Senegalese exports fell 10.2 percent to 83 billion West African CFA francs ($175.7 million) in August on declining petroleum and cement shipments, the state statistical agency said.
Exports from the West African country rose 13.1 percent to 685 billion West African CFA in the first eight months of 2010, as total cement shipments increased 44.5 percent and gold shipments gained 7.6 percent, the agency said in a statement e- mailed to Bloomberg News.
Imports into the former French colony fell 20.1 percent to 175.3 billion CFA in the first eight months of the year, 4.0 percent higher than the same period in 2009, the statement said.
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