Trade: Main export products: Cotton, unbleached fabric, oil, cashew nuts, pineapples Export countries: Morocco, Nigeria, France, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, China, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, United States of America (US), Brazil, Gabon Main import products: Various equipment Import countries: France, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Nigeria, Mauritania, Ghana, Togo, Niger, Burkina Faso, Thailand, China, Japan, Pakistan External debt: Foreign debt after relief: 345.7 billion CFA franc (2006), or 14.1% of GDP Currency and exchange rate: Currency: CFA franc Rate of exchange in relation to the euro: 655.957 Source: National Institute of Statistics and Economic Analysis (L’Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Economique – INSAE – www.insae-bj.org), Rapport final : Base de données géoreférencées sur l’utilisation agricole des terres au Bénin, National Centre of Remote Sensing and Forest Cover Surveillance (Centre National de Télédétection et de Surveillance du Couvert Forestier – www.fao.org/AG/agl/agll/landuse/docs/benin.doc). xi