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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].
Sudan's Top10 products of imports from India
All values in USD Million
Rank HS Code Description Sudan's imports from India in 2006 Sudan's imports from India in 2008 CAGR(%) over 3 years
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TOTAL
 All products 591.25 579.37 -1.01
1
72
 Iron and steel 41.95 397.39 207.78
2
87
 Vehicles other than railway, tramway 39.81 47.82 9.60
3
85
 Electrical, electronic equipment 27.18 28.39 2.21
4
30
 Pharmaceutical products 19.81 18.28 -3.95
5
84
 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, etc 60.21 12.81 -53.88
6
99
 Commodities not elsewhere specified 0.03 12.22
1,988.83
7
25
 Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement 1.62 11.61 167.49
8
73
 Articles of iron or steel 28.26 6.14 -53.39
9
55
 Manmade staple fibres 14.76 5.84 -37.11
10
39
 Plastics and articles thereof 10.02 4.24 -34.95