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  The Botswana government is likely to put more emphasis on reducing imports in order to restrict its imports. Botswana has restricted its fresh fruits and vegetables from South Africa till 2025. This decision is taken in the wake of reforming its agricultural sectoz  1`r and forbidding the reliance on imports.  This might impact Botswana's trade relations with South Africa. South Africa is a significant supplier of fresh produce to Botswana. This will create heavy loss to South African farmers. According to the Botswana import data , the fresh fruits imports from South Africa were estimated to be around $35 million during last fiscal year.  Apples, bananas, mangosteens, oranges, pears,  plantain curry, dragon fruit, and peaches are the most imported fruits by Botswana from South Africa. Choppies Distribution was the top fresh fruit import company from Botswana accounting for 25% of the country's overall fresh fruits imports.  Sefalana fresh produce, Woolwo...

  Botswana's economy relies mostly on diamonds and metals exports. Botswana export data shows that diamonds cover over 88% of the country's overall exports whereas the rest of the exports were mostly from metals and dairy products. Botswana’s exports found ground in the Asian market as it was responsible for 60% of Botswana's overall exports. Among Asian countries, the UAE and India were among the top  destinations for Botswana’s exports. Botswana import export data reflects that the UAE was responsible for over 30% and India was 12% share. Diamonds were the major imports made by the UAE from Botswana accounting for over 90% share and the rest were scrap waste, precious stones, metals, nuclear reactors, meat products. De Beers Global, Okavango Diamond and Diacore Botswana were the top export companies from Botswana to the United Arab Emirates. During November, the maximum amount of shipments were recorded. On the other hand, India’s imports from Botswana crossed over $1.2...