The National Agency for Statistics and Demography (Ansd) announced that imports from Senegal amounted to 722.4 billion FCFA in December 2024, against 576.1 billion FCFA in the previous month, against 576.1 billion FCFA in the previous month, an increase of 25.4%.

The evolution of imports is explained by the increase in external purchases of other transport equipment (169.8 billion FCFA in December 2024 against 12.5 billion FCFA in the previous month), other land vehicles (34.5 billion FCFA against 12.4 billion FCFA), other machines and devices (63.4 billion FCFA against 47.9 billion FCFA), rice (26.7 billion FCFA against 17.2 billion FCFA) and machines and devices for other industries (18.7 billion FCFA against 12.8 billion FCFA)

According to information, the contraction in imports of other petroleum products (106.1 billion FCFA in December 2024 against 126.8 billion in the previous month), optical, horological, scientific equipment (7.5 billion FCFA against 16.4 billion FCFA), base metals (12.9 billion FCFA against 15.0 billion FCFA), base metals (12.9 billion FCFA against 15.0 billion FCFA) and products from the parachimic industries (9.5 billion FCFA against 11.2 billion FCFA) limited the extent of

Their cumulative total was 7,161.4 billion FCFA at the end of December 2024 against 7,207.8 billion FCFA for the same period of 2023, i.e. a decrease of 0.6%.

The Agency also indicates that the main imported products, during the period under review, are other transport equipment (169.8 billion FCFA), other petroleum products (106.1 billion FCFA), other machines and devices (63.4 billion FCFA) and other vehicles (34.5 billion FCFA), other vehicles (34.5 billion FCFA). FCFA).

Senegal's main suppliers are Croatia (19.8%), the People's Republic of China (13.1%), France (11.5%), France (11.5%), Turkey (4.5%), Turkey (4.8%), Turkey (4.8%), and India (4.5%), in December 2024.