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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].
Ghana's Top 10 Products of Global Imports at 6 Digit HS Code Level
Ghana
The top 10 product items imported by Ghana at 6Digit HS code level contribute to 30.7% of its total global imports in 2008. Major supplier countries to Ghana were China, Nigeria, India, USA, Belgium, Japan, UK, South Africa, Italy and Germany in the year 2008. Top 10 supplier countries constituted 62.6% share in Ghana’s Total Imports in 2008.
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 % age Share of Major Suppliers %age Growth 2008/07
India
Rank  %age Share in Global imports 2008 %age Growth 2008/07
- TOTAL All products
  7,278.29
  9,057.69
100.00
24.45
 China
11.71
31.59
6th
4.33
22.96
Nigeria
8.73
57.30
United States of America
7.66
24.78
1 270900 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
790.64
  1,150.22
12.70
45.48
 Nigeria
66.06
56.32
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0
0
Congo
23.32
39.43
Côte dIvoire
10.62
16.40
2 870323 Automobiles w reciprocatg piston engine displacg > 1500 cc to 3000 cc
380.07
394.38
4.35
3.76
 United States of America
30.92
31.28
11th
1.33
     4,073.28
Republic of Korea
15.89
34.72
Germany
14.32
-36.43
3 252310 Cement clinkers
209.26
249.10
2.75
19.03
 Indonesia
31.21
-14.93
11th
0.10
-86.51
Togo
24.55
21.59
Thailand
9.46
0.03
4 870421 Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding five tonnes
190.81
210.88
2.33
10.52
 South Africa
20.29
29.85
6th
7.45
50.04
Republic of Korea
13.75
19.56
Germany
10.33
-5.10
5 100190 Wheat nes and meslin
57.34
186.49
2.06
225.23
 Canada
80.71
346.43
12th
N/A
N/A
France
10.43
32.82
Switzerland
7.98
N/A
6 852520 Transmission apparatus,for radioteleph incorporatg reception apparatus
24.45
164.84
1.82
574.27
 Sweden
41.98
     1,630.97
N/A
14.31
   13,452.30
China
20.77
716.11
India
14.31
    13,452.30
7 100640 Rice, broken
124.90
144.27
1.59
15.51
 Thailand
34.97
36.38
7th
1.48
-41.59
United States of America
29.07
19.95
Viet Nam
22.28
-16.37
8 870210 Diesel powered buses with a seating capacity of > nine persons
50.32
105.10
1.16
108.87
 Japan
26.05
209.43
3rd
17.95
277.21
Netherlands
24.16
241.78
India
17.95
277.21
9 852510 Transmission apparatus for radio-teleph radio-broadcastg or television
74.62
91.26
1.01
22.30
 Sweden
74.41
39.22
25th
0.003
N/A
South Africa
5.54
313.42
Singapore
4.23
     2,186.39
10 170199 Refined sugar, in solid form, nes
104.64
85.08
0.94
-18.70
 Brazil
85.90
-8.92
37th
N/A
N/A
South Africa
7.79
9.48
France
2.45
14.54
 

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