A decline in export volumes and prices is expected. Indeed, in recent years, Burkina Faso's exports are increasingly dominated by products that are dependent on global demand conditions, in particular cotton fibre and livestock products (Figure 2). The expected decline in exports is mainly attributable to a contraction in the volume of exports of cotton and, consequently, the fall of 56 per cent in cotton price from its peak in March 2008 to March 2009 (figure 6). Since then, the prices of cotton rebounded by 49 per cent between mid- and end 2009.