burundi

Burundi

TRANSPORT FACT SHEET

  1. COUNTRY: Burundi
  2. CAPITAL: Gitega
  3. GDP GROWTH RATE: 1.8%
  4. MAJOR COMMERCIAL CITIES: Bujumbura, Muyinga, Gitega, Ruyigi
  5. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: Bujumbura International Airport (BGM), Kirundo Airport(KRE)
  6. MAJOR SEAPORTS: Lake Tanganyika is used for transport, with the major port on the lake being Bujumbura.
  7. RAIL AND ROADWAYS: Roads total 12,322 kilometres (7,657 mi) as of 2004, and only about seven percent of them are paved and remain open in all weather.
  8. EXPORT GOODS: coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides
  9. EXPORT PARTNERS: Germany, Pakistan, Kenya, China, Sweden, Belgium, Canada, Rwanda, US
  10. IMPORT GOODS: capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs
  11. IMPORT PARTNERS: Saudi Arabia, China, Uganda, Belgium, Kenya, Zambia, India, UAE