Mozambique is a southern African nation whose long Indian Ocean coastline is dotted with popular beaches like Tofo, as well as offshore marine parks.
Maputo is the capital of East Africa’s Mozambique, it is an Indian Ocean port with preserved Portuguese colonial architecture. The currency is Metical and the official language spoken is Portuguese.
India and Mozambique enjoy close, friendly relations built upon traditional links dating back to the pre-colonial period. Traders and merchants from the Indian subcontinent came to Mozambique centuries back, even before Vasco da Gama set sail for Africa and India. These traditional links have grown from strength to strength over the years as a result of which India and Mozambique today find a lot of common ground to cooperate with each other for their mutual benefit.
Chamber of Commerce / Industrial Associations
Mosambique Chamber of Commerce, Maputo
ACIS – Association of Commerce, Industry, Services, Maputo
CTA – The Confederation of Business Association, Maputo
According to DGCIS Kolkata figures, bilateral trade between India and Mozambique during 2014-15 was US$ US$2396.58 million with Indian exports at US$2070.84 million registering an increase of 64.72% and Indian imports at US$325.74 million registering an increase of 11.19% over 2013-14.