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Export Market

Ivory Coast

ISO: CI / CIV

Country Profile

Capital Yamoussoukro
Population 31.7M
GDP $87.1B (2024)
GDP per Capita $2,728
Income Level Lower-Middle Income
Currency West African CFA franc (XOF Fr)
Language French
Timezone UTC
Region Africa · Western Africa

Trade Partners

Ivory Coast Exports To

  • Switzerland 17.0%
  • Netherlands 9.0%
  • Mali 7.0%
  • USA 5.0%
  • Malaysia 4.0%

Key exports: gold, cocoa beans, rubber, refined petroleum, coconuts/brazil nuts/cashews (2023)

Ivory Coast Imports From

  • China 16.0%
  • Nigeria 12.0%
  • France 6.0%
  • India 5.0%
  • USA 4.0%

Key imports: crude petroleum, ships, refined petroleum, fish, rice (2023)

Economic Overview

one of West Africa’s most influential, stable, and rapidly developing economies; poverty declines in urban but increases in rural areas; strong construction sector and increasingly diverse economic portfolio; increasing but manageable public debt; large labor force in agriculture

Government: presidential republic

UK Trade Status

FTA in Force

The UK has a free trade agreement with Ivory Coast, providing preferential market access for UK exporters.

Geographic Region

Africa

Trading Bloc Memberships

Ivory Coast is a member of the following trade agreements and economic blocs.

AfCFTA African Continental Free Trade Area Free Trade Area ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States Economic Union

Export Guidance

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Also in This Region

🇩🇿 Algeria 🇧🇼 Botswana FTA 🇨🇲 Cameroon FTA 🇪🇬 Egypt FTA 🇸🇿 Eswatini FTA 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 🇬🇭 Ghana FTA 🇰🇪 Kenya FTA

Official Resources

Government export support for Ivory Coast.

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