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

The top 20 product items contribute to 83.61% of the total imports of Seychelles in 2008.The 10 Major supplier countries were UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Germany, France, South Africa, UK, Spain Mauritius and Italy. These supplier countries constituted 76.90% share in Seychelles's total imports of 2008.
Rank in Seychelles's Global Imports Year 2008
HS Code
Description
Value in 2008(USD Million)
% Share in Global Imports
% Growth 2008/2006
Major Supplier Countries (Top 3)
% Share major supplier countries
%Growth of major supplier
India
Rank
% Share in Global Imports
% Growth 2008/2006
TOTAL All products 911.89 100.00 20.39 United Arab Emirates 17.30 359.81
11th
 2.89 65.81
Saudi Arabia 13.58 -38.13
Singapore 8.40 -10.58
1
27
 Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc 249.35 27.34 23.43 Saudi Arabia 49.57 -38.10
30th
 0.00 -100.00
United Arab Emirates 49.53     16,589.32
Kenya 0.54 45.21
2
89
 Ships, boats and other floating structures 84.26 9.24 262.61 Germany 76.51 N/A
N/A
 N/A N/A
France 5.33 -70.68
United Kingdom 4.17 258.21
3
84
 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, etc 62.20 6.82 47.42 Singapore 25.26 58.88
12th
 1.49 -2.33
South Africa 11.26 94.69
United Kingdom 9.98 2.97
4
3
 Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic invertebrates nes 59.89 6.57 -37.21 Spain 54.24 -44.60
5th
 0.77 23.73
France 40.61 -5.10
Singapore 1.28 -92.05
5
85
 Electrical, electronic equipment 40.53 4.44 -0.97 United Kingdom 22.06 80.14
8th
 2.81 19.06
Singapore 17.26 -3.26
France 14.50 160.55
6
87
 Vehicles other than railway, tramway 29.98 3.29 -7.65 Japan 32.65 24.66
5th
 5.55 230.36
Republic of Korea 7.28 31.13
South Africa 7.24 60.46
7
44
 Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal 29.78 3.27 56.89 Malaysia 29.02 204.87
25th
 0.15 800.00
Mauritius 18.10       1,111.01
Singapore 12.10 -15.50
8
72
 Iron and steel 26.23 2.88 77.11 Malaysia 14.38 120.97
6th
 8.94 186.80
France 11.88 58.49
United Kingdom 10.43       1,411.60
9
94
 Furniture, lighting, signs, prefabricated buildings 21.10 2.31 66.97 Singapore 29.47 241.89
19th
 0.42 4.76
Indonesia 12.54 76.28
South Africa 12.14 93.65
10
73
 Articles of iron or steel 19.97 2.19 -25.95 Singapore 15.52 10.24
8th
 4.47 -20.05
Italy 11.02 -73.26
South Africa 10.70 -19.09
11
22
 Beverages, spirits and vinegar 19.31 2.12 88.86 France 18.43 145.96
20th
 0.14 -47.06
South Africa 16.76 36.60
Singapore 16.00 371.04
12
15
 Animal,vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products, etc 15.71 1.72 -13.05 Spain 47.06       4,222.81
22nd
 0.03 -89.74
Singapore 15.37 37.29
Mauritius 11.43 273.18
13
39
 Plastics and articles thereof 15.53 1.70 11.01 Singapore 19.52 11.60
9th
 3.43 77.93
South Africa 17.27 -21.17
Mauritius 16.34 48.97
14
4
 Dairy products, eggs, honey, edible animal product nes 14.57 1.60 17.07 United Arab Emirates 35.16 435.77
11th
 2.41 13.96
Singapore 10.98 -36.00
South Africa 10.43 99.61
15
83
 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 13.14 1.44 9.96 Italy 62.42 -9.56
12th
 0.77 -0.98
Singapore 6.90 55.40
Indonesia 6.27       1,960.00
16
10
 Cereals 13.04 1.43 64.19 India 60.99 61.08
1st
 60.99 61.08
China 10.84 95.17
United Arab Emirates 5.55 193.12
17
48
 Paper & paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board 12.77 1.40 0.47 Mauritius 19.64 26.48
13th
 1.32 70.71
Singapore 18.92 4.86
United Kingdom 10.88 -28.28
18
24
 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 12.65 1.39     1,308.69 Cyprus 89.08     53,557.14
6th
 0.68       4,200.00
South Africa 6.03 26.12
United States of America 0.79 N/A
19
25
 Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement 11.97 1.31 86.33 Pakistan 35.11 N/A
5th
 5.10            98.70
Malaysia 23.13 40.06
Philippines 11.26 N/A
20
2
 Meat and edible meat offal 10.48 1.15 14.77 Brazil 17.31 101.33
5th
 7.62       2,855.56
Belgium 14.15       4,258.82
United Arab Emirates 12.22 -5.40
 

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