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4. Organic and Inorganic chemicals 4.2 3.9
5. Coal, coke etc. 2.9 3.7
6. Fertilizers 2.3 2.6
7. Metaliferrous Ores, Metal, etc. 2.7 2.8
8. Iron and steel 2.9 2.5
9. Pearls, Precious and Semi-precious
stones 8.4 6.7
10. Others 15.9 14.6

The exports and imports share of India in principal regions are as
follows:
Country Exports % shares Imports % shares

2010-11 2011-12 2010-11 2011-12
(I) OECD Countries 32.9 33.6 31.0 30.0
EU NPP 17.9 17.5 12.1 11.9
North America 10.7 11.7 6.4 5.5
US 10.2 11.1 5.7 5.0
Asia and Oceania 2.9 2.7 5.7 5.7
Other OECD countries 1.4 1.7 6.8 6.9
(II) OPEC 20.6 18.5 33.0 34.6
(III) Eastern Europe 1.1 1.1 1.6 1.6
(IV) Developing Countries 39.3 40.3 33.6 33.4
Asia 28.6 29.3 27.5 27.0
SAARC 4.6 4.1 0.6 0.5
Other Asian Countries 24.0 25.2 26.9 26.5
China 6.8 5.8 12.3 12.4
Africa 6.6 6.6 3.8 4.1
Latin America 4.1 4.4 2.4 2.3
(V) Other Countries 6.2 6.5 0.8 0.4
The directional pattern of India’s trade has been changing constantly
during the decade with the share of the top 15 trading partners increasing
by 9.5 percentage points to 61.3 percent in between 2004-05 and 2008-09
table. In the first half of 2009-10, their share was 59.6 percent. The major
development in the direction of India’s trade is that USA which was in the