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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].
South Africa's Top 10 Products of Global Imports at 6 Digit HS Code Level
The top 10 product items imported by South Africa at 6Digit HS code level contribute to 35.44% of its total global imports in 2008. Major supplier countries and India’s Position Major supplier countries to South Africa were Germany, China, USA, Saudi Arabia, Japan, UK, Iran, Angola, France and India in that order.Top 10 supplier countries constituted 58.33% share in South Africa’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
  79,872.58
  87,593.07
100.00
9.67
 Germany
11.32
6.41
10th
2.58
27.25
China
11.31
15.73
United States of America
8.03
14.14
1 270900 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
  10,917.94
  14,957.22
17.08
37.00
 Saudi Arabia
28.80
49.70
63rd 
N/A
N/A
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
21.62
10.35
Angola
17.36
59.67
2 999999 Commodities not elsewhere specified
   5,819.30
   5,827.62
6.65
0.14
 Germany
35.51
18.29
12th
0.92
13.93
Japan
24.98
-14.87
Thailand
8.82
2.35
3 271011 Aviation spirit
   3,136.75
   3,316.73
3.79
5.74
 India
21.23
61.10
1st
21.23
61.10
Saudi Arabia
15.37
41.95
Singapore
12.03
43.58
4 870323 Automobiles w reciprocatg piston engine displacg > 1500 cc to 3000 cc
   2,351.58
   1,442.18
1.65
-38.67
 Japan
31.36
-36.13
13th
0.87
-57.97
Germany
26.55
-38.12
United Kingdom
17.30
-8.71
5 851712 Telephones for cellular networks mobile telephones or for other wirele
   1,401.06
   1,379.90
1.58
-1.51
 China
40.64
63.74
5th
8.71
454.26
Finland
17.82
-12.65
Republic of Korea
13.91
-23.00
6 300490 Medicaments nes, in dosage
      974.87
   1,035.34
1.18
6.20
 India
12.06
90.44
1st
12.06
90.44
Germany
11.88
-10.41
United Kingdom
10.78
0.96
7 851762 Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneratio
      793.59
      908.76
1.04
14.51
 United States of America
18.27
43.10
33rd
0.07
105.92
Germany
15.41
8.95
China
14.76
82.22
8 880230 Aircraft nes of an unladen weight > 2,000 kg but not exceedg 15,000 kg
      200.17
      862.83
0.99
331.05
 United States of America
37.65
140.52
54th
N/A
N/A
Sweden
32.68
  14,170.19
Angola
7.43
N/A
9 710231 Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted
      874.41
      717.77
0.82
-17.91
 Botswana
25.44
-16.43
18th
0.02
-53.14
Area Nes
16.70
-70.65
Namibia
11.25
-38.52
10 870410 Dump trucks designed for off-highway use
      630.28
      599.19
0.68
-4.93
 United States of America
34.44
1.18
54th
N/A
N/A
United Kingdom
24.87
-26.13
Sweden
11.91
43.13
 

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