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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Central African Republic's mineral resource endowment includes copper, diamond, gold, graphite, ilmenite, iron ore, kaolin, kyanite, lignite, limestone, manganese, monazite, quartz, rutile, salt, tin, and uranium. Of these commodities, only diamond and gold were produced in 2006; subsistence farming was the mainstay of the economy. The World Trade Organization estimated that the mining sector accounted for about 7% of the gross domestic product; rough diamond and timber were the country's leading export products. Production of gold and diamond, which is mostly artisanal, comes from the regions of Berberati, Haute-Kotto, and [[Haute- Sangha]]. In 2006, diamond production increased to about 420,000 carats (84 kg) from a revised 383,294 carats (76.659 kg) in 2005; diamond exports, which were mainly destined for Europe and Israel, amounted to about 416,000 carats (83 kg) and were valued at $59 million.

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