 251,/ 112.2 188,8 143,7 143.9
~ i�n 12 193.9 83.2 321 60,7 8122 b9.5 870.3
I Rmnd, 0,3 1.8 1,2 15,1 1.8 65 1.5 29.5
~ Burundi 0,5 2.5 2,8 15,5 1,4 21.5 1.3 20.1
~ Anpol! 382,3 31.9 410.2 83 7.1 48.2 8.2 21,4
, EIAioOit 6,8 25,1 22,7 56./ 18,9 101,2 8,5 71.2
' OiiEouti . 0,2 0.6 8,1 21 0.5 1.7 - 1.7
' Somdis .4 1 3.8 0.1 i.0.? 1,9 0.3 2,4
Kenys �t 8 14.4 - 9,9 49.1 .24.8 138 22.2 114,4
Ouoinds 1.2 3.6 9.1 48,3 9.1 210,9 13.4 185.8
tsnrl^is 11.7 291 1 293 73, 57,9 23,2 88,4
Ile Mwiu . k~ . 6.1 81,9 19.2 t/i.t 31,9 174,5
Seycl.1111s . - 0.1 0.4 s~~ Hiu~C ~ . . e.i t.s
Tn _ _ _ o.~
nt Ant d! 1' In
47) t 4.5 5.! ,
Maul~mEiaut . 13.8 18 81,9 43.6 30,8 47,1 48.3 45
Midepatur ~ 202.4 296.1 217.2 380.2 141.9 827.2 142,1 4232 ~
Comorn 3 121 0,5 16.1 0.2 22.4 OA 21.4
Mayotif - - - - 2.9 3
uNun~m . 231.8 218.7 171.1 310.7 210.E 381.4 233 458.5
1im0it 66.6 524,7 84,8 731.1 88.7 415.1 59.6 759.3
RAodisio . 0.1 12.
MAtIM . 3,9 4.1 8.9 27.2 9.8 35.1 10.1 35
Alnaue du~ud 715 418. 1507 1234,3 5951,8 2470.2 CB18.1 3400.6
8�it'ti"" - 0,1 0.1 0.9 9.1 5.5 $6.6
Swtalln0 . 2.9 5.4 6,1 9.8 17.8 20.2
lesolAo . 9. . - - - 2.4 - 2.8
TotauR �n v~lsu~~' ~ 14 826.5 I 19627.0
^w29 9",6 286
60,7~
.~t._
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Table COM-FA-D. French Imports Frora African Countries
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Key:
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T: ehnueends of enng
31.
Equatiorittl Guineg
2.
V; mi111one of F'rettch
32.
Gabon
franCg
33.
Congo-Brazzaville
3.
Spanish Norrh Africa
34.
Zaire
4.
Cangry Iglands
35.
Rwanda
5.
Marocco
36.
Burundi
6.
Algeria
37.
Angoln
7.
Tunisia
38.
Ethiopia
8.
Libyg
39.
Djibouei
- 9�
EgYPt
40.
Soma:lia
10.
Sudan
41.
Kenya
ii.
'
Maurirania
42,
Uganda
12.
Mali
43.
Tanzania
- 13.
Upper Volta
44.
Mauritius
14.
Niger
45.
Seychelles
15.
Chad
46.
Saint Helena
16.
Senegxl
47.
Brieish Indian Ocean TerriCory
17.
Gambia
48.
Mozambique
18.
Cape Verde
49.
Madagascar
19.
Gu3nea-Bissau
50.
Comoros
20.
Sao Tome and Principe
51.
Mayotte
21.
Guinea
52.
Reunion
22.
Sierra Leone
53.
Zambia
23.
Liberig
54.
Rhodeaia
24.
Ivory Coast
55.
Malawi
25.
Ghana
56.
South Africa
26.
Togo
57.
Botswana
27.
Benin (formerly Dahomey)
58.
Swaziland
28.
Nigeria
59.
Lesotho
29.
Cameroon
60.
Tota1
30.
Central African Republic
Metal Ores
Rather widely varied metal ores come from 14 countries, firsC and foremost
Gabon, for which the total value was 541.1 million French francs (335,825
tons, including 334,399 of manganese and 1,426 of uranium); Niger, with
408.4 million French francs (1,294 tons of uranite); South Africa, with
380.2 tnillion (1,543,337 tons, including 1,087,240 tons of iron, 395,074
tons of manganese, 388 tons of uranium, 57,022 tons of chromium, 92 tons
of wolfram, 766 tons of titanium, 659 tons of antimony, 705 tons of zirconivm,
1,007 tons of iron and steel dross, and 354 tons of varioua ores); Guinea,
with 229.2 million (1,764,056 tons of aluminum ores); Mauritan::a, with 180.1
million (2,139,969 tons of iron ore); Morocco, with.153.6 million (82,317
tons, including 33,601 tons of manganese, 29,858 tons of lead ore, 7,320
tons of zinc ore, 627 tons of antimony ore, 9,726 tons of cobalt ore, and
1,185 tons of various residues); Liberia, with 121.9 million (1,886,172 tons
of iron ore); and Madagascar, with 35.6 million (77,511 tons of chromite).
The other less important suppliers are led by Rwanda, Sudan, Algeria, Zaire
and Congo.
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Canao
Fourteen A�rican countries sell cacao to France, with 6 exportiing quantiieies
worCh mnra than 10 million French francs: Ivnry Coast, with a toeal o�
869.2 million (47,545 Cona); Camaronn, wieh 363.9 million (19,721 tone);
Nigeria, with 119.1 million (6,512 Cona); Ghana, with 73 million (4,398 tons);
Togn, wieh 16.3 mi1lion (839 tons); and I4adagascar, wiCh 15.7 mi1lion
(970 tons). The other less imporCant euppliera are 1ed by Zaire, Liberia,
Benin, Sao Tome and Principe, Congo, Tanzania, Gabon and the Central African
Empire. The Ivory Coast and Cameroon, naCurally, occupy a apecial poaition
(78 percenC of the French purchases in va].ue).
Textiles
The total purchasea 3n the texeile sector came to about 1 billion 250 million
French francs. The raw or gemi-procesaed materials (cotton, wuol and thxead
or fabrics made of these fibers, aisal and other sacking fabricg) account for
arout 71 percent of ehe imports. Manu�actured articles come from only five or
six African countries in which the textile industries are relatively numerous
and prosperous.
There are some 15 suppliers of raw cotton (bulk or waste), the following
being the principal ones: Mali, wiCh a total of 104.7 million French franca
(17,239 tons); EgypC, wiCh 97 million (9,886 tons); Ivory Coast, with 39.5
million (6,165 tons); Chad, with 36.7 million (5,595 tons); Cameroon, with
29.9 million (4,841 eons); Upper Volta, wiCh 25.4 million (4,232 tons);
Central African Empire, with 25.3 million (4,286 tions); Senegal, with 19.7
million (3,080 Cona); Benin, with 14.4 million (2,619 tona); Sudan, with
11.1 million (1,298 tons); Togo, wiCh 7.3 million (1,495 tona); Niger, with
3.5 million (552 tons); and Nigeria, with 2.7 million (426 tons).
Cotton thread imparted from c1f rica (1,155 tons) comes above all from Egypt,
Senegal, Ivory Coast and Morocco.
The cotton fabric imported (9,145 tons, worth 153.9 million French francs)
is essentially unbleached, except for 1,176 tons of colored thread from
Tunisia and 221 tons from the Ivory Coast, as well as 30 tons of printed
material of Moroccan origin. The 6 most important suppliers are the Ivory
Coast with 35.7 million (2,111 tons); Tunisia, with 30.3 million (1,741 tons);
Madagascar, with 23.3 million (1,465 tons); Cameroon, with 19.6 million
(1,089 tons); Morocco, with 17.6 million (1,062 tons); and Egypt, with
10.5 million (727 tons). They are followed by Chad (335 tons), Benin
(243 tons), Togo (235 tons), Mauritius (82 tons), and Senegal (35 tons).
The supplie,,s of wool (293 million francs) come exclusively from South Africa
(20,488 tons worth 291.6 million) and Kenya (173 tons, worth 1.4 million).
Other textile materials (flax, grass cloth and above all sisal) came to
16,935 tons worth 38.5 million francs, from Madagascar (8,010 tons, worth
a
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17.5 miiiion), Tanzania (5,547 tione, woreh 13.6 miiiion), Egype (flax and
graes cloeh toCaling 1,397 eons, worth 5.5 mi,1lion), and Kenya (731 tons,
,worth 1.8 million).
Manufactured Cextile artic?ee (other ehan coCCon or silk ehread or fabric)
were mainly Che following:
Clorhing articis,.. 4,460 tons woreh 282 m3113on �rancg (Moroccn, 22404
eons; Tunisia, 1,800 tong; Mauritius, 550 tons; Cameroon, 117 enns; Ivory
Coast, 99 tons; Senegal, 27 eons; Benin, 8 tons; and Madagascar, 3 tons);
Knitted arCicles: 2,575 Cons worth 179 mi113on francs (mainly Morocao, with
1,172 tions; Tunisia with 777 tons; and Mauritius with 609 tona);
Artificial and synthetic fabrics: 1,030 tons, woreh 26.3 million francs
(bgsically i:nrocco, with 988 tona);
Carpets, embroidery, quilCs, rope and string: 10985 tona, worth 44.3
million france (mainly Tanzania, wiCh 1,364 tons, and Morocco, with 441);
Various arCicl.es and sacking produces: 2,050 Cons, worth 17.7 million
franca (including 527 tons for Tuniaia, 505 for Morocco, 388 for Egypt,
and 380 for Ivory CoasC).

Key:
1. Rank
2. Value
1978
W Isit-u��701
(2)
(1)
rroiw
Na^Y (Vdwl)
~
1 4101,t
5 ( 865
8!
 eu Su0
! 3100,8
.
9 t 116 61 I
11�~e
3 3294.4
 It 061
3
1 +
~ . . . . .
4 3203.e
.
1 13539 1

S 2361.6
~ 11 1Ie
11

A 1716.9
.
t I1 St3 1
. . . . . . . .
7 1597.7
6 ( 480 51
oun . . . . . . . . .
! 1302.0
10 1 416
11
61........
9 099.e
.
, 7 ( 501.61
i.....
10 . ee3.4 �
14 ( 240 1

~
it 670.3
I
11 1 39391

1: 6e4a
le 1 �o 1 ~
bro~+u~~ 4 IS24.71
12 1298.11
RIwa~ 13 1248.71
mq 16 1176 I
Table COM-FA-F. 1978 Classification of
the 12 Main African Suppliers of France
(In Millions of French Francs)
3. 1970 situation
4. Nigeria
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5.
South Africg
13.
Tunisia
6,
Ivory CoasC
14.
Zaire
7.
Algeria
15.
Niger
8.
Morocco
16.
Zambia
9.
Libya
17.
Madagaecar
10.
Ggbon
18.
Reunion
11.
Cameroon
19.
Egypt
12.
Senegal
Fruits, Wood, 12aw Meeals
FruiCs (bananas, pineappleg, citrua fruits, etc) ranked sixth in France's
imports from Africa in value. The 6 ma3n auppliera are the Ivory Coast
(339 million f rancs), Morocco (308), South Africa (215.7), Cameroon (134),
= Tunisia (111.1) and Algeria (54.9).
The main auppllers nf wood (1 billion 120 mi111on francs) are Gabon (430.1
million), Ivory Coast (404.) million), Cameroon (107.4 million), Liberia
(79.8 million), and Congo (46.5 nnillion).
; . .
~ Among the suppliers of non-organic chemical products there are firat and
foremost Chree producers of naCural uranium: 5outh Africa, with 2,016.3
, tons worCh 556.8 mi111on francs; Niger, with 441.6 tona worth 149.2 million;
and Gabon, with 86 tons worth 12.9 million.
Itaw metals (copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, chromium, tin, etc), purchases of
which totaled 750 million france, come mainly from Zambia (359.2 million),
Zaire (172.5 million) and South Africa (148 million).
Four African countries export products in caCegory 25 of the Brusse].s
Nomenclaeure to France, in particular natural phosphates and cement:
Morocco (393 million francs), South Af rica (63.6 million), Tumisia (58.7
million), and Senegal (56.3 million).
Oleaginous Crops, Vegetables and Sugar
Paanut, palm and olive oila (740 million francs) are sold mainly by Senegal
(373.5 million, peanut oil), Sudan (131.9 million, peanut oil), South Africa
(67.7 million, various), Tunisia (51.4 million, olive oil), Ivory Coast
(32.9 million, palm oil), Gambia (30.2 million, peanut oil), and Mali
(24.9 million, peanut oil). '
A very major supplier of vegetables, Morocco, sold a total of 135,887 tons
worth 445.1 million francs. There are three or four other subetantial
suppliers: Senegal (30.5 million), Algeria (15.4 million), Egypt (15.2
million), Kenya (13.5 million), and Tanzania (13.3 million).
Ten African countries export sugar to France: Reunion (228,308 tons, worth
407.8 million francs), Madagascar (24.8 million), Mauritius (24.8 million),
Mozambique (11.8 million), and Malawi (9.6 million). There are five less
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importiant suppliers: SnuCh A�ricg (4 mi].:li,on), Morocco (3.7), Kenya (3.1),
ESYpti (2�3), and Angola (1.2).
i
t. Produln IMrpltiqu.s (enop, 2 y) , . , , , , .

2, GN. HN.tPkaf(chap.09)
3. MlnOnhmllNlurylpuos lehap,2e)
Cacw stdldvls (chap,1@1
6, TerNla (chip. W69) Idont : coton brut 144p1, lalm brua (293),~ wtne
Rbn217421etouvnpp
.
S. Frults diwa (ehep. 081, ' . . . , , . , ,
7- Sol$ ~t ouwpn lch~p. 441
.
Prodults ahlmlques tnorpeniqMg lehip.2e)
Y. Mhlult brutt (non hrnun) (ehap. 71�811 , , � � � � � � � � � � . ,
10. Nu1N~ H pdan (eh~p. 16) . . � � � � , � � , � � � � � � . � � � � ,
11. Sd. iouM, pAoMhOtn nltunh, etmont lehp, 261 . , . . . . . , . . . . . . , .
tZ, UOumn at plgnts, Nimenalr" IcMp. 071. , , . . . . . .
t J. 5uem Ot wersrly Ichap.171 . � . . . . , . � , � � � , � . � �
1 4. Canarws v#pltd� (IQpumOf ou Itilu) (ch~0.~20) . � � . � � � � � � , � � � � . � � � �
1 S. M/tlur prlcltun, prmmM (ohop. 71) � , � � . . ~ � ~ . � � � . � � � � .
te, OnkiMONaplnwwf N outnf (chiP. 121 . , . . . . . . . ~ ~ . ~ ~ ,
17. Produlb do 1s mN hi{i ou ~ Ichap. OJ) , , � � . . ~ . ~ , � � � � , � � � ~ � ~ � � ~
~e. c~,,.,,,�e.
vd+W ou do a.ne. tcn,o. Ie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19. CuHn. POsum st ouvnges (chap. 41421 , . . . . , . . . . . .
20. Towtaus at Nimgnls . � � � � � . . . � . � � � � �
pourintmwx Ichap.2J1
21. Cwutehouelehp,401
22. VMr st fiums (cMp. 221 . . . . . . . . . .
. Enpnl~leMp. 311
23
44. Animaux ot prodults animaur wtt" au, pp{s"n (roon c~se"681
(chtR 01-02-051
26. Muil.s.swmNUn.t parfum.l . . . .
eMP.331
26. Tabaa (chap.241
27. (iommN. blumN, r"�� � . . . , . � . . � � � �
n~a..kAw.1~1
28. ANa. MpO 01 m8Ndr" pour Is Iabnutloe du papi" (chwpF 1"71..........
29. CMuuuns lehap. 611 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
~0. Autns produlb ou awnpn ~ � � � � � � � . � � � � . . . � . . �
.
Tetd
10 800
3046
2070
1 686
1 476
1220
1 120
030
760
740
730
670
190
410
400
3e0
345
226
186
160
148
136
130
120
105
86
e0
�6
30
IOE
28641
Table COM-FA-H. Main French Imports From Africa
(1978--According to the Brussels Nomenclature,
Rounded Figures in Millions of French Francs)
Key�
1. 27jrgy products (category
. 2. Coffee, tea, spices
(category 09)
3. Metallurgical ores (cate-
gory 26)
4. Cacao and byproducts
(category 18)
5. Textiles (categories 50-
63), including ruw cotton
(440), raw wool (293),
other fibers (742) and
products
6. Various fruits (category
08)
7. Wood and wood products (category 44)
8. Non-organic chemical products
(category 28)
9. Raw metals (non-ferrous)
(categories 74-81)
10. Oils and fats (category 15)
11. Salt, sulfur, natural phosphates,
cement (category 25)
12. Vegetables and food plants
(category 07)
13. Sugar and confectionery goods
(category 17)
14. Canned vegetables (vegetables or
fruits) (category 20)
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16.
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18.
19.
20.
; 21.
22.
Precl.oue meCale and gems
(category 71)
0].eaginous and other graina
(category 12)
Fresh or dried geafoodg
(category 03)
Canned fiah or meat
(categoLy 16)
Hides, leather and leather
products (categories 41-42)
Oil cake and animal feed
(category 23)
Rubber (category 40)
Wines and rums (category
22)
23. Fertilizere (category 31)
24. Animals gnd animal producCg
exc].uding fish (noti canned)
(categories 01-02-05)
25. Eseential oila and perfumes
(category 33)
26. Tobacco (category 24)
27. Guma, ointmente and resine
(category 13)
28. Eeparto, cork and materials
for the manufacture of paper
(categories 46-47)
29. Shoes (category 64)
30. Other products or items
OCher ImporCs
The following are the largest suppliers of other French imports coming
from Africa, given in order of imporCance in Table COM-FA-H (in millions
o� French francs):
Canned vegetables (total, 410): Morocco (262.4), Ivory Coast (99),
Tunisia (16.7), xenya (9.2), South Africa (9.1).
Precious metals and gems (total, 400): South Africa (392.7), Central African
Empire (4.7).
Oleaginous grains (category 12 in the Bruasels Nomenclature) (total, 360):
Sudan (177.7), South Africa (46.5), Cameroon (24.4), Gambia (21.7).
Fresh f ish and crustaceans (total, 345): Senegal (143.7)0 South Af rica
(39.4), Morocco (38.9), Ivory Coast.(30.7), Tunisia (28.9), Gabon (19.2),
Mozambique (18.9).
Canned meat and fish (total, 225): Senegal (135.5), Ivory Coast (96.1),
Morocco (78.4), Madagascar (7.3).
Hides, leather and leaCher products (total, 185): 26 suppliers, including
Nigeria (35.6), South Africa (29.4), Algeria (11.7), Sudan (11), Niger
(9.2), etc. .
Oil cake (total, 160): Senegal (97.9), Sudan (23.9), Mali (8.7), Morocco
(7.8), Cameroon (5.6).
Rubber (total, 145): Cameroon (58.6), Ivory Coast (31.7), Liberia (27.1),
Zaire (16.4).
Wines and rums (total, 135): Algeria (62.5), Morocco (25.1), Tunisia (24.8),
Reunion (17.3).
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Fertilizers (Cotal, 130): Tuniaia (79.5), Morocco (36.2), Senegal (8.7).
Animal products (total, 120): BoCewana.(56.1), Madagascar (35.6), Morocco
(16.,6), South Africa (6).
Eeaential oils and perfumes (total, 105): Egypt (25.2)o Reunion (21.8),
Comoros And Mayotte (17.4), Madagaecar (16.7), Tunieia (10.1)9 Ivory Coast
(7.8).
Tobacco (total, 95): Aigeria (24.1), Malawi (19.2), Central African Empire
(17.6), Cameroon (15.1), Ivory Coast (9.4).
,
Gums, ointments and resins (total, 60): Sudan (40.3), Ma1i (6.9), Senegal
(2.6), Samalia (2.1).
Esparto, cork and materials for the manufacture of paper (total, 45):
Morocco (22.9), South Africa (18.9), Swaziland (9), Tuniaia (6.3).
Shoes (total, 30): Tunisia (24.7).
French Sales to Africa
French exports to Africa came to 44.1 billion French francs in 1978, in-
cluding 34 billion in products or materials deatined to or capable of
serving equipment purposes. Table COM-FA-I shows the main categoriea of
goods exported (in value).
t. MacMny npi dI*euipun (chapitn 84 do la Nd8) . . . . . . . .
2. MatAAd routier do transnon I
n
. . .
i
85)) (
c
ip. 871
3. PrOduiy blimanloins. pp;ssona. labief IchaD. 01-01 et 07-241� .
.
4. voa'tu w~oua. a,.~~vw.
a

6962
i
.
+w,o lon.o. ze A
outc
~o ~i~.
~ 6. Mlqum cpmmuns (chap, 73 a 81 inclufl .
.ees
. . . . . . . . . . . .
8. MacMrns Ot matlriNs 61eetriQUes Icnap. 851
4370
~

7. Enpim do vsnspoh rqn rouuar IcMp. 86. 88 at 691
. � . . . . . . . � . � � � � � � . .
4270
,
B. Textiles, cMussuro, co,Hure Icnap. 50 A 65 inclus
2 2~s
9. Mpareils do meeure, 0rlcision et horlogane IUsp. 90 a191) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10. Papie non impriml ot im
rimd t
h
1710
1055
p
c
ao. 48 et 491
i t. OuvqpH en mlqux eommuns (ehaD. 82 et 931
. . . � . . . � . � . �
992
. . . . . . . . .
Qt Vroduibdneryltiqueslenio.271
et2
13. iNe. Nromipue el varra (cnap. 68 A 70 ir+Null . . . . . . . . . .
700 ~

11. Sel. clmenl s1c. (eAao. 251
. . . ,
. . � . .
~9s ~
15. BoiS et asslmil6s !ehsp. 44 d 47 inclu 1
. . � � . � � � � � � � � � . �

352

0.
Parlts. bijou~t eta (tAap, 7 1) . . . . . . .
i
205
. .
17. Diwt

155
i

ToW
'
740
~

4406s
f
t
Table COM-FA-I. Main French Exports to Africa
(Brussels Nomenclature) (In Millions of French Francs)
Key:
1. Non-electrical machines 3. Food products, beverages
tob
(categorq 84) (categories
,
acco
01-04 and 07-24)
2. Automotive transportation 4. Chemical, plastic and rubber
-
pro
, equipment (category 87) ducts (categories 28-40 inclusive)
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5. Common metals (categories
73-81 incluaive)
6. Electrical machines and
equipmenti (category 85)
7. Tranaportation equipment
(other than �or roads) '
(categories 86, 88 and 89)
8. Textiles, shoea, headgear
(categories 50-65 incluaive)
9. Measuring, precision'and
watchmaking apparatus
(categories 90 and 91)
10. Printed and unprinted paper
(categories 48 and 49)
Machinea and Mechanical Apparatus
~1. Common metal productis
(categories 82 and 83)
12. Energy products (category 27)
13. Stone, ceramics and glasa
(categories 68-70 inclusive)
14. Salt, cemenC, etc (categoty
25)
15. Wood and aimilar products
' (categories 44-47 inclusive)
16. Pearls, jewels, etc (category
71)
17. Various
The largest figure (8 billion 577 million francs) pertains to equipment
in caCegory 84 of the Brussels Nomenclature (machines and mechanical equip-
ment). This caCegory includes in particular pumpa, compresaors and
non-electric motors, industrial machinery for all secondary activittes, the
agro-food sector, quarry installations and machine tools. It also it:volvea,
naturally, ventilating, refrigerating and air-conditioning equipment, home
sewing or washing machines, including some models requiring no electriciCy.
The leading purchasers of machinea and mechanical apparatus produced in France
were in descending order of value of the purchasea in millions of French '
francs: Algeria (1,937.7), Tunisia (785.7), Morocco (779.6), South Africa
(712.9), Ivory Coast (628.7), Egypt (478.8), Nigeria (444.6), Libya (438.8)
and Cameroon (300.7). They were followed by Gabon (262.4), Togo (220.5),
Senegal (185.5), Sudan (169.9), Niger (134.9), Reunion (119.4), Zaire (119),
and Madagascar (3.03.2). The other purchasers bought less than 100 million
francs' worth of equipment. \
Transportation Equipment
In second place in French exports to Africa were automotive vehicles:
tractors, buses, passenger and commercial vehicles, light and heavy trucks,
special vehicles, trailers, motorcyclea, bicycles and their spare parts.
Sales came to 6 billion 962 million francs and involved 54 countries, i.e.
rilmost all those included in these statistics. ltao of these nations purchased
2quipment worth more than a billion f rancs. They were Nigeria (1,342,900,000)
ind Algeria (1,022,800,000). Three other nations made purchases in excess
if 500 million francs. They were Morocco (727,700,000), Libya (715,700,000)
and Ivory Coast (580,500,000). Apart from these extraordinary clients,
Tunisia (347,900,000), Egypt (223 million), South Africa (218 million),
Senegal (207,600,000), Cameroon (180 million), Reunion (178,500,000), Gabon
(108,300,000) and Niger (106,100,000) could be mentioned.
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Other Cranaportation equipment played n somewhat lesa outstanding role:
River or maritime transport equipment 1 billion 267 million francs
Railroad equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 million france
' Air traneport equipmenr . . . . , , o . . . 453 million france
1974
S~
(3~ISltwtbn1870)
R np
Rwip
(VaNw)
4 Alpliie
Mara .
M. d'Ivaits
Niperia
BTumsie
9 AltiQue du Sud
OEGYPI� . . . . . . . .
1libye
ZC&mQ?oun
3Rlunion
l+Senlpsl .......1'..
SGabo+
1
2
J
4
, 6
8
r
8 ~
9
10
11
12
6913
4301.5
3 609
9798,9
3377,4
2742,3
2486,8
2414.9
1878.6
1466.4
1392.3
1234A
1
2
4
15
6
J
10
14
6
9
7
11
19 124,21
11 191 1
1 931,91
1 184,11
1 601,31
11049.71
( 352.71
( 237.21
( 818.+1
( 472,31
1 607,21
( 281,91
6Madsqntar . . .
]Z&-n
8
12
1191,91
1251
,61
Table COM-FA-G. 1978 Classification of the
12 Main African Clients of France
(Tn Millions of French Francs)
Key:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Rank
10.
Egypt
Value
11.
Libya
1970 Situation
12.
Cameroon
Algeria
13.
Reunion
Morocco
14.
Senegal
Ivory Coast
15.
Gabon
Nigeria
16.
Madagascar
Tunisia
17.
Zaire
South Africa
Purchases of maritime equipment involved two nations basically: South Africa
(814.6 million francs) and Liberia (255.4 million). Sales to the other
nations were relatively modest. Among the more important were Libya
(38 million), Cameroon (29.6 million), Algeria (25.8 million) and Egypt
(25.3 million).
Railroad equipment went mainly to Algeria (178.7 million), Cameroon (96.9),
Ivory Coast (84.3), Tunisia (52.1), Congo (31), Benin (26.2), Mali (12.5),
Morocco (12.3), and Gabon (11.9).
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Food Products
French sales of food producta eo Africa (including beverages and tobacco)
came Co a CoCa1 of 5 bi113on 320 mill.ion French francs in 1978, but two '
sectors accounted for 56.9 percenC of thie total. They were: 1) grains and
producta derived from grains (1 billion 960 million); and 2) augar and
confectionery producta (1 billion 66 million). -
The African countries mainly purchased �rom France products in caCegnries
10 and 11 of the Brussela Nomenclature (grains and flours), with a total
value of 1 billion 812 million francs. Excluding EgypC (581.4 mi111on),
- the African clients did not exceed 100 million francs in their purchasee:
Ivory Coast (98.9), Morocco (98.9), Cameroon (98.3), Tunisia (86.3), Senegal
_ (82.5), Algeria (79.7), etc. The deliveries were ratiher irregularly dis-
- tributed, as follows (in millions of francs):
(1) C66ales (Z) Faines,etc.
(Chep.10) (thep.ll)
Key:
(3) E9vpte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
178.3
403.1
COta d'Ivolre . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . ~ . . . . . . . .
.
85
13,9
5 Maroc . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ .
98,7 ~
0.2
6 Camaroun
39,8
58.5
] tunisie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
84,9
1.4
$ SenApal
Al
6
i
77,3
5.2
9 )
g
r
e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70.6
5.2
1.
Grains (category 10)
5.
Morocco
2.
Flours and meals (category
6.
Cameroon
11)
7.
Tunisia
3.
Egypt
8.
Senegal
4.
Ivory Coast
9.
Algeria
T'ie presence of large mills in North Africa or Black Afr3ca are such that
the majority of imports are unprocessed grains, but this is not always the
case.
Purchases of refined bakery or pastry products (147 million francs) involved
mainly Nigeria (57), Reunion (18), and Ivory Coast (13.5).
French sugars and confectionery goods were purchased in 1978 by more than
90 percent of the African countries, and in particular by Nigeria (478.2
million francs), Morocco (81.1), Egypt (70.8), Sudan (60.9), Tunisia
(36.8), and Cameroon (31). However, Kenya (29.1), Sierra Leone (26.9),
Mauritania (26.2), Djibouti_(25.1), Ivory Coast (24.8), Togo (24.4), and
Ghana (20.6) are also regular customers.
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V: millloni do lianet /rongali (2) ,

1870
1976
1977
1978
~
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, V
T Y
~ Y
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1~2,1
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101,2
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6
ap~rN
~
511,2
10
1 191
42,9
1508,5
141,4
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2F
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9
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9

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~
85,3
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1287,8
1907,8
825,9 1959
,
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.
~
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( ~
6,2
50,5
3
30.4
98,3
31
100,1
143
429.8
61,1 524,3
118,1 508.1
109.3 500
18,5 263,5

- ,
Haute�Voh
8,5
45.8
90,9
101
5
85.6
37
2
185,3
139
3
50,9 382,7
8
77.9 391,8
Niper a.,
iche1
34.5
,
193.3
,
71.4
,
289,3
0,5 981,8
88 482,8
88,6 379,8
128 587
e
$
Si^fOd .~6
6omEie
1
7
2J,9
424,1
2
100.8
501,2
20.4
319,8
159,9
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431.3 1459
,
42 309.3
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.
,

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-
3,3
3.8
11.4
16.1 17.8
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1,5
-
7,8
8.9
8,3
7,5
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1
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4
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5
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~ 2
148
0.1
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,
.
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101
25.5
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112,2
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1 1
121.7 108
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~
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553
8
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9
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9
.
108.5
7,8
184,1
55.8 234,8
438,7 1982
77,4 307,2
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20.9 126,1

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55,9
34,8
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61,7
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2
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7 163
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