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INDIA
INDIA
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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.

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Uganda
Country's Overview
 
 
 
 

 
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GEOGRAPHY

 

Uganda is located at the Eastern Africa, bordering Democratic Republic of Congo,    Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan and Tanzania.  It has an Area 241,038 sq km, Kampala is the capital city. The other prominent cities are Gulu, Jinja, Lira and Mbale.

Climate:Tropical generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August) semiarid in northeast.

Political Structure: The country is has a Republic form of government. The party National Resistance Movement has been in power since 1986
Source: CIA,Wikipedia.
   
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POPULATION

 

32,369,558

Ethnic group:Baganda 16.9%, Banyakole 9.5%, Basoga 8.4%, Bakiga 6.9%, Iteso 6.4%, Langi 6.1%, Acholi 4.7%, Bagisu 4.6%, Lugbara 4.2%, Bunyoro 2.7%, other 29.6% (2002 census)

Religion:Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh  Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9% (2002 census)

Language: English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic.

 
   
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GDP (PPP)

 

USD $36.27 BILLION (2008 EST)

The estimated real growth rate is 8.3% 2008. The CAGR growth rate 8.23%.The GDP growth rate for the year 2006 and 2007 were 8.2% and 7.1% respectively.

Source: CIA, Wikipedia

 
   
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TRADE(EXPORT & IMPORT)

All values in USD Billion

Uganda

Year 2005

Year 2006

Year 2007

Year 2008

Growth from 2005 to 2006

Growth from 2006 to 2007

Growth from 2007 to 2008

CAGR over 4 years

Imports

2.05

2.56

3.49

4.53

24.50%

36.60%

29.56%

29.78

Exports

0.81

0.96

1.34

1.72

18.40%

38.92%

29.00%

28.17

Total Trade

2.87

3.52

4.83

6.25

22.80%

37.24%

29.40%

29.33

Total Trade as a % of GDP

-

10.29%

13.05%

15.59%

-

-

-

-

Source: UN Database

 

Major ports : Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell
   
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SECTOR BREAKUP

 

Agriculture is 21.5%, Industry is 24.6% and Services is 53.9% (2008 est.)

Source: CIA

 

 
   
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ECONOMY SNAPSHOTS

 

 

Public Debt as a % of GDP is

18.8% (2008 est.)

 Inflation

12.1% (2008 est.)

 

Investment as a part of GDP is

23.2% (2008 est.)