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TABLE Ab Top 20 Imports from China Products and Leading Importers
(2002–04 average)
SITC code name
Importing country
Share in total African Share in total import value of the imports from China (US m)
product from
China to Africa Cotton fabrics,woven
Benin
Togo
Gambia
S. Africa
Kenya
8.45%
29.73%
10.67%
8.21%
7.52%
7.51%
8510: Footwear
S. Africa
Nigeria
Ghana
Benin
Togo
5.34%
41.11%
13.47%
6.95%
4.82%
3.55%
7851: Motorcycles
Nigeria
Togo
Mali
Cameroon
Guinea
4.10%
68.48%
9.71%
4.38%
3.67%
2.38%
7781: Batteries and accumulators
Benin
Nigeria
Togo
Ghana
Kenya
3.08%
27.88%
10.50%
7.76%
7.12%
6.97%
6531: Fabrics, woven of continuous synth. textil. materials
S. Africa
Nigeria
Togo
Benin
Ethiopia
2.94%
23.38%
22.71%
16.23%
7.53%
6.67%
6534: Fabrics, woven, of discontinuous synthetic fibers
Benin
S. Africa
Togo
Nigeria
C. d’Ivoire
2.46%
18.80%
13.30%
10.99%
10.00%
6.54%
0422: Rice
C. d’Ivoire
Liberia
Tanzania
Nigeria
Ghana
1.64%
77.16%
6.63%
4.10%
3.31%
2.22%
8310: Travel goods, handbags, briefcases, purses
S. Africa
Nigeria
Ghana
Kenya
Tanzania
1.48%
31.46%
25.14%
8.60%
6.34%
3.63%
6560: Tulle, lace, embroidery, ribbons, and other small wares
Nigeria
Benin
Togo
S. Africa
Gambia
1.32%
45.70%
22.66%
14.50%
5.50%
3.60%
8459: Outer garments and clothing,knitted
S. Africa
Nigeria
Sudan
Ethiopia
Madagascar
1.32%
58.72%
6.59%
5.20%
5.16%
4.83%
7641: Elect. line telephonic
and telegraphic apparatusNigeria
Zambia
Ethiopia
Angola
S. Africa Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmitters
Nigeria
S. Africa
Ghana
Uganda
Angola
1.09%
32.01%
30.13%
10.87%
3.94%
3.82%
6783: Tubes and pipes, of iron or steel
Sudan
Nigeria
S. Africa Elect.motors & generators
Nigeria
S. Africa
Sudan
Angola
Benin
1.08%
61.71%
9.50%
8.16%
6.27%
2.60%
6974: Art. commonly used for dom. purposes
Benin
Nigeria
S. Africa
Ghana
C. d’Ivoire
1.07%
30.72%
13.61%
8.62%
7.29%
6.98%
7611: Television receivers, color
S. Africa
Lesotho
Nigeria
Sudan
Madagascar
1.07%
54.53%
14.03%
11.39%
3.38%
2.31%
8423: Trousers
S. Africa
Nigeria
Benin
Tanzania
Uganda
1.02%
51.35%
15.11%
9.53%
8.17%
5.95%
8939: Miscellaneous art. of materials of plastics
S. Africa
Nigeria
Benin
Ghana
Kenya
1.00%
23.96%
23.74%
7.63%
6.85%
5.16%
8124: Lighting fixtures and fittings
Nigeria
S. Africa
Ghana
Benin
Kenya
1.00%
39.12%
21.11%
6.63%
5.63%
5.39%
6991: Locksmiths wares, safes, strongrooms of base metal
Nigeria
S. Africa
Benin
Ghana
Kenya
0.98%
32.00%
19.18%
7.38%
7.08%
5.79%
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TABLE Ab Top 20 Imports from India Products and Leading Importers
(2002–04 average)
SITC code name
Exporting country
Share in total African Share in total import value of the imports from India (US m)
product from India to Africa Medicaments
Nigeria
S. Africa
Kenya
R. Congo
Ghana
8.99%
25.97%
8.78%
6.26%
5.47%
5.05%
0422: Rice
S. Africa
Nigeria
C. d’Ivoire
Senegal
Somalia
8.77%
35.53%
23.17%
8.80%
6.21%
4.97%
6522:
Cotton fabrics, woven, bleached
Niger
Togo
Nigeria
Benin
Ghana
5.15%
14.02%
10.84%
10.08%
8.53%
6.86%
6749: Sheets and plates of iron or steel
S. Africa
Ghana
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Kenya
2.57%
29.36%
12.99%
9.40%
9.27%
5.05%
6974: Art. commonly used for dom. purposes
Nigeria
Ghana
Benin
S. Africa
C. d’Ivoire
2.25%
31.62%
13.83%
12.97%
6.36%
4.91%
6513: Cotton yarn
Mauritius
S. Africa Invalid carriages, motorized or not
Nigeria
Tanzania
Uganda
Burkina F.
Kenya
1.98%
19.97%
12.75%
10.21%
9.76%
7.88%
6521: Cotton fabrics, woven, unbleached
Benin
Togo
Nigeria
Ghana
Tanzania
1.94%
10.73%
10.29%
9.62%
7.25%
6.82%
6783: Tubes and pipes, of iron or steel
Sudan
Ghana
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Kenya
1.87%
83.76%
3.29%
1.57%
1.42%
1.12%
6531: Fabrics, woven of continuous synth. textil. materials
Mauritius
Nigeria
Togo
Malawi
R. Congo Machinery and appliances for specialized particular industry
Nigeria
Kenya
Tanzania
Ghana
S. Africa Parts and accessories of motor vehicles
S. Africa
Nigeria
Sudan
Kenya
Ghana
1.24%
45.38%
20.05%
9.24%
5.52%
2.63%
0111: Meat of bovine animals
Angola
R. Congo
Mauritius
Gabon
C. d’Ivoire
1.14%
59.09%
11.16%
9.13%
8.34%
5.20%
6745: Sheets and plates, rld. thickns
S. Africa
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Kenya
Ghana
1.01%
29.12%
20.01%
11.06%
7.14%
4.36%
7852: Cycles, not motorized
Nigeria
Mozambique
Kenya
R. Congo
Malawi
0.89%
25.30%
19.34%
9.58%
7.98%
5.89%
6672: Diamonds
Swaziland
S. Africa
Mauritius
C. African RS o Tom P Miscellaneous art. of materials of plastics
Sudan
Nigeria
S. Africa
Kenya
Tanzania
0.70%
14.56%
13.23%
11.01%
10.73%
9.05%
6842: Aluminium and aluminium alloys
Nigeria
Kenya
Ghana
S. Africa
Ethiopia
0.67%
40.86%
27.40%
7.99%
6.54%
2.97%
5530: Perfumery, cosmeticsn and toilet preparations
Nigeria
Ghana
S. Africa
Mauritius
Sudan
0.64%
12.95%
12.83%
9.53%
8.16%
7.65%
5416: Glycosides; glands or other organs and their extracts
R. Congo
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Kenya
Uganda
0.61%
13.07%
11.36%
10.32%
7.88%
5.27%
Source: UN COMTRADE SITC Revision 2.
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Key Variables in Gravity Model and Data SourceGroup
Variables
Specific data and sources Dependent variables Bilateral trade flows (aggregate UN COMTRADE from World Bank WITS
merchandise exports Bilateral trade flows (manufactured exports)
Base controls GDP (EX, IM)
World Bank, World Development Indicators GDP per capita (EX, IM)
World Bank, World Development Indicators Physical distance (PR)
CEPII geographical and distance data sets Coastal/landlocked (EX, IM)
CEPII geographical and distance data sets Common language (PR)
CEPII geographical and distance data sets Colonial past (PR)
CEPII geographical and distance data sets Common colonial power (PR)
CEPII geographical and distance data sets
Formal trade policies Trade restrictiveness in importing market (IM)
Heritage Foundation, Economic Freedom Index Regional trade agreements between World Trade Organization exporter and importer (PR Exporter’s eligibility for preferential market US. Government and European access to importing market (PR)
Commission
Trade facilitation Port and airport infrastructure quality (EX, IM)
World
Economic Forum, World
• Customs efficiency (EX, IM)
Competitiveness Report ICT infrastructure availability (EX, IM)
World Bank, Doing Business Indicators number of documents required for exporting)
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Domestic
• Business-related administrative barriers (EX)
World Bank, Doing Business Indicators business environment
(composite of numbers of procedures for starting businesses, registering property, obtaining licenses, and enforcing contracts,
using Principal Components Analysis Power infrastructure quality (EX)
World Economic Forum, World Competitiveness Report
Note: CEPII = Centred Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales; WITS - World Integrated Trade Solution. EX (exporting country data, IM (importing country data, PR (exporting and importing countries pair data. All variables except for the variables for coastal/landlocked,
common language, colonial past, common colonial power, regional trade agreements, and eligibility for preferential access to importing market are expressed in natural log.
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