COUNTRY PROFILE / SENEGAL

Continent: Africa

Official name: Republic of Senegal

Nature of regime: Presidential

Head of Federal State: MACKY Sall

Area: 196,722 km²

Currency: CFA francs

Population (2022): 17.2 million inhabitants

Capital: Dakar

Main cities: Thiès, Kaolack, Ziguinchor, Saint-Louis, Touba

Official language: French

Agreements and Conventions

• Signature in Abidjan on December 15, 1971 of a Treaty of Amity and Cooperation and the Agreement establishing the Ivorian-Senegalese Joint Commission;
• Signature in Dakar, of sixteen (16) Agreements at the last session of the Grand Joint Commission held on March 11 and 12, 2014, in various areas of cooperation, in particular in the fields of:
• agriculture;
• the consolidation of the family, the advancement of women and the protection of children;
• culture;
• education and training;
• higher education;
• the environment;
• vocational and technical training;
• the management of the affairs of Senegalese and Ivorian citizens living abroad;
• water, forest and wildlife management;
• management of fisheries resources;
• information and communication;
• youth;
• health;
• national solidarity;
• sports; and
• tourism.
• Signing of a Military and Technical Cooperation Agreement in 2015 in Abidjan.

A. Main Exports of CI to Senegal: Miscellaneous food preparations; Edible fruits; peel of citrus fruit or melons, Plastics and articles thereof; Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery or toiletry products prepared and preparations etc.....

B. Main Imports of CI to Senegal: Cote d’Ivoire mainly imports all kinds of products from Senegal among others, fish, building materials, tobacco, electrical machinery, petroleum products, pharmaceuticals. Etc....

• Cote d’Ivoire trade with Senegal increased between 2018 and 2022, from 14.01 billion of CFAF in 2018 to 228.5 billion of CFAF in 2022.
• Over the period 2018-2022, the average value of Ivorian exports amounted to 87.56 billion of CFAF /year against 103.84 billion of CFAF for imports
• Over the period 2018 to 2020 and 2021 The trade balance is in deficit and surplus in favor of Cote d’Ivoire in 2019 and 2022.