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TABLE Ab Africas Imports from Asia—Growth Rate by Commodity Group
Imports in
Imports in
Annual Share Share growth Product million)
(percent)
($ million)
(percent)
(percent)
Machinery and transportation
5,241 28.2 12,336 32.3 19
equipment
Agricultural raw food edibles 11.2 3,947 10.3 Processed food and beverages 7.7 2,997 7.8 Pharmaceuticals 10.0 3,529 9.2 Electronics 7.8 2,607 6.8 Coal 6.6 2,586 6.8 Cotton, textile fibers and yarns 6.6 2,283 6.0 Apparel and footwear 6.3 2,087 5.5 Agricultural raw materials, nonedibles
1,110 6.0 2,204 5.8
Manufacturing of non-minerals917 4.9 1,525 4.0 Basic manufactured metals 1.5 559 1.5 Petroleum products 1.4 825 2.2 Other manufactured goods, paper,
181 1.0 324 0.8 pulp, furniture, etc.
Nonpharmaceutical chemicals 0.5 210 0.5 Ores 0.2 78 0.2 Manufacturing of non-oil minerals 0.1 71 0.2 Electric machineries
13 0.1 19 Total m 100 38,184 100 Source UN COMTRADE SITC Revision Note Asia includes Bangladesh, Cambodia, China (including Hong Kong and Macao, India, Indonesia, Japan, Rep. of Korea,
Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore , Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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