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AFRICA
INDIA : India’s Trade with the African Region notched US$ 38.96 Billion in the year 2009-10 (DGCI&S provisional figures) constituting 8.37% share in India’s total trade. Trade with the region has grown at a CAGR of 18.10% from US$ 4.48 Billion in 1996-97.
AFRICA : 54 Countries, 1 billion people, US$ 1.01 Billion of trade. Imports worth US$ 468 billion include Mineral Fuels, Oils, Machinery, Vehicles including Boats, Ships, Aircrafts, Electronics & Electricals, Iron & Steel & Articles thereof, Cereals, Plastics, Pharmaceuticals, etc.

Top 20 product groups imported by select African countries ............. [More].
Botswana's Top 10 Products of Global Imports at 6 Digit HS Code Level
Botswana
The top 10 product items imported by Botswana at 6Digit HS code level contribute to 39.24% of its total global imports in 2008. Major supplier countries to Botswana were South Africa, China, Belgium, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, USA, Israel, Germany, Japan and India in that order. Top 10 supplier countries constituted 93.95% share in Botswana’s Total Imports in 2007.
All values in USD Million
Rank
HS Code
Description
Value of Global Imports in 2007
Value of Global Imports in 2008
%age Share of product in total imports 2008
%age Growth 2008/07
Major Supplier (Top 3) Countries 2007
% age Share of Major Suppliers 2007
%age Growth 2007/06
India
Rank 
%age Share in Global imports 2007
%age Growth 2007/06
-
TOTAL
All products
3,986.92
719.49
100.00
-81.95
South Africa
83.53
27.10
10th
0.67
31.28
China
1.75
98.25
Belgium
1.60
198.39
1
710231
Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted
97.72
143.33
19.92
46.67
Belgium
49.79
202.53
9th
0.05
N/A
Israel
28.19
N/A
Thailand
12.05
-19.87
2
999999
Commodities not elsewhere specified
30.54
37.40
5.20
22.47
South Africa
74.98
-16.98
7th
0.84
-52.83
Zimbabwe
7.54
-14.39
United Kingdom
2.87
-27.04
3
410622
Hides and skins of goats or kids, in the dry state "crust", without wo
0.00
20.28
2.82
N/A
N/A
N/A
4
300490
Medicaments nes, in dosage
86.43
17.04
2.37
-80.28
South Africa
78.98
4.86
2nd
5.39
705.01
India
5.39
705.01
United Kingdom
3.91
35.40
5
180100
Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted
0.03
14.20
1.97
56,680.00
South Africa
100.00
733.33
-
0
0
6
620462
Womens/girls trousers and shorts, of cotton, not knitted
2.48
13.28
1.85
435.65
South Africa
83.15
114.12
16th
N/A
N/A
China
12.06
-22.34
Indonesia
1.612903
N/A
7
411310
Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting "incl. parchment-dr
0.00
9.94
1.38
N/A
N/A
N/A
8
271011
Aviation spirit
0.00
9.07
1.26
N/A
N/A
N/A
9
620342
Mens/boys trousers and shorts, of cotton, not knitted
4.82
8.95
1.24
85.45
South Africa
92.62
20.69
16th
N/A
N/A
China
5.29
259.15
Hong Kong (SARC)
1.60
75
10
852560
Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, incorpora
0.00
8.90
1.24
N/A
N/A
N/A
 

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