author thomas ramseyer
Neo-Colonial Emerging Nations meet in South Africa to divide SubSaharaAfrica amongst them
In Durban, SouthAfrica, we are witnessing what happened already some 130 years ago in Berlin.
Then the colonial power countries Great Britain, France, Portugal, Germany divided Africa amongst them.
Now the BRICS-states do the same again. The ne subimperialistic powerplayers China, India, Russia and Brasil have exactly the same exploitatory interest in the resource-rich continent as the colonialists of the past.
According to Patrik Bond (SA) China's president Xi Jinping would have been a perfect match with Cecile Rhodes.
Nigeria's Lamido Sanusi to warn SubSaharaAfrica countries
Lamido Sanusi, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, demands the SubSharaAfrican countries to put off their rose-colored glasses and see the truth. He said: "The interest of the BRICS-countries is to exploit the African continent in the same way as the colonial countries of the past used to do."
Natural resources in exchange of goods manufactured abroadIt is their interest to get hold of the rich resources on the soil of SubSaharaAfrica. Also they want to rent arable land for food production on a very longterm basis.
In return they want to dump their substandard products to those countries. To keep SSA dependent on them it is their strategy to prevent SSA from developping their domestic economies.
The emerging countries do not want industrialization in SubSaharaAfrican Countries to happen.
copyright thomas ramseyer
Facts
Source CIA The World Factbook
Nigeria
Export
$97.46 billion (2012 est.)
Commodities
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubbe
Partners
US 29.1%, India 11.6%, Brazil 7.8%, Spain 7.1%, France 5%, Netherlands 4.3% (2011)
Imports
$70.58 billion (2012 est.)
Commodities
machinery, chemicals, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals
Partners
China 17.3%, US 9.1%, India 5%, Netherlands 4.9%, South Korea 4.7% (2011)
Brazil
Export
$256 billion (2012 est.)
Commodities
transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos
Partners
China 17%, US 10.8%, Argentina 7.5% (2012)
Imports
$238.8 billion (2012 est.)
Commodities
machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil, automotive parts, electronics
Partners
US 15.1%, China 14.5%, Argentina 7.5%, Germany 6.7%, South Korea 4.5% (2011)
Russia
Export
$542.5 billion (2012 est.)
Commodities
petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, metals, wood and wood products, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures
Partners
Netherlands 12.2%, China 6.4%, Italy 5.6%, Germany 4.6%, Poland 4.2% (2011)
Imports
$358.1 billion (2012 est.)
Commodities
machinery, vehicles, pharmaceutical products, plastic, semi-finished metal products, meat, fruits and nuts, optical and medical instruments, iron, steel
Partners
China 15.5%, Germany 10%, Ukraine 6.6%, Italy 4.3% (2011)
India
Exports
$309.1 billion (2012 est.)
Commodities
petroleum products, precious stones, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, vehicles, apparel
Partners
UAE 12.7%, US 10.8%, China 6.2%, Singapore 5.3%, Hong Kong 4.1% (2011)
Imports
$500.3 billion (2012 est.)
Commodities
crude oil, precious stones, machinery, fertilizer, iron and steel, chemicals
Partners
China 11.9%, UAE 7.7%, Switzerland 6.8%, Saudi Arabia 6.1%, US 4.9% (2011)
China
Exports
$2.021 trillion (2012 est.)
Commodities
electrical and other machinery, including data processing equipment, apparel, textiles, iron and steel, optical and medical equipment
Partners
US 17.1%, Hong Kong 14.1%, Japan 7.8%, South Korea 4.4%, Germany 4% (2011)
Imports
$1.78 trillion (2012 est.)
Commodities
electrical and other machinery, oil and mineral fuels, optical and medical equipment, metal ores, plastics, organic chemicals
Partners
Japan 11.2%, South Korea 9.3%, US 6.8%, Germany 5.3%, Australia 4.6% (2011
South Africa
Exports
$101.2 billion (2012 est.)
Commodities
gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment
Partners
China 12.7%, US 8.6%, Japan 7.9%, Germany 6%, UK 4.1% (2011)
Imports
$106.8 billion (2012 est.)
Commodities
machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs
Partners
China 14.3%, Germany 10.7%, US 8%, Japan 4.7%, Saudi Arabia 4.5%, India 4%, UK 4% (2011)
