This article covers trade and economic links between India and Côte d'Ivoire: the country's economic position as the brief describes it, the sectors of cooperation, the goods traded, bilateral trade figures by financial year, the leading items traded from April 2025 to January 2026, and Indian credit. It is based on the MEA bilateral brief of April 2026, and figures are as given in that brief.

Economic position

According to the MEA brief of April 2026, Côte d'Ivoire is the 9th biggest economy of Africa. The brief describes it as a key economic powerhouse in Francophone West Africa, with rich mineral resources and a deep-rooted agricultural heritage. It is the largest economy within the eight-member West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), contributing 40% of the Union's total GDP.

Priority sectors

Since 2014, Côte d'Ivoire has designated India as its focal partner in ICT, agriculture, health, mining and infrastructure. The brief presents this designation as underscoring the importance of bilateral cooperation.

What is traded

The brief describes India and Côte d'Ivoire as having strong trade ties. India imports cashew, natural rubber, cotton and teak wood from Côte d'Ivoire, and exports rice, vehicle parts, medicines and jute bags. The lists of leading items further down give values for the main categories in the most recent period the brief covers.

Trade figures

The brief gives the following figures in US$ million. Each line shows exports, imports and total trade. The table itself does not state whose exports and imports the columns refer to; the item lists that follow are labelled by the brief as exports from India and imports to India.

  • 2020-21: exports 585.96, imports 317.51, total 903.47
  • 2021-22: exports 728.62, imports 468.78, total 1,197.40
  • 2022-23: exports 887.79, imports 665.18, total 1,552.97
  • 2023-24: exports 685.60, imports 384.94, total 1,070.54
  • 2024-25: exports 989.52, imports 554.55, total 1544.07
  • April 2025 to January 2026: exports 731.81, imports 569.43, total 1391.24

Leading items, April 2025 to January 2026

Top imports from Côte d'Ivoire to India:

  • Rubber and articles: $ 254.03M
  • Fruits and nuts: $243.97M
  • Cotton: $31.66M
  • Wood and articles: $20.14M
  • Copper and articles: $8.47M

Top exports from India to Côte d'Ivoire, in the order the brief lists them, with rice first:

  • Rice: $269.54M
  • Vehicles: $95.80M
  • Machinery: $55.84M
  • Drugs formulations, biologicals: $47.53M
  • Plastic and articles: $23.18M

Indian credit

India has extended loans worth US$ 422 million to Côte d'Ivoire. According to the brief, these have been provided through direct Lines of Credit (LOC), Buyer's Credit under the National Export Insurance Account (NEIA), and projects funded via the ECOWAS Bank of Investment and Development (EBID).