Botswana Top 20 Products at 2 Digit

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	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 20 Products of Global Imports at 2 Digit HS Code Level

The top 20 product groups contributed to 76.76% of total imports of Botswana's 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.

HS Code	Description	Imported Value in 2006(USD Million)	Imported Value in 2007(USD Million)	% Share of Product in 2007 imports	% Growth in Global imports of 2007/2006	Major Supplier Countries	% Share of Major Supplier	% Change from Major Supplier	India
									Rank	% Share in Global Imports	% Growth 2007/06
TOTAL	All products	3,053.30	3,986.92	100.00	30.58	South Africa	83.53	27.10	10th	0.67	31.28
						China	1.75	98.25
						Belgium	1.60	198.39
27	Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc	525.88	624.74	15.67	18.80	South Africa	98.30	19.75	14	0.001	n/a
						Namibia	1.22	-18.25
						Mozambique	0.21	-52.13
84	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, etc	312.15	470.27	11.80	50.66	South Africa	78.62	50.27	6th	1.19	99.89
						United Kingdom	4.16	164.22
						Germany	3.71	12.43
87	Vehicles other than railway, tramway	275.38	433.27	10.87	57.34	South Africa	83.26	54.50	10th	79.74	0.42
						Japan	5.37	58.67
						Singapore	2.59	23.34
85	Electrical, electronic equipment	198.87	275.98	6.92	38.77	South Africa	66.13	22.93	12th	0.74	-18.34
						Sweden	6.52	214.92
						China	5.96	294.25
73	Articles of iron or steel	148.88	184.61	4.63	24.00	South Africa	92.90	30.52	6th	0.78	109.21
						Zimbabwe	1.64	5.70
						China	1.33	-36.37
71	Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins, etc	67.45	129.54	3.25	92.04	Belgium	44.89	254.88	11th	0.04	1,666.67
						Israel	26.29	97.65
						Thailand	10.68	-5.86
30	Pharmaceutical products	98.92	109.63	2.75	10.83	South Africa	80.71	3.00	2nd	4.68	518.55
						India	4.68	518.55
						United Kingdom	3.48	42.02
39	Plastics and articles thereof	77.09	103.64	2.60	34.45	South Africa	90.48	26.37	3rd	1.22	730.26
						Portugal	3.80	2,526.00
						India	1.22	730.26
40	Rubber and articles thereof	51.29	82.52	2.07	60.88	South Africa	73.44	48.31	10th	0.58	-11.71
						China	8.49	219.52
						United States of America	6.01	1,069.58
94	Furniture, lighting, signs, prefabricated buildings	58.16	71.53	1.79	22.98	South Africa	91.98	22.16	14th	0.07	-82.91
						China	3.38	30.51
						Malaysia	1.85	193.99
48	Paper & paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board	57.56	68.71	1.72	19.37	South Africa	97.32	21.11	6th	0.17	-26.75
						Sweden	0.55	-70.53
						China	0.45	-7.74
10	Cereals	65.67	65.41	1.64	-0.38	South Africa	96.38	-3.57	4th	0.58	171.22
						United States of America	2.07	n/a
						Zambia	0.77	408.08
72	Iron and steel	33.45	59.64	1.50	78.29	South Africa	98.94	85.24	4th	0.12	-46.27
						China	0.44	1,900.00
						Zimbabwe	0.25	-89.10
25	Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement	40.00	57.59	1.44	43.97	South Africa	79.70	45.89	36th	n/a	-100.00
						Zimbabwe	19.91	37.75
						Namibia	0.24	-5.37
34	Soaps, lubricants, waxes, candles, modelling pastes	45.77	57.28	1.44	25.16	South Africa	99.72	25.93	12th	0.01	-88.00
						United Kingdom	0.06	1,700.00
						China	80.56	-29.27
4	Dairy products, eggs, honey, edible animal product nes	51.79	55.91	1.40	7.96	South Africa	94.52	8.29	3rd	0.66	12,233.33
						Zimbabwe	4.29	24.02
						India	0.66	1,2233.33
44	Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal	41.19	55.89	1.40	35.68	South Africa	74.45	30.48	9th	0.11	2,850.00
						Zimbabwe	19.67	35.00
						China	2.41	1,330.85
90	Optical, photo, technical, medical, etc apparatus	39.22	53.02	1.33	35.19	South Africa	66.59	20.33	14th	0.45	-30.99
						United Kingdom	10.45	297.63
						Germany	4.19	23.90
22	Beverages, spirits and vinegar	38.88	51.81	1.30	33.25	South Africa	82.61	20.98	5th	0.27	n/a
						Namibia	15.73	137.97
						Italy	0.67	2,213.33
62	Articles of apparel, accessories, not knit or crochet	40.71	49.59	1.24	21.81	South Africa	85.69	15.15	8th	0.11	-44.79
						China	6.84	42.85
						Hong Kong (SARC)	4.92	269.14

Top 20 product groups constituted 76.77% share in total imports of Botswana showing a growth of 34.9% over previous year.

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