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Harry G. Broadman - Africa\'s Silk Road China and India\'s New Economic Frontier (2007, World Bank Publications) - libgen.li
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Geographical and Sectoral Concentration of Africa’s Trade with China and India: Herfindahl-Hirschman Index
Leading African Trade Partners of China and India (as Percentage of Import Values in Importing Country)

Geographic and Product Concentration in Africa’s Trade with
China and India
Table 2.5 shows the level of geographical and product concentration of
African exports and imports with China and India based on the same
Herfindahl-Hirschman Index used earlier. Clearly, exports to China and
India are more concentrated, both in terms of origin markets in Africa and the range of products, than imports from the two countries. Also, for both geographic and product concentration, and for both exports and imports,
Africa’s trade with India is less concentrated than its trade with China. For the geographic concentration, this difference is visible in figure 2.18. One
TABLE 2.5
Geographical and Sectoral Concentration of Africa’s Trade with China and
India: Herfindahl-Hirschman Index
Exports to
Imports from
Exports to
Imports from
Indicator
China
China
India
India
Geographical concentration of
0.17 0.09 0.05 African exporters/African importers
(
⫹0.09)
(
⫹0.05)
(
⫺0.03)
(
⫺0.03)
Product concentration of 0.02 0.30 African exports/African imports
(
⫹0.25)
(
⫹0.01)
(
⫹0.15)
(
⫹0.02)
Source: Authors calculation based on the data from UN COMTRADE.
Note: Figures in parentheses are the difference in index figures from those based on Africa’s trade with the world. Figures are based on 2002–04 average trade values.
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PERFORMANCE AND PATTERNS OF AFRICAN
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ASIAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT FLOWS
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FIGURE 2.18
Leading African Trade Partners of China and India (as Percentage of Import
Values in Importing Country)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
90%
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
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