And, with the exception of the generalised trade retreat in 2009, is the lowest annual increase in BRICS-Africa trade since 2000. Thus far in 2013, a renewed and dramatic annual rise in BRICS-Africa trade seems unlikely: in the first six months of this year BRICS-Africa trade amounted to USD172bn, up modestly from USD165bn at the same point in 2012.

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