Les exportations sénégalaises plongent : Chute drastique des ventes de pétrole, de gaz, d’or...
Senegalese exports, which had been on a positive trajectory since the beginning of the year, unfortunately fell in April. They totaled 547.7 billion CFA francs, compared to 713.4 billion CFA francs in March, representing a decline of 23.2%.
Senegalese oil prices fall by 90 billion.
According to the National Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD), this situation is explained by the decline in sales of several flagship products of our exports.
Indeed, Senegalese crude oil exports fell to 138.5 billion CFA francs in April, compared to 227.5 billion in March. This represents a loss of 89.5 billion CFA francs. Sales of liquefied natural gas (LNG) also followed the same downward trend, declining from 30.7 billion to 21.1 billion during the same period.
Gold and phosphoric acid fell by 57.9 billion
Gold exports also declined by 18.6 billion FCFA, falling to 162.9 billion FCFA last March, compared to 144.3 billion FCFA in April. Phosphoric acid exports also decreased, to 16 billion FCFA, down from 55.3 billion FCFA in March.
Compared to April 2025, exports increased by 16.6%. Their cumulative total at the end of April 2026 stood at 2126.8 billion, compared to 1856 billion for the same period in 2025. This represents an increase of 14.6%.
The trade balance remains in surplus.
Meanwhile, imports grew to 546.1 billion FCFA in April, compared to 529.6 billion FCFA in March, representing an increase of 3.1%. However, they declined by 11.9% compared to April 2025. Their cumulative total at the end of April 2026 stands at 2,113.8 billion FCFA, compared to 2,466.4 billion FCFA for the same period in 2025, representing a decrease of 14.3%.
In summary, the trade balance stood at +1.5 billion FCFA in April 2026, compared to +183.8 billion FCFA the previous month. The cumulative balance at the end of April 2026 stood at +13 billion FCFA, compared to -610.4 billion FCFA for the same period in 2025, according to the ANSD.
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