Reporting Month and Year: July, 2012 1. Name of the Country ...

United Kingdom (20.3%), France (14.5%) and USA (8.6%) were the major export destinations
in May 2012 while Imports were mainly from India (28.1 %), China (15.3 %), France (6.4 %)
and South Africa (5.7%)
3. Trade Promotional Activities organized (month / year) in Mauritius and activities planned
in the next six months
At a handing-over ceremony on July 12 in Rodrigues – (i) Indian Oil (Mauritius) presented 4
computers to the Rotary Club of Rodrigues as part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
activities; (ii) SBI (Mauritius) and New India Assurance donated furniture including bookshelves,
filing cabinets, computer tables, chairs, etc to the Rodrigues Library Services; and (iii) The High
Commission donated more than 1000 books and DVDs to the Rodrigues Library services.
4. Trade and Commercial delegation from India to Mauritius and Trade and Commercial
delegation from Mauritius to India.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Dr. Arvin
Boolell was on an official visit to India (New Delhi and Mumbai) from 04 to 07 July 2012. He
called on Hon‘ble PM and met Hon‘ble EAM, CIM, Deputy Chairman of the Planning
Commission and Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (PMEAC). He
also called on the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. He attended the International
Fiscal Association Conference on International Tax – The Emerging Landscape in Mumbai on
July 7 and addressed the session on ― Recent Developments in International Taxation‖.
His visit received widespread coverage in the context of the Double Taxation Avoidance
Convention (DTAC). Newspapers also reported that the next Joint Working Group (JWG) on
DTAC meeting will be held on August 22-24.
Mauritian Tourism Minister Mr Sik Yuen was on an official visit to India from July 11-14. The
Minister and his delegation comprising Ms Premila Roy, Permanent Secretary, Mr Karl
Mootoosamy, Director of the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Agency (MTPA) and Mr Vijaye
Haulder, Deputy Director of MTPA met Hon‘ble Tourism Minister Mr Subodh Kant Sahai and
had discussions with Indian tour operators in Mumbai.
5. Important International Trade Fairs/Exhibitions in Mauritius. Report on recent such
fairs/exhibitions, including details of Indian participation & response.
To celebrate 40 years of industrialization in Mauritius, “Mauritius International Trade Expo
(MAITEX) 2012 ”, organized by Enterprise Mauritius (EM) was held from 5-8 July, 2012 at ‗Swami
Vivekananda Convention Centre at Pailles. More than a hundred exhibitors including 61 Small and
Medium Enterprises (SME) companies displayed a variety of Mauritian products in four sectors
namely Textiles/Apparel, Agro-industry, Light Engineering – Metal and Plastic based products and
Luxury goods. Chemical and Fertilizers, Printing and Publishing and Jewellery also formed part of the
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