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Reviewing Agricultural Trade Policies

To Promote Intra-OIC Agricultural Trade

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OIC countries in African exports declined slightly during the last decade in favor of the OIC group

countries (see Table F.5 in Annex F).

Figure 3. 6 Destination of Top 5 Export Products of African Group

Source: ITC Macmap, CEPII BACI, Eurostat RAMON, UN Comtrade, UN Trade Statistics, and authors’

calculations. Note: Top 5 products are identified considering 3 year average between 2014 and 2016.

Figure 3. 7 Origin of Top 5 Import Products of African Group

Source: ITC Macmap, CEPII BACI, Eurostat RAMON, UN Comtrade, UN Trade Statistics, and authors’

calculations. Note: Top 5 products are identified considering 3 year average between 2014 and 2016.

A similar trend is observed with regards to agricultural imports to the African group. The share

of the non-OIC group has a slight decrease while the share of OIC countries increased. Figure 3.7

shows the country groups of origins for the African group countries’ top import products. The

figures reveal that the African group’s agricultural imports predominantly come from the Asian

group countries. For instance, the share of the Asian group in Africa’s imports have increased

from 5.7% in 2008 to 15.3% in 2016. The share of the African group remained 5.8%, and the

share of the Arab group had been 4.4% in 2016, respectively (see Table F.6 in Annex F).

With regards to the Asian group countries, the share of the non-OIC countries in agricultural

exports and agricultural imports showed a sharp decrease in 2011. The reason might be related

to the consequences of the global financial crisis starting from 2008 to 2011 which could have

caused the falling share of non-OIC group in Asian trade. Agricultural trade is not an exception

in this regard, and especially because the Asian group countries export large volumes of

agricultural raw materials. On the other hand, while the global economic crisis hit Asian

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