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Wednesday 23 May 2012

Top Exports - The book coming soon

The Southern African Territories that feature in this book

 

 

Export fast facts Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC

Area: total: 2,345,410 sq km

 

Natural resources: cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, tin, uranium, coal, hydropower, timber

 

Population: 66,514,506

Ethnic groups: over 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu the four largest tribes - Mongo, Luba, Kongo [all Bantu], and the Mangbetu-Azande [Hamitic] make up about 45% of the population

 

Languages: French [official], Lingala [a lingua franca trade language], Kingwana [a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili], Kikongo, Tshiluba

 

Capital: name: Kinshasa
geographic coordinates: 4 19 S, 15 18 E
time difference: UTC+1 [six hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]

 

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 55%
industry: 11%
services: 34% [2000 est.]

 

Labor force: 15 million [2006 est.]

 

Budget: revenues: $700 million
expenditures: $2 billion [2006 est.]

 

Agriculture - products: coffee, sugar, palm oil, rubber, tea, quinine, cassava [tapioca], palm oil, bananas, root crops, corn, fruits wood products

 

Industries: mining [diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt, coltan zinc], mineral processing, consumer products [including textiles, footwear, cigarettes, processed foods and beverages], cement, commercial ship repair

 

Exports: $1.587 billion f.o.b. [2006]

 

Exports - commodities: diamonds, copper, crude oil, coffee, cobalt

 

Exports - partners: Belgium 29.3%, China 21%, Brazil 12.3%, Chile 7.8%, Finland 7.2%, US 4.9% [2006]

 

Imports: $2.263 billion f.o.b. [2006]

 

Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels

 

Imports - partners: South Africa 17.7%, Belgium 10.9%, France 8.5%, Zimbabwe 8.1%, Zambia 6.9%, Kenya 6.8%, Cote d'Ivoire 4.4% [2006]

 

Currency (code): Congolese franc [CDF]

 

Airports: 237 [2007]

 

Railways: total: 5,138 km

 

Ports and terminals: Banana, Boma, Bukavu, Bumba, Goma, Kalemie, Kindu, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka

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