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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].
Uganda's Top 10 Products of Global Imports at 6 Digit HS Code Level
The top 10 product items imported by Uganda at 6Digit HS code level contribute to 35.3% of its total global imports in 2008. Major supplier countries to Uganda were UAE, Kenya, India, China, South Africa, Japan, France, Malaysia,United Kingdom and United States of America in that order. Top 10 supplier countries constituted 66.67% share in Ghana’s Total Imports in 2008.
All values in USD Million
Rank HS Code Description Value of Global Imports in 2007 Value of Global Imports in 2008 %age Share of product in total imports 2008 %age Growth 2008/07 Major Supplier (Top 3) Countries % age Share of Major Suppliers %age Growth 2008/07
India
Rank  %age Share in Global imports 2008 %age Growth 2008/07
- TOTAL All products
  3,493.35
  4,525.86
100
29.56
 United Arab Emirates
11.39
22.58
3rd
10.40
36.39
Kenya
11.30
8.23
India
10.40
36.39
1 271019 Light petroleum distillates nes
458.95
602.02
13.30
31.17
 United Arab Emirates
42.53
36.91
2nd 
12.34
12.76
India
12.34
12.76
Saudi Arabia
10.94
248.75
2 271011 Aviation spirit
175.16
219.85
4.86
25.51
 United Arab Emirates
29.79
-6.62
5th
5.95
71.13
France
14.59
48.90
Turkey
13.09
370.80
3 300490 Medicaments nes, in dosage
108.08
163.60
3.61
51.36
 France
31.62
817.90
2nd 
30.49
31.49
India
30.49
31.49
Kenya
7.00
-15.77
4 151190 Palm oil and its fractions refined but not chemically modified
51.29
135.65
3.00
164.48
 Malaysia
70.54
123.52
6th
0.16
N/A
Singapore
20.10
     3,373.63
United Republic of Tanzania
5.75
29.94
5 100190 Wheat nes and meslin
107.31
110.84
2.45
3.29
 Argentina
42.72
155.09
13th
0.02
N/A
Russian Federation
24.19
-38.46
Canada
12.12
-5.67
6 851712 Telephones for cellular networks mobile telephones or for other wirele
0.00
97.12
2.15
N/A
 India
33.09
N/A
1st 
33.09
N/A
China
18.26
N/A
Hungary
17.24
N/A
7 851762 Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneratio
0.00
88.63
1.96
N/A
 Sweden
50.82
N/A
26th
0.04
N/A
China
9.18
N/A
Norway
8.13
N/A
8 870323 Automobiles w reciprocatg piston engine displacg > 1500 cc to 3000 cc
72.69
75.67
1.67
4.10
 Japan
85.40
8.30
12th
0.13
135.71
United Kingdom
3.90
29.86
Denmark
3.19
-56.96
9 870421 Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding five tonnes
58.00
60.54
1.34
4.38
 Japan
48.18
-14.80
4th
1.95
72.51
South Africa
39.11
52.71
Thailand
6.67
-9.42
10 252310 Cement clinkers
36.14
54.28
1.20
50.22
 Japan
63.50
42.10
N/A
N/A
N/A
Republic of Korea
22.85
143.05
Kenya
13.64
405.67

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