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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].
Mauritius's Top 10 Products of Imports from India
All values in USD Million      

Rank

HS Code

Description

Imports from India in 2007

Imports from India in 2008

Growth from 2008/2007

TOTAL

All products

825.95

1,116.64

35.20

1

27

Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc

593.98

839.06

41.26

2

52

Cotton

77.08

74.10

-3.86

3

30

Pharmaceutical products

17.73

22.31

25.80

4

10

Cereals

11.48

19.67

71.40

5

85

Electrical, electronic equipment

8.79

19.04

116.72

6

62

Articles of apparel, accessories, not knit or crochet

11.48

13.47

17.33

7

2

Meat and edible meat offal

7.91

11.25

42.12

8

3

Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic invertebrates nes

8.85

9.08

2.66

9

7

Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers

9.31

7.65

-17.76

10

72

Iron and steel

5.93

7.30

23.20