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Table 4. 66 Summary Findings of the Case Study Analyses
Turkey Morocco Gambia Chad Thailand Brazil
Share of
agriculture
GDP: 6.2%
Employment:
19.5%
Export: 11.0%
Import: 7.2%
GDP: 12.0%
Employment:
37.7%
Export:
20.6%
Import:
12.2%
GDP: 17.0%
Employment:
27.2%
Export: 83.1%
Import: 32.7%
GDP: 49.5%
Employment:
87.2%
Export: 3.5%
Import:
15.4%
GDP: 8.5%
Employment:
33.3%
Export: 15.5%
Import: 8.3%
GDP: 4.9%
Employment:
10.2%
Export:38.4%
Import: 7.8%
Top 5
agricultural
export
products to
the OIC
Cereals and
cereal
preparations
Vegetables
and fruit
Beverages and
tobacco
Animal and
vegetable oils,
fats and
waxes
Dairy
products and
birds’ eggs
Fish
Dairy
products and
birds’ eggs
Vegetables
and fruit
Feeding stuff
for animals
Sugars, sugar
preparations
and honey
Miscellaneous
p.
Animal and
vegetable oils,
fats and waxes
Feeding stuff
for animals
Dairy products
and birds’ eggs
Beverages and
tobacco
Oil-seeds and
oleaginous
fruits Cotton
Feeding stuff
for animals
Hides, skins
and fur skins,
raw
Live animals
Cereals and
cereal
preparations
Sugars, sugar
preparations
and honey
Crude rubber
Fish
Vegetables
and fruit
Sugars, sugar
preparations
and honey
Meat and
meat
preparations
Cereals and
cereal
preparations
Feeding stuff
for animals
Oil-seeds and
oleaginous
fruits
Average
share of non-
OIC countries
in exports of
top 5
agricultural
products
(2008-2016)
63% 93% 62% 84% 78% 75%
Top 5
agricultural
import
products
from the OIC
Animal and
vegetable oils,
fats and
waxes
Cotton
Coffee, tea,
cocoa, spices,
and
manufactures
thereof
Oil-seeds and
oleaginous
fruits
Vegetables
and fruit
Vegetables
and fruit
Animal and
vegetable
oils, fats and
waxes
Coffee, tea,
cocoa, spices
Feeding stuff
for animals
Beverages
and tobacco
Animal and
vegetable oils,
fats and waxes
Miscellaneous
p.
Cereals and
cereal
preparations
Dairy
Coffee, tea,
cocoa, spices
Beverages,
Tobacco
Cereals and
cereal
preparations
Miscellaneous
p.
Vegetables,
fruit
Sugars, sugar
preparations
and honey
Fish
Miscellaneous
p.
Animal and
vegetable oils,
fats and waxes
Coffee, tea,
cocoa, spices
Cereals and
cereal
preparations
Animal and
vegetable oils,
fats and
waxes
Crude rubber
Vegetables
and fruit
Coffee, tea,
cocoa, spices
Fish
Average
share of non-
OIC countries
in imports of
top 5
agricultural
products
(2008-2016)
83% 89% 45% 56% 89% 98%
Top 5 OIC
destinations
Iraq
Syria
S. Arabia
Iran
Sudan
Turkey
Lebanon
Cote d’Ivoire
Mauritania
Syria
Guinea-Bissau
Senegal
Mali
Tunisia
Mauritania
Turkey
Indonesia
Nigeria
Bahrein
Egypt
Malaysia
Indonesia
Benin
Nigeria
S. Arabia
S. Arabia
Iran
Egypt
UAE
Indonesia