1. Exports: In the year 2018-19, India’s total export of agricultural and allied commodities to Mali was of the order of US $ 10.4 million, approximately 15 % higher than the previous year.

India-Mali Trade Brief

Agriculture & Allied Trade between India and Mali

1. Exports: In the year 2018-19, India’s total export of agricultural and allied commodities to Mali was of the order of US $ 10.4 million, approximately 15 % higher than the previous year.

(Table -1)

a) Major Exports: Semi/wholly milled rice, coffee, black tea, broken rice, other sugar confectionary, sweet biscuits, whiskies, etc.

b) Minor Exports: Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, black tea, vegetable seeds, mustard seed, etc.

2. Potential Items of Export: Fresh onions and shallots, fresh potatoes, wheat and meslin, broken rice, wheat and meslin flour, food preparations for infant use, malt extracts, oilcake etc. (Table -3)

3. Imports: In the year 2018-19, India’s total import of agricultural and allied commodities from Mali was of the order of US $ 17.94 million, approximately 78 % lower than the previous year.

(Table -2)

a) Major Imports: Raw cotton, gum arabic, fresh/dried cashen nuts, other natural gums etc.

b) Minor Imports: NIL

Table 1- India’s top Agri and Allied Export to Mali

(Value in USD million)

S.No. HS Code Commodity 2017-18 2018-19

1

¹⁰⁰⁶³⁰ SEMI/WHOLLY MILED RICE W/N POLISHED/GLAZED 2.37 4.17

2

210111 EXTRCTS ESSNCS AND CNCNTRTS OF COFFE 2.74 1.87

3

⁹⁰²⁴⁰ OTHER BLACK TEA (FERMENTED) AND OTHER PARTLY

FERMENTED TEA 1.03 1.29

4

¹⁰⁰⁶⁴⁰ BROKEN RICE 0.1 0.85

5

170490 OTHER SUGR CNFCTNRY NT CONTAINING COCOA 0.99 0.68

6

190531 SWEET BISCUITS 0.5 0.47

7

²²⁰⁸³⁰ WHISKIES 0.11 0.31

8

170410 CHEWING GUM W/N SUGAR COATED 0.15 0.17

9

160413 SARDINES SRDNELLA AND BRISLNG/SPRTS WHOLE OR IN

PIECES BUT NOT MINCED PRPD/PRSVD 0.75 0.12

10

130232 MUCLGS AND THCKNRS W/N MODIFD DERIVD FROM

LOCUST BEANS LOCUST BEAN SEEDS/GUAR SEEDS 0.09

India's Agri and allied export to Mali 9.03 10.4

Source: Department of Commerce

Table 2- India’s top Agri and Allied Imports from Mali

(Value in USD million)

S.No. HS Code Commodity 2017-18 2018-19

1

⁵²⁰¹⁰⁰ COTTON, NOT CARDED OR COMBED 68.48 9.61

2

130120 GUM ARABIC 8.9 4.22

3

80131 CASHEN NUTS FRESH/DRIED IN SHELL 2.9 3.13

4

¹³⁰¹⁹⁰ OTHER : NATURAL GUMS 2.54 0.98

India's Agri and allied Import from Mali

^{82.82 17.94}

Source: Department of Commerce

2) Potential agriculture items of India’s export to Mali

Mali imports the following agriculture items from other countries in the world which India has also potential to export.

Chapter Commodity Description Analysis

07 Fresh Onions and Potatoes

For these items, India’s global exports and Mali’s global imports were more than US$ 5

million in 2018. However, Mali’s import of these items from India were either Nil or

insignificant during the said year.

10 Wheat and Meslin, Broken Rice

11 Wheat/Meslin flour, Groats and meal of Wheat

17 Cane or beet Sugar

19 Food preparations for infant use, Malt extract,

23 Oilcake, Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding

Source: Refer Table 3

Mali may explore the possibility of sourcing these agricultural items from India. Sanitary

Phyto-sanitary (SPS) and other requirements in respect of these products may be sought from

Mali.

Table 3: India's potential agriculture exports to Mali

Unit: US$ million

Product

code Product label India's exports to

Mali

Mali's imports from world

India's exports to world

Value in

2017

Value in 2018

Value in 2017

Value in 2018

Value in 2017

Value in 2018

'030319

Frozen salmonidae (excluding trout and Pacific, Atlantic and Danube salmon)

0 0 3.893 11.281 6.18 6.069

'030389 Frozen fish, n.e.s. 0 0 10.16 6.203 477.738 402.172

'070190 Fresh or chilled potatoes (excluding

seed) 0 0 12.416 7.319 57.943 56.404

'070310 Fresh or chilled onions and shallots 0 0 11.219 8.615 423.626 421.172 '090210 Green tea in immediate packings of <=

3 kg 0 0 13.685 24.133 5.109 5.972

'100199 Wheat and meslin (excluding seed for

sowing, and durum wheat) 0 0 79.427 49.888 54.897 46.088

'100640 Broken rice 0.104 0.729 64.06 44.248 369.779 422.391

'110100 Wheat or meslin flour 0 0 4.869 5.563 88.332 99.816

'110311 Groats and meal of wheat 0 0 11.719 7.086 2.837 7.864

'170199

Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form (excluding cane and beet sugar ...

0 0 49.328 13.802 882.828 856.029

'190110

Food preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale, of flour, groats, meal, starch or ...

0 0 0.571 9.191 40.922 38.83

'190190

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing ...

0.045 0 11.202 61.658 62.08 69.918

'190219

Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, not containing eggs

0 0 5.952 7.99 5.774 6.075

'210390

Preparations for sauces and prepared sauces; mixed condiments and seasonings (excluding soya ...

0.001 0.005 5.796 16.538 50.233 54.268

'210690 Food preparations, n.e.s. 0.004 0.005 13.713 26.876 215.809 275.654

'220300 Beer made from malt 0 0.001 1.998 5.294 46.177 42.049

'230610

Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting ...

0 0 0.968 7.316 13.971 8.181

'230990

Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excluding dog or cat food put up for retail ...

0.041 0.034 8.272 9.897 225.465 258.177 Source: ITC Trade Map