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AREA: 489,191 Sq Miles
POPULATION : 10,356,00 (approx)
IMPORTS :
- Foodstuffs;
- Machinery;
- Consumer Goods.
EXPORTS :
- Groundnuts;
- Livestock;
- Uranium;
- Gold.
INDUSTRY:
The economy is based on mining, rural subsistence agriculture, re-export trade and a small cotton industry. Agricultural products include groundnuts, cassava, millet and sugar cane.
The country is reliant upon the exploitation of uranium.
The oil industry is an important sub-sector of the economy and the full potential has yet to be established. There are four international oil companies engaged in the distribution and marketing of petroleum products.
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