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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].
Mozambique's Top 10 Products of Global Imports at 6 Digit HS Code Level
Mozambique
The top 10 product items imported by Mozambique at 6Digit HS code level contribute to 48.6% of its total global imports in 2008. Major supplier countries to Mozambique were South Africa, Netherlands, Bahrain, USA, China, India, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Portugal and UAE in that order. Top 10 supplier countries constituted 76.3% share in Mozambique’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
  3,049.75
  4,007.76
100.00
31.41
 South Africa
29.07
19.99
6th
3.60
9.52
Netherlands
17.42
55.85
Bahrain
6.73
   42,576.90
1 999999 Commodities not elsewhere specified
550.25
674.86
16.84
22.65
 Netherlands
100.00
71.57
20th
N/A
N/A
Portugal
0.00
N/A
South Africa
0.00
-100.00
2 271019 Light petroleum distillates nes
291.56
546.92
13.65
87.58
 Bahrain
41.73
N/A
11th
0.17
-85.11
Chinese Taipei
19.44
N/A
Area Nes
16.75
-59.73
3 870421 Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding five tonnes
99.14
132.91
3.32
34.07
 South Africa
54.98
49.44
6th
1.16
65.70
Japan
28.04
72.14
Thailand
8.60
-14.83
4 271600 Electrical energy
107.41
122.09
3.05
13.66
 South Africa
100.00
13.66
N/A
N/A
N/A
5 100630 Rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed
106.11
111.69
2.79
5.25
 Thailand
42.13
47.31
6th
1.09
-94.41
Pakistan
31.22
22.22
Viet Nam
15.31
216.77
6 271011 Aviation spirit
68.30
103.62
2.59
51.71
 Bahrain
39.93
N/A
10th
0.00
N/A
United Kingdom
23.03
 5,96,400.00
South Africa
9.89
411.79
7 100190 Wheat nes and meslin
55.35
99.67
2.49
80.08
 United States of America
44.08
167.24
N/A
N/A
N/A
Argentina
24.52
49.00
Germany
17.16
N/A
8 151110 Palm oil, crude
28.50
69.87
1.74
145.14
 Malaysia
55.96
372.32
9th
0.83
-37.81
Indonesia
23.64
56.50
Seychelles
7.26
274.74
9 300490 Medicaments nes, in dosage
42.33
47.98
1.20
13.35
 India
53.91
30.54
1st
53.91
30.54
Portugal
8.98
10.18
Switzerland
5.47
123.59
10 870323 Automobiles w reciprocatg piston engine displacg > 1500 cc to 3000 cc
29.68
40.15
1.00
35.28
 Japan
50.25
57.20
17th
0.08
-89.78
South Africa
17.51
98.03
Republic of Korea
12.99
65.25

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