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financial  crisis  of 2009.  On the  other hand, weak  product  prices since
        2014 have  deeply  impacted the  price  of African exports to  China, even
        while Chinese exports to Africa remained stable.
        great level infrastructural and mining projects. Chinese firms involved in
        extractive industries like hydrocarbons  that  are responsible for  the
        recovery and exploration of oil and natural gas assets.
              The do business between China and Africa surged from $3 billion
        in 1995 to $32 billion in 2005 and about $55 billion in 2007, even though
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        Africa makes up only 2.3 per cent of China’s totally trade  .





                China's strategic integration inputs in Africa  are mainly notable in

                                     Ghzlan Mahmoud Abdul Aziz
                        Figure 2: China’s Trade with Africa (in $ billions)
                      Figure 2: China’s Trade with Africa (in $ billions)
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                     1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015


                        Source; Johns Hopkins SAIS China Africa research initiative
              Source; Johns Hopkins SAIS China Africa research initiative

                  By 2011, China’s trade with Africa increased 33 per cent from

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              the previous year to $166 billion. Chinese imports from Africa con-

              sisted mostly of mineral ores, fuel, farming products, and exports
              to Africa were primarily manufactured goods. Imports from Africa
              were up 25.5 per cent to $49.6 billion during this period, at the same
              time the exports of Chinese-made machinery, electrical and custom-
              er supplies, clothing and footwear enlarged by 17.5 per cent ($30.9

              billion)  .
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                  China’s imports from Africa in the period (2010-2016) were ($
              billions 66.94- 92.87- 112.60- 116.25- 114.21- 38.81- 39.96), com-

              pared to the exports to Africa in the same period ($ billions 57.87-

              69.81- 80.34- 88.62- 101.70- 150.39- 88.01)  .
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