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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].
Zimbabwe's Top 10 Products of Global Imports at 6 Digit HS Code Level
The top 10 product items imported by Zimbabwe at 6Digit HS code level contribute to 37.82% of its total global imports in 2008. The 10 Major supplier countries were South Africa, Botswana, China, USA, Mozambique, UK, Zambia, Germany, India and Thailand. Top 10 supplier countries constituted 90.00% share in Zimbabwe's Total Imports in 2008.
All values in USD Million
Rank
HS Code
Description
Value of Global Imports in 2008 (USD in Million)
%age Share of product in total imports 2008
%age Change of products in total imports 2008/2007
Major Supplier (Top 3) Countries -2008
% age Share of Major Suppliers 2008
%age Change of products in total imports 2008/2007
India
Rank 
%age Share in Global imports 2008
%age Change in Global imports 2008/07
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TOTAL
All products
    2,831.81
100.00
-17.72
South Africa
62.11
14.65
9th
1.18
-18.10
Botswana
7.59
-47.47
China
4.88
-36.05
1
271019
Light petroleum distillates nes
216.84
7.66
-45.31
South Africa
73.31
-11.07
15th
0.03
-92.75
Mozambique
19.07
-41.52
Kuwait
2.95
-94.84
2
100590
Maize (corn) nes
161.89
5.72
29.16
South Africa
77.61
                       1,466.26
-
0.00
0.00
Zambia
14.90
-38.14
Malawi
5.40
-88.11
3
310520

Fertilizers cntg nitrogen,phosphorus

&potassium in packs weighg </=10kg

156.97
5.54
947.00
South Africa
98.43
                       2,513.67
-
0.00
0.00
Mauritius
1.54
390.69
United Republic of Tanzania
0.03
N/A
4
870421
Diesel powered trucks with a GVW not exceeding five tonnes
146.82
5.18
46.06
South Africa
57.87
42.58
23rd
0.01
N/A
United States of America
19.51
156.05
Thailand
12.45
-3.60
5
750110
Nickel mattes
107.88
3.81
151.35
Botswana
100.00
160.56
-
0.00
0.00
6
999999
Commodities not elsewhere specified
71.79
2.54
-71.31
South Africa
65.08
2.67
4th
2.80
          1,278.08
United Kingdom
11.92
-35.49
Botswana
10.76
-95.23
7
870323
Automobiles w reciprocatg piston engine displacg > 1500 cc to 3000 cc
57.59
2.03
60.25
South Africa
70.00
656.93
35th
N/A
N/A
United States of America
12.60
-53.76
Japan
9.11
-36.91
8
870190
Wheeled tractors nes
54.45
1.92
-46.38
China
36.42
-13.87
9th
0.12
-86.96
South Africa
35.24
-71.23
Switzerland
12.63
98.90
9
271011
Aviation spirit
49.20
1.74
-69.75
South Africa
63.78
-49.27
-
0.00
0.00
Botswana
13.05
-65.46
Mozambique
11.73
-79.68
10
190430
Bulgur wheat in the form of worked grains, obtained by cooking hard wh
47.52
1.68
205.10
South Africa
87.13
240.73
-
0.00
0.00
Italy
8.75
N/A
United States of America
4.12
-42.80
 

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