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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].
Nigeria's Top 10 Products of Global Imports at 6 Digit HS Code Level
Nigeria
The top 10 product items imported by Nigeria at 6 Digit HS code level contribute to 19.6% of its total global imports in the year 2008. The 10 Major supplier countries were China, USA, Belize, Germany, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, India, UAE and Switzerland.in that order. These supplier countries constituted 62.0% share in Nigeria’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   32,357.35   27,840.35 100.00 -13.96 China
15.23
-13.68
8th
3.63
-29.90
United States of America
8.20
-53.34
Belize
7.10
  11,031.94
1 520812 Plain weave cotton fabric,>/=85%, >100 g/m2 to 200 g/m2, unbleached         69.37    1,039.07 3.73   1,397.84 Togo
68.98
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
United Arab Emirates
31.00
N/A
Andorra
0.01
N/A
2 852520 Transmission apparatus,for radioteleph incorporatg reception apparatus       391.06       954.35 3.43 144.04 Switzerland
62.80
  13,118.97
22nd
0.22
   4,743.18
China
11.03
-31.86
Sweden
4.45
256.97
3 870323 Automobiles w reciprocatg piston engine displacg > 1500 cc to 3000 cc       435.69       747.53 2.69 71.58 China
18.67
   1,999.03
31st
0.02
-99.16
United Kingdom
18.66
100.45
Germany
14.75
17.84
4 100190 Wheat nes and meslin    1,827.60       620.70 2.23 -66.04 United States of America
44.74
-74.96
N/A
N/A
N/A
Belize
37.47
N/A
Argentina
7.31
-52.27
5 870210 Diesel powered buses with a seating capacity of > nine persons       395.85       415.78 1.49 5.04 China
18.67
   1,999.03
31st
0.02
-99.16
United Kingdom
18.66
100.45
Germany
14.75
17.84
6 252329 Portland cement nes       464.89       390.42 1.40 -16.02 Chinese Taipei
23.60
18.12
18th
0.10
N/A
Greece
20.18
276.50
China
17.04
-13.23
7 871120 Motorcycles with reciprocatg piston engine displacg > 50 cc to 250 cc    1,563.73       373.88 1.34 -76.09 China
74.67
-74.90
4th
4.80
-52.67
United States of America
6.44
-80.19
United Arab Emirates
6.41
-11.51
8 870290 Buses with a seating capacity of more than nine persons nes       227.36       352.87 1.27 55.20 Belgium
26.13
78.69
25th
0.11
780.43
Germany
13.25
57.50
Belize
9.63
N/A
9 870490 Trucks nes         84.63       295.62 1.06 249.31 Germany
58.02
266.62
22nd
0.03
N/A
China
26.49
   2,852.24
Belize
5.30
N/A
10 030379 Fish nes, frozen, excluding heading No 03.04, livers and roes       611.93       273.52 0.98 -55.30 Chile
13.93
-81.85
42nd
0.03
N/A
Belize
10.66
N/A
Albania
10.22
N/A

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