Togo Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $950 million (1982 est.), about $340

per capita; 3.2% real growth in 1982

Natural resources: phosphates, limestone, marble

Agriculture: main cash crops—coffee, cocoa, cotton; major food crops—yams, cassava, corn, beans, rice, millet, sorghum, fish

Fishing: catch 14,556 metric tons (1983)

Major industries: phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement, handicrafts, textiles, beverages

Electric power: 47,900 kW capacity (1985);

83 million kWh produced (1985), 27 kWh per capita

Exports: $202 million (f.o.b., 1982); phosphates, cocoa, coffee, palm kernels

Imports: $390 million (f.o.b., 1982); consumer goods, fuels, machinery, tobacco, foodstuffs

Major trade partners: mostly France and other EC countries

Budget: (1982 proj.), revenues, $243.1 million; current expenditures, $219 million;

development expenditures, $89 million

Monetary conversion rate: 475 Commun-aute Financiere Africaine (CFA) francs= US$1 (1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding Togo on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Togo 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Togo 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.