1. SOUTH AFRICA Chi Pang Lai
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
July 27, 201 2
COUNTRIES STUDY

2. NATURAL RESOURCES
South Africa Central African Republic
Natural Resources gold, chromium, antimony, diamonds, uranium, gold,
timber, oil, hydropower
coal, iron, manganese, nic
kel, phosphates, tin, rare
earth
elements, uranium, diamo
nds, platinum, copper, salt
,
vanadium, natural gas
Water Availability 1,250 m3 37,410 m3

3. ECONOMY
South Africa Central African Republic
Gross Domestic Product $554.6 billion $3.672 billion
GDP Per Capita $11,000 (105th) $800 (218th)
Real Growth Rate of GDP 3.4% (119th) 4.1% (95th)
Inflation Rate 5% 2.6%
Total Labor Force 17.66 million 1.926 million
Agriculture labor – 9% Agriculture labor – 53.1%
Industry labor – 26% Industry labor – 14.5%
Services labor – 65% Services labor – 32.4%
Unemployment Rate 24.9% 8%

4. INDUSTRIES
South Africa Central African Republic
Major Industries mining, metalworking, gold and diamond mining,
automobile assembling, logging, brewing, textiles,
machinery, textiles, iron footwear, assembly of
and steel, chemicals, bicycles and motorcycles
fertilizer, foodstuffs,
commercial ship repairing
Industrial Growth Rate 2.5% (112th) 3% (104th)
Electricity Production 238.3 billion kWh 160 million kWh
Electricity Consumption 212 billion kWh 148.8 million kWh
Average Gasoline Price $0.78/liter $1.62

5. TRANSPORTATIONS
South Africa Central African Republic
Airport (Paved runways) 145 2
Railways 20,192 km 0 km
Roadways 362,009 km 24307 km
Roadways (Paved) 73,506 km 0 km
Merchant Marines 3 0
Major ports and Terminals 5 4

6. PEOPLE STATISTICS
South Africa Central African Republic
Population 48,810,427 5,057,208
Population Growth -0.412% 2.142%
Urbanization Rate 62% 39%
Literacy Rate 86.4% 48.6%
Rate of Prisoners/capita 110 per 100,000 (81st) 402 per 100,000 (10th)

7. CONCLUSION
South Africa Central African Republic
Retailing and Wholesaling
Demand √
Industrial growth √
Training Cost √
Risk √
Manufacturing
Resources √
Labor Force √
Labor Cost √
Shipping Cost √

8. PET-SUPPLY BUSINESS
 Manufacturing factory
 To produce a variety of pet-supply goods
 Pet food, Toys and Small furniture
 To wholesale to local stores and supermarkets
 Retailing
 Online Store
 To sell directly to customers

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