Senegal Business
• Main imports: Food and beverages, capital goods, transport equipment, fuels and computer equipment.
• Main exports: Fish, peanuts, cotton, petroleum products and phosphate products.
• Main trade partners: France, Mali, India, Gambia and UK.
Economy
The country's main export commodity is groundnuts, and the farming industry also produces millet, sorghum, maize, rice and vegetables for domestic consumption. Fish products have become an important export commodity, and the government also accumulates revenues from the sale of fishing licences to other countries, mostly from the EU.
Current annual GDP growth is 4.8% (2007), inflation stands at 5.8% (2007), but unemployment remains high at 48% (2007).
Business Etiquette
Office hours: Mon-Fri 0800-1300 and 1400-1700. During Ramadan, some offices open 0730-1430.
Conferences & Conventions
Business Contacts
BP 118, 1 place de l’Indépendance, Dakar, Senegal
Tel: 823 7189.
Website: www.cciad.sn
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