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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 10 Products of Imports from India
All values in USD Million

Rank

HS Code

Description

Seychelles's Imports from India 2006

Seychelles's Imports from India 2008

% Growth 2008/2006

% CAGR over 3 years

1

10

Cereals

4.936

7.951

61.08

26.92

2

72

Iron and steel

0.818

2.346

186.80

69.35

3

87

Vehicles other than railway, tramway

0.504

1.665

230.36

81.76

4

7

Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers

0.579

1.573

171.68

64.83

5

85

Electrical, electronic equipment

0.955

1.137

19.06

9.11

6

17

Sugars and sugar confectionery

0.051

1.06

1978.43

355.90

7

84

Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, etc

0.946

0.924

-2.33

-1.17

8

12

Oil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruit, etc, nes

0.013

0.901

6830.77

732.51

9

73

Articles of iron or steel

1.117

0.893

-20.05

-10.59

10

2

Meat and edible meat offal

0.027

0.798

2855.56

443.65