China and India and Ethiopia final report - FES Ethiopia

percent in 2008. This was due to reduced domestic demand for Chinese textileand shoe products which, in turn, was attributable to quality related problems.In contrast, machinery and mechanical appliances imports share has picked upfrom about 18.7 percent in 2002 to about 55.2 percent in 2008 (figure 4.3).Of the plastic and rubber imports from china, the majority (38 percent)constitutes new pneumatic tires, of rubber of a kind used on buses or lorries.Of textile and articles of textile the majority (38 percent) constitutes otherwoven fabrics of synth'c yarn >=85% textrd/non-textrd polystr filmnt. Of basemetals, iron/steel bars & rods, hotrolled, twisted/with deformtns from rollingproc takes lion’s share. Of machinery and mechanical appliances, the importantelements are imports for the reception, conversion & transmission orregeneration of voice, image.With regards to composition of imports from India, the major commoditiesincludes; one, base metals and articles of base metal; two, machinery andmechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; three, products ofchemical and allied industries; four, plastics and articles thereof and five pulpof wood of other and six textiles and textile articles in order of importance inthe period 2002-08(figure 4.6).The figure depicts that imports of base metal and articles of base metal andtextile and products of textile has been declined in the period 2002-2008. Whilemachinery and mechanical appliances imports has been increasing over sameperiod.(see figure 4.6).Of plastic and rubber, the major one is new pneumatic tyres, of rubber of a kindused on motor cars. Of base metals , the major one is flatrollediron/steel,wid.>=600mm,zinc plated/coated(exc.electroplated)nes. Of35