Names: conventional long form: Republic of Mali conventional short form: Mali local long form: Republique de Mali local short form: Mali former: French Sudan and Sudanese Republic

Capital City: Bamako

Population: 11,716,829 (July 2006 est.)

GDP Per Capita: $1,200 (2006 est.)

Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States

Languages: French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages

Total Area: total: 1.24 million sq km land: 1.22 million sq km water: 20,000 sq km slightly less than twice the size of Texas

Region: Africa

Industries: food processing; construction; phosphate and gold mining

Agriculture: cotton, millet, rice, corn, vegetables, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats

Resources: gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited

Labor Force: 3.93 million (2001 est.)
agriculture: 80% industry and services: 20% (2001 est.)

Exports: $323 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)
cotton, gold, livestock

Imports: $1.858 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles

Overview: Mali is among the poorest countries in the world, with 65% of its land area desert or semidesert and with a highly unequal distribution of income. Economic activity is largely confined to the riverine area irrigated by the Niger. About 10% of the population is nomadic and some 80% of the labor force is engaged in farming and fishing. Industrial activity is concentrated on processing farm commodities. Mali is heavily dependent on foreign aid and vulnerable to fluctuations in world prices for cotton, its main export, along with gold. The government has continued its successful implementation of an IMF-recommended structural adjustment program that is helping the economy grow, diversify, and attract foreign investment. Mali's adherence to economic reform and the 50% devaluation of the CFA franc in January 1994 have pushed up economic growth to a sturdy 5% average in 1996-2006. Worker remittances and external trade routes for the landlocked country have been jeopardized by continued unrest in neighboring Cote d'Ivoire.

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In 2007 Missouri exported $779,558 in goods to Mali. This ranks Mali 167^th among the 223 international buyers of Missouri goods. Missouri exports to Mali increased from the previous year by $775,006 a change of 17,025.62%. State exports to Mali have increased over the last 5 years by $764,407 a change of 5045.26%. Missouri exports account for .01%. of all 2007 US exports to Mali.