djibouti

djibouti

TRANSPORT FACT SHEET

  1. COUNTRY: Djibouti
  2. CAPITAL: Djibouti city
  3. GDP GROWTH RATE: 7.8%
  4. MAJOR COMMERCIAL CITIES: Obock, Tadjoura, Ali Sabieh, Arta, and Dikhil
  5. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS: Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport (JIB)
  6. MAJOR SEAPORTS: PORT DJIBOUTI
  7. RAIL AND ROADWAYS: Currently (2018), Djibouti has 93 km of railways. The new Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, an electrified standard gauge railway built by two Chinese government firms, began regular operations in January 2018. Its main purpose is to facilitate freight services between the Ethiopian hinterland and the Djiboutian Port of Doraleh.  Roads that are considered primary roads are those that are fully asphalted (throughout their entire length) and in general they connect all the major towns in Djibouti. 
  8. EXPORT GOODS: Reexports, Hides and skins, Coffee, Scrap metal
  9. EXPORT PARTNERS: Ethiopia, Somalia, Qatar, Brazil, Yemen, US
  10. IMPORTGOODS:Machinery and Equipment, Foodstuffs, Beverages, Chemicals, Petroleum products, Consumer Goods
  11. IMPORT PARTNERS: China, Saudi Arabia, India, Indonesia, Oman