This site is not updated. The capital city Dakar is the hub of economic activity and the largest consumer market in Senegal. Distribution occurs both by modern and by traditional systems.
Lebanese merchants play an important role in the import-export business.
Existing alongside these companies are extremely competitive small-scale traders specializing in the wholesale and retail distribution of various consumer goods. Senegalese merchants selling popular consumer goods, such as textiles and electronics, are gradually replacing them. A limited number of larger retail stores, such as supermarkets, deal mostly in imported goods. Informal traders in municipal and street markets carry out a sizable portion of domestic trade. Sandaga, a sprawling unregulated market in the heart of Dakar, is the capital's principal distribution center for manufactured goods ranging from textiles, footwear, and cosmetics to high-tech stereo equipment.