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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].
Liberia's Top 10 Products of Global Imports at 6 Digit HS Code Level
Liberia
The top 10 product items imported by Liberia at 6Digit HS code level contribute to 92.23% of its total global imports in 2008. Major supplier countries to Liberia are South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Nigeria, China, Chinese Taipei, Denmark, Italy, Germany and Norway. Top 10 supplier countries constituted 89.43% share in Liberia'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
  7,850.65
  8,794.83
100.00
12.03
 Singapore
29.88
48.62
20th
0.28
18.47
Japan
13.91
2.77
Nigeria
13.00
   27,138.27
1 999999 Commodities not elsewhere specified
  1,480.90
  2,655.79
30.20
79.34
 Singapore
98.91
80.28
12th
0.01
        2,400.00
United States of America
0.61
68.49
Turkey
0.18
71.00
2 890190 Cargo vessels nes&oth vessels for the transport of both persons&goods
  2,463.31
  2,473.58
28.13
0.42
 Japan
28.48
-11.66
24th
N/A
N/A
China
20.88
32.08
Chinese Taipei
19.65
     3,606.77
3 890120 Tankers
  2,825.18
  1,134.12
12.90
-59.86
 Japan
43.69
32.22
19th
N/A
N/A
Italy
20.75
555.94
Norway
12.94
17.09
4 890520 Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms
309.86
  1,122.83
12.77
262.37
 Nigeria
100.00
N/A
-
0.00
0.00
5 271019 Light petroleum distillates nes
146.49
399.20
4.54
172.51
 China
56.54
367.53
40th
N/A
N/A
Côte dIvoire
14.28
89.05
Greece
9.28
47.69
6 730890 Structures&parts of structures,i/s (ex prefab bldgs of headg no.9406)
13.12
152.12
1.73
  1,059.42
China
99.21
     1,090.55
9th
0.00
150.00
Ukraine
0.29
129.84
Germany
0.16
900.00
7 100630 Rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed
34.465
67.18
0.76
94.93
 China
82.29
82.95
5th
0.67
        8,940.00
United States of America
12.29
117.38
Thailand
3.64
     2,105.41
8 270900 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
0
53.09
0.60
N/A
 Trinidad and Tobago
100.00
N/A
-
0.00
0.00
9 848790 Parts of machinery of chapter 84, not intended for a specific purpose,
4.085
29.46
0.33
621.22
 China
97.68
668.64
-
0.00
0.00
United States of America
1.23
     8,950.00
Japan
0.60
10.56
10 440610 Ties, railway/tramway, wood not impregnated
N/A
23.94
0.27
N/A
N/A
N/A
 

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