Names: conventional long form: Republic of The Gambia conventional short form: The Gambia

Capital City: Banjul

Population: 1,641,564 (July 2006 est.)

GDP Per Capita: $2,000 (2006 est.)

Currency: dalasi (GMD)

Languages: English (official), Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars

Total Area: total: 11,300 sq km land: 10,000 sq km water: 1,300 sq km slightly less than twice the size of Delaware

Region: Africa

Industries: processing peanuts, fish, and hides; tourism, beverages, agricultural machinery assembly, woodworking, metalworking, clothing

Agriculture: rice, millet, sorghum, peanuts, corn, sesame, cassava (tapioca), palm kernels; cattle, sheep, goats

Resources: fish, titanium (rutile and ilmenite), tin, zircon, silica sand, clay, petroleum

Labor Force: 400,000 (1996)
agriculture: 75% industry: 19% services: 6%

Exports: $130.5 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)
peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels, re-exports

Imports: $212.2 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)
foodstuffs, manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport equipment

Overview: The Gambia has no confirmed mineral or natural resource deposits and has a limited agricultural base. About 75% of the population depends on crops and livestock for its livelihood. Small-scale manufacturing activity features the processing of peanuts, fish, and hides. Reexport trade normally constitutes a major segment of economic activity, but a 1999 government-imposed preshipment inspection plan, and instability of the Gambian dalasi (currency) have drawn some of the reexport trade away from The Gambia. The Gambia's natural beauty and proximity to Europe has made it one of the larger markets for tourism in West Africa. The government's 1998 seizure of the private peanut firm Alimenta eliminated the largest purchaser of Gambian groundnuts. Despite an announced program to begin privatizing key parastatals, no plans have been made public that would indicate that the government intends to follow through on its promises. Unemployment and underemployment rates remain extremely high; short-run economic progress depends on sustained bilateral and multilateral aid, on responsible government economic management, on continued technical assistance from the IMF and bilateral donors, and on expected growth in the construction sector.

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In 2007 Missouri exported $3,311 in goods to The Gambia. This ranks The Gambia 164^th among the 223 international buyers of Missouri goods. Missouri exports to The Gambia decreased from the previous year by $51,598 a change of -93.97%. State exports to The Gambia have decreased over the last 5 years by $-38,571 a change of -92.09%. Missouri exports account for .00%. of all 2007 US exports to The Gambia.