Botswana

Botswana is one of the world's fastest growing economies

Botswana’s physical volume of rough diamond production was 22.696 million Carats in 2021

India donated 30,000 doses of COVISHIELD vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India in March 2021

Botswana has huge coal deposits

Indian community has played a significant role in Botswana's economic growth

US$ 2.38mn
FDI inflows to India from April 2000-March 2021

US$ 806.83mn

Bilateral trade value in 2021-2022

6,000
Overseas Indians living in Botswana

FDI

Botswana offers a business friendly atmosphere and welcomes foreign investment

Mining

Besides, diamonds, Botswana also has huge deposits of coal, copper, nickel, soda ash, salt, and uranium

Economy

Economic growth has been driven by mining activity, construction, services sector and intensified public investments

Ease of Doing Business

General and sector specific investment incentives, no foreign exchange controls, 15% corporate tax for manufacturing companies

India- Botswana Bilateral Relations (2022)

India established diplomatic relations with Botswana immediately after its independence in 1966 and opened a resident diplomatic mission in Gaborone in 1987.

Visit of the Vice President of India to Gaborone, Botswana (October 31-November 02, 2018)

Global Expo Botswana with participation of 25 Indian companies and business houses, covering a range of sectors such as engineering and machinery, IT, manufacturing, trade, spinning and textile machinery

India's Exports and Imports to Botswana

Source: Department of Commerce

Values in US $ Millions

Country / Region: BOTSWANA

S.No.	\Year	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
1.	EXPORT	108.58	178.31	178.74	172.69	278.87
2.	%Growth		64.22	0.24	-3.39	61.49
3.	India’s Total Export	303,526.16	330,078.09	313,361.04	291,808.48	422,004.40
4.	%Growth		8.75	-5.06	-6.88	44.62
5.	%Share	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.07
6.	IMPORT	1,638.29	974.48	744.00	461.72	527.96
7.	%Growth		-40.52	-23.65	-37.94	14.35
8.	India’s Total Import	465,580.99	514,078.42	474,709.28	394,435.88	613,052.05
9.	%Growth		10.42	-7.66	-16.91	55.43
10.	%Share	0.35	0.19	0.16	0.12	0.09
11.	TOTAL TRADE	1,746.87	1,152.79	922.74	634.41	806.83
12.	%Growth		-34.01	-19.96	-31.25	27.18
13.	India’s Total Trade	769,107.15	844,156.51	788,070.32	686,244.36	1,035,056.45
14.	%Growth		9.76	-6.64	-12.92	50.83
15.	%Share	0.23	0.14	0.12	0.09	0.08
16.	TRADE BALANCE	-1,529.71	-796.16	-565.26	-289.04	-249.09
17.	India’s Trade Balance	-162,054.83	-184,000.33	-161,348.24	-102,627.40	-191,047.65

Botswana Investment & Trade Centre

+267-3633300

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BITC Head Office Plot 54351, Off PG Matante Road, Central Business District (CBD) Exponential Building Gaborone

Local Enterprise Authority (LEA)

+267-3644000

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2nd Floor, Block A, Lot 50676 Fairgrounds Office Park, Gaborone, Botswana

High Commission of India, Gaborone, Botswana

+ 267-3972676

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Plot No. 5375, President’s Drive, Gaborone, Botswana
Postal Address: Pvt. Bag 249, Gaborone, Botswana

Commercial Representative

+267-3953381

Shri Satender Yadav

Opportunities

Agricultural exports

OTHER JUICES (200989)

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Beer made from malt (220300)
Fermented beverages (e.g., cider, perry, mead), n.e.s.; mixts. of fermented … (220600)
Non-alcoholic beverages other than waters of 2202.10 (not incl. fruit/veg. … (220290)

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Maize (corn), other than seed (100590)
Other wheat and meslin (100199)
Semi-milled/wholly milled rice, whether or not polished/glazed (100630)

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Milk & cream, not concentrated/sweetened, fat content by wt. >1% but not >6 … (040120)

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Food preps., n.e.s. (210690)

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Sauces & preps. therefor, n.e.s.; mixed condiments & mixed seasonings, n.e. … (210390)

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OTHER CANE SUGAR: (170114)

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Extracts and juices; of meat, fish
or crüstaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (160300)
Fish fillets, frozen, hake (Merluccius Spp, Urophycis spp.) (030474)
FISH PREPARATIONS SARDINES SRDNELLA AND BRISLNG/SPRTS WHOLE OR
N PIECES BUT NOT MINCED PRPD/PRSVD
(160413)
Fish; frozen, hake (Merluccius spp. Urophycis spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 (030366)
Fish; frozen, of Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae,
Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucclidae, Moridae, Muraenolepididae, other
than cod, haddock, coalfish, hake, Alaska pollack, blue whitings, excluding fillets, livers,
oes, other fish meat of 0304
030369)

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