APPENDICES

APPENDIX A

COUNTRY DATA

1. PROFILE

POPULATION: 1,000,000
POPULATION GROWTH RATE: N/A
RELIGIONS: CHRISTIAN, MUSLIM, INDIGENOUS
GOVERNMENT SYSTEM: LEGISLATIVE:  UNICAMERAL NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
SENATE TO BE FORMED FOLLOWING NEXT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS,
EXPECTED TO BE IN NOVEMBER 1995.
LANGUAGES: FRENCH (OFFICIAL), FANG, MYENE, BAPOUNOU/ESCHIRA,
BATEKE, BANDJABI
WORK WEEK: 40 HOURS - MONDAY TO FRIDAY

2. DOMESTIC ECONOMY:

                 DOMESTIC ECONOMY
       (IN MILLION OF CURRENT U.S. DOLLARS UNLESS NOTED)
                                1993     1994      1995
                                             (1)     (1)
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
POPULATION (MILLION) (1)         1.0       1.0       1.0
NOMINAL GDP (MIL DOLS)       5,436.9   3,900.O   4,400.0
NOMINAL GDP GROWTH (PCT)         2.6     -28.3    + 12.8
GDP PER CAPITA (US DOLS)     5,436.9   3,900.0   4,400.0
GOG SPENDING AS PCT OF GDP       N/A       N/A       N/A
INFLATION                        0.7      35.0*    25.0*
UNEMPLOYMENT                    25.0      30.0      28.0
LABOR FORCE (000)              100.0      87.0      90.0
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVE        19.9     -60.0     -97.0  AVG EXCH RATE
FOR US DOL 1                   286.0     575.0     600.0
FOREIGN DEBT                   329.7     155.7     165.8
DEBT SERVICE RATIO               4.8      20.9      11.7
U.S. ECON/MILITARY ASSIST.       0.1       0.1       0.1

TOTAL GABONESE EXPORTS       2,368.6   1,947.8   2,078.3  TOTAL
GABONESE IMPORTS               799.0     718.9     747.7
US TOTAL IMP. FROM GABON     1,081.3  1,100.0  1,200.0
US TOTAL EXPORTS TO GABON       84.0     92.0    100.0*
US SHARE OF GABONESE IMP.       10.5     12.7     13.4

- MANUFACTURED GOODS:
TOTAL GABONESE IMPORTS         566.2    510.5    540.5
IMP. OF US MANUFAC GOODS        80.0     81.0     83.0
U.S. SHARE OF MANUFAC GOODS     14.2     15.8     15.4
TRADE BALANCE WITH THE U.S.       NA        NA      NA
WORLD IMP.AVERAGE GROWTH RATE     NA       -10       6
U.S. AVERAGE GROWTH RATE          NA        11      -2


- AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS:
TOTAL GABONESE IMPORTS         156.0     135.0   150.0
IMP.OF FOOD PRODUCTS FROM US     2.8      10.0    15.0
TRADE BALANCE WITH THE U.S.       NA        NA      NA
PROJ AVER GROWTH RATE WITH
WORLD                             NA      -14.5    11.1
PROJ AVER GROWTH RATE WITH US            NA      NA
TOTAL IMPORTS FROM FRANCE      381.9     330.0   350.0
TOTAL EXPORTS TO FRANCE        521.1     525.0   530.0
TOTAL IMPORTS FROM JAPAN        63.5      60.0    60.0
TOTAL EXPORTS TO JAPAN         228.8     230.0   232.0

1 ESTIMATES
* ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTION GENERALE DE L'ECONOMIE, INFLATION
RATE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1994 IS EXPECTED TO REACH 75 PERCENT.

THE UNITED STATES HAS TRADITIONALLY HAD A TRADE DEFICIT WITH
GABON.  GABONESE IMPORTS OF U.S. PRODUCTS WERE IN 1993 US DOLS
84.0 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 11 PERCENT COMPARED TO 1992 FIGURES.
U.S PRODUCTS REPRESENTED IN 1993 10.5 PERCENT OF TOTAL GABONESE
IMPORTS, SECOND TO FRANCE, WHICH SUPPLIED 48 PERCENT, JAPAN COMES
IN THE THIRD POSITION.

SINCE THE BULK OF U.S. IMPORTS FROM GABON RELATE TO THE OIL
INDUSTRY, THEIR VALUE TENDS TO FLUCTUATE WITH THE LEVEL OF
ACTIVITY IN THE PETROLEUM SECTOR.  IN 1993, GABONESE EXPORTS TO
THE UNITED STATES, WHICH CONSISTED ALMOST ENTIRELY OF CRUDE OIL,
WERE US DOLS 1,081.3 MILLION IN 1993, CREATING A BILATERAL
DEFICIT FOR THE UNITED STATES OF US DOLS 997.3 MILLION.