Central African Republic
Statistical Annex

In this study, the following statistical data are presented: GDP at current prices, agricultural production, cotton production and producer prices, production and exports of forestry products, electricity price structure, consumption of oil products, consumer price index, wholesale price index, central government operations and revenue, interest rate structure, monetary survey, supply and use of resources at current prices, producer prices of major agricultural commodities, costs and prices in the cotton sector, livestock population and slaughtering, industrial production index, composition of exports, and so on.

Abstract

In this study, the following statistical data are presented: GDP at current prices, agricultural production, cotton production and producer prices, production and exports of forestry products, electricity price structure, consumption of oil products, consumer price index, wholesale price index, central government operations and revenue, interest rate structure, monetary survey, supply and use of resources at current prices, producer prices of major agricultural commodities, costs and prices in the cotton sector, livestock population and slaughtering, industrial production index, composition of exports, and so on.

Central African Republic: Basic Data

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Sources: C.A.R. authorities; and staff estimates.

Method used in the World Bank Atlas.

Table 1.

Central African Republic: Gross Domestic Product at Current Prices, 1994–99

(In billions of CFA francs)

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Sources: C.A.R. authorities; and Fund staff estimates.
Table 2.

Central African Republic: Gross Domestic Product at Constant 1985 Prices, 1994–99

(In billions of CFA francs)

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Sources: C.A.R. authorities; and Fund staff estimates.
Table 3.

Central African Republic: Gross Domestic Product at Constant 1985 Prices, 1994–99

(Annual percentage change)

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Sources: C.A.R. authorities; and Fund staff estimates.
Table 4.

Central African Republic: Supply and Use of Resources at Current Prices, 1994–99

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Sources: C.A.R. authorities; and Fund staff estimates.

As defined in the IMF’s Balance of Payments Manual (5th edition).

Table 5.

Central African Republic: Agricultural Production, 1993/94–1998/99 1/

(In thousands of tons)

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Source: C.A.R. authorities.

Crop year ends September 30; except for cotton and wheat, where it ends October 31.

One kilogram of merchant coffee is equivalent to 2 kilograms of coffee cerise.

Table 6.

Central African Republic: Producer Prices of Major Agricultural Commodities, 1993/94–1998/99 1/

(CFA francs per kilogram)

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Source: C.A.R. authorities.

Crop year ends September 30.

First-quality cotton.

Second-quality cotton.

Prices freely set since 1992.

Table 7.

Central African Republic: Cotton Production and Producer Prices, 1993/94–1998/99 1/

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Source: National Cotton Company (SOCOCA).

Crop year ends October 31.

First-quality cotton.

Second-quality cotton.

Table 8.

Central African Republic: Costs and Prices in the Cotton Sector, 1993/94–1998/99 1/

(CFA franc per kilogram, unless otherwise indicated)

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Source: National Cotton Company (SOCOCA).

Crop year ends October 31.

Purchase and transport costs.

Including domestic sales.

Average export price less total costs.

Table 9.

Central African Republic: Costs and Prices in the Coffee Sector, 1993/94–1998/99 1/

(CFA francs per kilogram)

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Source: C.A.R. authorities.

Crop year ending September 30. Owing to price liberalization, the structure given for the years starting in 1994/95 is only indicative. It is based on the reference price set at the crop season, but actual prices may change several times a year.

Including taxes.

Table 10.

Central African Republic: Livestock Population and Slaughtering, 1994–99

(In thousands of heads)

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Source: C.A.R. authorities.

Controlled slaughtering.

By the slaughterhouse SEGA (Société d’Etat de Gestion des Abattoirs).

Table 11.

Central African Republic: Production and Exports of Forestry Products, 1994–99

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Source: Ministry of Water and Forests.
Table 12.

Central African Republic: Industrial Production Index, 1995–97 1/

(Period averages, 1985=100)

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Source: C.A.R. authorities.

Production of these statistics was interrupted in 1997 and has not been taken up since then.

Following the mutinies of 1996–97, many businesses originally included in the index closed down.

Table 13.

Central African Republic: Manufacturing Output, 1994–99

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Source: C.A.R. authorities.

Thousand hectoliters.

Thousand tons.

Million packets.

Thousand meters.

Thousand cubic meters.

Tons.

Units.

Table 14.

Central African Republic: Production and Consumption of Electricity, 1994–99

(In millions of kilowatt-hours, unless otherwise indicated)

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Source: C.A.R. authorities.
Table 15.

Central African Republic: Electricity Price Structure, 1994–98

(In millions of CFA francs, unless otherwise indicated)

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Source: C.A.R. authorities (Energie Centrafricaine, ENERCA).

Includes work done for ENERCA’s own account.