South Africa top 20 products at 2 Digit

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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 20 Products of Global Imports at 2 Digit HS Code Level

Top 20 Product Groups of South Africa contributed to 84.04% of the total imports of South Africa in 2008. 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 58.87% share in South Africa’s Total Imports in 2008.

									India's Position
Rank in South Africa's Total Imports Year 2008	HS Chapter	Product label	Value of Imports Year 2008(USD in Million)	%age Share of Product Group in South Africa's Total Imports Year 2008	Annual growth in value between 2007-2008, %, p.a.	Major Supplier Countries (Top 3)	%age Share of major supplier countries	%age Growth in Imports from Major Supplier Countries 2008/ 2007	Rank	India's % Share in Global Imports of Product Group Year 2008	%age Growth 2008/2007
	TOTAL	All products	87593.07	100	10	World	100	10	10th	2.6	27
						Germany	11.3	6
						China	11.3	16
1	27	Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc	19555.18	22.33	32	Saudi Arabia	24.7	49	6th	3.7	61
						Iran	16.5	10
						Angola	13.3	58
2	84	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, etc	13877.27	15.84	7	China	16.1	8	23rd	0.8	19
						Germany	15.6	25
						USA	13.7	15
3	85	Electrical, electronic equipment	8495.87	9.7	13	China	26.9	39	12th	2.4	162
						Germany	10.7	-8
						USA	7.7	29
4	87	Vehicles other than railway, tramway	6505.66	7.43	-19	Germany	24.9	-16	11th	2.3	-26
						Japan	19	-10
						USA	9.5	-12
5	99	Commodities not elsewhere specified	5827.62	6.65	0	Germany	35.5	18	12th	0.9	14
						Japan	25	-15
						Thailand	8.8	2
6	90	Optical, photo, technical, medical, etc apparatus	2146.79	2.45	5	USA	24.9	11	18th	0.9	-16
						Germany	17.3	13
						UK	7.2	-2
7	39	Plastics and articles thereof	1885.27	2.15	-2	Germany	12.7	-3	18th	2	36
						China	10.7	6
						USA	10.2	4
8	88	Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof	1605.07	1.83	39	USA	37.1	61	36th	0	-83
						Sweden	25.2	4303
						Saudi Arabia	6.1
9	30	Pharmaceutical products	1567.56	1.79	6	Germany	11.9	-3	4th	9.9	85
						France	10.9	10
						USA	10.9	18
10	29	Organic chemicals	1422.06	1.62	15	China	15.8	41	6th	5.7	17
						Saudi Arabia	13.4	89
						USA	12.9	-26
11	28	Inorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotopes	1378.49	1.57	20	Australia	39.3	-15	18th	0.8	38
						China	11	84
						Germany	10.6	42
12	73	Articles of iron or steel	1312.37	1.5	28	China	27.9	45	8th	4.1	95
						Germany	12.1	15
						Italy	7.5	71
13	38	Miscellaneous chemical products	1139.2	1.3	22	USA	16.9	9	11th	2.8	108
						Germany	12.8	-4
						France	9.7	4
14	71	Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins, etc	1121.81	1.28	-11	South Africa	17.7		8th	3.2	2
						Botswana	16.3	-16
						USA	8.3	-18
15	72	Iron and steel	1117.3	1.28	-9	China	16	90	4th	7.4	3
						Germany	9.5	10
						Sweden	7.7	-1
16	40	Rubber and articles thereof	1042.58	1.19	1	China	13.3	-10	10th	3.7	17
						Japan	11.5	-9
						Germany	9.7	7
17	10	Cereals	953.71	1.09	22	Thailand	39.3	91	5th	5	-49
						Argentina	26.6	-4
						United States of America	10.3	-23
18	48	Paper & paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board	949.85	1.08	3	Germany	17.3	-9	22nd	1	53
						Finland	9.4	6
						Poland	9	115
19	31	Fertilizers	912.61	1.04	135	Saudi Arabia	18.9	52	27th	0.1	5596
						Qatar	14.8	122
						Germany	11.3	223
20	15	Animal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products, etc	798.68	0.91	20	Malaysia	28.4	32	10th	0.8	35
						Argentina	23.1	-27
						Indonesia	19.2	89

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