Cote d'Ivoire

Cote d’Ivoire, since 2011, has declared India as the focus country for cooperation in the fields of ICT, Agriculture, Mining and Infrastructure

India and Cote d’Ivoire have been working together on sustainable development, climate change, and international terrorism

The value of exports to Cote d'lvoire in 2022 stod at US$ 728.6 mn

Large number of Indian companies in trading of cashew, timber, and agro-processing

India is fast becoming an important learning center for Ivorian students, particularly for ICT studies

US$ 0.05mn
is FDI equity inflows to India from April 2000 to March 2021

US$ 1,197.40 mn

Bilateral trade value in 2021-2022

1,500
Overseas Indians living in Cote D'Ivoire

Concurrent Accreditation The Mission in Cote d'Ivoire also handles India's bilateral relations with Guinea and Liberia

Cocoa beans and raw cashew nut

The world’s leading exporter of these items

4th largest exporter

of commodities in sub-Saharan Africa after South Africa, Nigeria and Angola

Industrial

gold mining, petroleum, infrastructure, agriculture and fisheries processing plants are key sectors of investment

India- Cote d’Ivoire Bilateral Relations (2023)

A Protocol on Foreign Office Consultations was signed between the two countries, on 17 March, 2010

MoU between India and Côte d’lvoire -2020

The Memorandum is to span the domains of Research& Development, Skill Development, Procurement of Generic Drugs and exchange of best practices across multiple disciplines of medicine.

India's Exports and Imports to Cote d'Ivoire

Source: Department of Commerce

Country / Region: COTE D’ IVOIRE

Dated: 23/01/2023
Values in US $ Millions

S.No.	\Year	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
1.	EXPORT	511.75	448.64	414.67	585.96	728.62
2.	%Growth		-12.33	-7.57	41.31	24.35
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	0.17	0.14	0.13	0.20	0.17
6.	IMPORT	441.70	603.05	454.88	317.51	468.78
7.	%Growth		36.53	-24.57	-30.20	47.64
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	0.09	0.12	0.10	0.08	0.08
11.	TOTAL TRADE	953.45	1,051.69	869.55	903.47	1,197.40
12.	%Growth		10.30	-17.32	3.90	32.53
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	0.12	0.12	0.11	0.13	0.12
16.	TRADE BALANCE	70.05	-154.41	-40.22	268.45	259.84
17.	India’s Trade Balance	-162,054.83	-184,000.33	-161,348.24	-102,627.40	-191,047.65

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Opportunities

Agricultural exports

Wine other than sparkling wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified; grape must with fermentation prevented/arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containters of >10 l (220429)

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Edible offal of bovine animals (excl. tongues & livers), frozen (020629)
Edible offal of swine (excl. liver), frozen (020649)

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Malt extract; oth. food preps. of flour/groats/meal/starch/malt extact [see … (190190)
Other wheat and meslin (100199)
Semi-milled/wholly milled rice, whether or not polished/glazed (100630)

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Milk in powder/granules/oth. solid form, unsweetened, fat content by wt. >1 … (040221)

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Preparations for infant use, put up for RS (190110)

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Onions & shallots, fresh/chilled (070310)

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Fish; frozen, jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 (030355)
Fish; frozen, mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 (030354)
Fish; frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 (030389)
Fish; frozen, sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), excluding fillets, livers,roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 (030353)
Fish; frozen, skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito, excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 (030343)

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Broken rice (100640)

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Minerals

Cote d’Ivoire – Production: Gem-8,925 cts

Guinea – Reserve: 30 to 40 million carats (500 million carats of probable reserve)

Production: 27.9 tons
Export: US$ 460 million

Guinea:
Reserve: 700,000 tons

guce.gouv.ci Mines, Gov of Guinea

Guinea:
Production: Iron Ore – 20 billion tons

mines.gov.gn

Production: 1.18 million tons

sikafinance.com World Mining Data

Production: 18,224,506.36 million British Thermal Units

gouv.ci

Production: 7,000 tons

guce.gouv.ci wmc.org.pl

Production:1,696,900 tons

guce.gouv.ci wmc.org.pl

Production: 0.60 tons

guce.gouv.ci World Mining Data

Priority Sectors

Here are the leading sectors of opportunities for foreign investors

Agriculture

Construction

IT and BPM

Mining

Roads and Highways

Tourism

Top Import/ Export Items

India's top import from Cote d'Ivoire

Cashew nuts in shell
Manganese ore
Gold
Wood
Scrap metals
Rubber

India's top export to Cote d'Ivoire

Cereals (rice)
Pharmaceutical products
Machinery
Vehicles
Sugar
Electrical equipment
Rubber products

Bilateral Investors

Ashok Leyland

ONGC Videsh

TATA Steel

Ranbaxy Laboratories

Oil India Ltd

Bharat Serum

Cote d'Ivoire

India- Cote d’Ivoire Bilateral Relations (2023)

MoU between India and Côte d’lvoire -2020

CEPICI (Centre de Promotion des Investissements en Côte d'Ivoire)