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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].
Libya's Top 20 Products of Global Imports at 2 Digit HS Code Level
Libya

Top 20 product groups constituted 79.77% share in total imports of Libya in the year 2008. The 10 Major supplier countries were Italy, China, Germany, Turkey, Tunisia, Republic of Korea, Egypt, United States of America, France and United Arab Emirates. Top 10 supplier countries constituted 73.7% share in Libya's Total Imports in 2008.
All values in USD Million
Rank in Global Imports of Libya in 2008
HS Code
Description
Value of imports in 2008(USD Million)
% Share of Product Group in World Imports Year 2008
%age Change in Imports 2008/ 2007
Major suppliers (Top 3 suppliers in 2008)
%age Share of major supplier countries in 2007
%age Change in Imports from Major Supplier 2007/2006
India
Rank (2008)
% Share in World Imports 2008
%age Change in Imports 2008/2007
- TOTAL All products                  17,924.55 100.00 50.14 Italy 21.57 73.95 27th 0.57 -16.70
China 9.15 88.34
Germany 8.45 64.85
1 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, etc                    3,041.11 16.97 70.80 Italy 19.60 113.20 19th 0.62 48.17
China 16.06 240.85
Germany 11.11 58.90
2 27 Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc                    2,086.06 11.64 73.27 Italy 89.88 91.49 60th N/A N/A
France 6.66 97.42
Azerbaijan 1.63 N/A
3 87 Vehicles other than railway, tramway                    1,702.43 9.50 15.00 Republic of Korea 25.18 58.49 20th 0.32 394.01
Japan 16.34 56.89
United Arab Emirates 8.71 14.55
4 85 Electrical, electronic equipment                    1,586.72 8.85 60.73 Italy 16.53 96.85 16th 0.97 180.42
China 13.31 21.65
United Arab Emirates 9.71 92.67
5 73 Articles of iron or steel                       915.64 5.11 32.58 China 13.37 103.67 17th 1.04 -81.48
Turkey 12.80 58.10
Italy 10.13 22.04
6 10 Cereals                       511.39 2.85 58.90 Thailand 14.54        31,546.38 25th 0.04 -10.94
Argentina 12.39 89.99
Germany 10.99        95,132.20
7 90 Optical, photo, technical, medical, etc apparatus                       459.97 2.57 11.24 Italy 22.70 9.96 25th 0.17 -7.63
Germany 18.86 -0.12
United Kingdom 10.88 -5.87
8 72 Iron and steel                       395.14 2.20 25.44 Turkey 17.01 167.58 27th 0.02 3100.00
Ukraine 14.98 -63.89
China 14.77 142.41
9 39 Plastics and articles thereof                       386.48 2.16 55.66 Turkey      21.39              89.80 15th 1.40 -38.11
Italy      15.79              34.86
Egypt      11.97  N/A 
10 99 Commodities not elsewhere specified                       379.81 2.12 244.88 Germany      91.40             356.09 16th 0.03 -88.94
United States of America        3.45              73.87
Spain        1.58          2,851.23
11 4 Dairy products, eggs, honey, edible animal product nes                       359.89 2.01 40.51 Netherlands      21.18              17.04 26th 0.31 560.71
Egypt      19.77  N/A 
Germany      14.43              42.35
12 94 Furniture, lighting, signs, prefabricated buildings                       340.27 1.90 49.62 Italy      31.99              34.48 33rd 0.05 16.77
China      25.30              97.12
Turkey      13.28              43.90
13 89 Ships, boats and other floating structures                       313.09 1.75 822.54 Singapore      74.65  N/A  - 0.00 0.00
Italy        6.94          3,524.87
Netherlands        5.99              56.93
14 26 Ores, slag and ash                       310.29 1.73 88.98 Brazil      64.18              98.24 13th 0.00 N/A
Sweden      28.87              95.97
Canada        5.88                9.18
15 88 Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof                       296.40 1.65 -13.77 Germany      33.10        58,996.99 - 0.00 0.00
Italy      22.94             204.12
Slovenia      15.95        12,279.06
16 30 Pharmaceutical products                       272.33 1.52 32.69 Switzerland      22.91              56.02 19th 1.31 -27.26
Germany      10.42              52.97
France      10.14              44.47
17 11 Milling products, malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten                       268.40 1.50 10.25 Turkey      37.24                5.08 10th 0.02 27.27
France      16.76              61.90
Germany      16.22                0.76
18 15 Animal,vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products, etc                       221.39 1.24 91.61 Tunisia      62.76              37.70 36th N/A N/A
Egypt      15.48  N/A 
Spain      12.16  N/A 
19 69 Ceramic products                       220.28 1.23 111.17 Egypt      29.73  N/A  13th 0.14 89.31
Spain      13.60              54.82
Tunisia      13.01              24.82
20 25 Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement                       201.41 1.12 85.88 Tunisia      61.62              56.72 10th 0.52 8.01
Italy      11.22              42.50
Egypt        7.87  N/A 

 
 

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