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Ghzlan Mahmoud Abdul Aziz
              the continent enlarged from $393.3 million in 1990/91 to over $10

              billion in 2006/07. For the same duration, the Indian imports from
              Africa enlarged from $573 million to more than $14 billion.


                  The Indian exports to Africa contains mainly of; industries stuff
              (49 per cent), chemicals (11 per cent) and machines and transporta-

              tion tools (10 per cent)  .
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                  Indian imports from Africa, on the other hand, jumped from $

              20 billion in 2007-08 to $ 28 billion in 2016-17 to achieve almost
              7.5 percent of whole Indian imports. Indian imports from Africa im-

              proved at a complex annual growth rate of around 4 per cent, reach-
              ing in the period 2011-12 at $ 44 billion  .
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                  Total trade between the two sides during 2005-06 and 2015-16
              increased almost five-fold, and stood at $ 52 billion in March 2016-

              17. India’s exports to Africa improved from $ 14 billion in 2007-08
              to $ 23 billion in 2016-17, accounting an impressive compound an-

              nual increase rate of 5.6 per cent, and the Indian exports to Africa
              were at the top in 2014-15 at $ 32 billion.


                  The trade amount reached $53.3 billion in 2010–11 and $62 bil-
              lion in 2011–12. This marks a quick growth from a meager $3 bil-
              lion in 2001. In 2011, India considered as Africa’s major trading col-

              league after; China, the EU, and the US, while Africa became India’s

              sixth major trading colleague following; the EU, China, UAE, US
              and ASEAN  . And the Indian companies have been playing a ma-
                           (22)
              jor role in the investments field, especially in copper mining, as in

              Zambia, and iron ore and milling, as in Liberia and Nigeria.

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