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

Rank

HS Code

Description

Zambia's Imports from India
in 2007

Zambia's Imports from India in 2008

% Growth from 2008/2007

TOTAL

All products

844.55

1,315.47

55.76

1

27

Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc

277.55

502.89

81.19

2

84

Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, etc

77.00

160.47

108.38

3

30

Pharmaceutical products

67.76

115.53

70.49

4

85

Electrical, electronic equipment

82.22

108.39

31.81

5

72

Iron and steel

49.94

70.54

41.23

6

87

Vehicles other than railway, tramway

33.22

36.26

9.12

7

39

Plastics and articles thereof

27.37

33.31

21.66

8

25

Salt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement

9.03

20.19

123.41

9

48

Paper & paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board

12.01

20.17

67.90

10

73

Articles of iron or steel

14.6

19.444

33.18