Table 10: Sector-wise Distribution of Commercial Banks' Credit to the Private Sector as at end November 1999
				Figures rounded to nearest rupee
Sectors	Overdrafts	Loans1	Bills	Bills	Total
			Purchased &	Receivable
			Discounted
1.  Mauritius Sugar Syndicate	278,027,552	0	0	0	278,027,552
2.  Sugar Industry - Estates	803,848,475	1,884,211,361	9,365	0	2,688,069,201
3.  Sugar Industry - Others	269,039,190	100,877,566	26,229,974	0	396,146,730
4.  Other Agricultural Interests	209,568,093	201,350,584	2,224,179	0	413,142,856
5.  Export Enterprise Certificate Holders	3,135,900,009	2,390,332,030	117,451,720	148,499,290	5,792,183,049
6.  Development Certificate Holders	315,503,775	748,729,640	4,696,250	197,956,777	1,266,886,442
7.  Agricultural Development Certificate Holders	40,543,532	20,241,740	0	0	60,785,272
8.  Export Service Certificate Holders	92,425,415	44,872,402	12,073,350	0	149,371,167
9.  Pioneer Status Certificate Holders	71,347,592	76,306,792	0	1,181,450	148,835,834
10. Housing Development Certificate Holders	8,040,196	19,920,619	0	0	27,960,814
11. Hotel Management Certificate Holders	400,077,283	633,446,826	0	0	1,033,524,109
12. Small Scale Industries	135,526,112	106,904,336	0	0	242,430,448
13. Ex-Dc Industries	430,606,588	94,486,468	390,000	25,280,634	550,763,690
14. Other Industries & Manufacturers	2,322,089,510	2,331,228,472	13,516,228	190,955,377	4,857,789,587
15. Industrial Building Enterprise Cert. Holders	58,396,629	130,229,275	0	0	188,625,904
16. Strategic Local Enterprise Cert. Holders	3,903,366	0	0	0	3,903,366
17. Housing (including Rodrigues)	305,536,808	5,900,654,551	142,163,810	0	6,348,355,169
18. Hotels (other than item 11 above)	984,244,348	1,253,612,955	0	0	2,237,857,304
19. Transport	119,362,394	571,408,341	0	0	690,770,734
20. Statutory and Para-Statal Bodies	847,970,324	366,468,263	0	0	1,214,438,587
21. Building Contractors, etc.	1,202,464,825	1,651,078,356	0	0	2,853,543,182
22. Traders	4,685,710,313	3,848,339,515	137,987,335	1,149,397,259	9,821,434,422
23. Stock Brokers	117,239,052	2,888,129	0	0	120,127,181
24. Personal & Professional	2,274,212,342	4,412,993,349	193,247,213	784,245	6,881,237,149
25. Financial Institutions	767,831,362	196,441,109	49,775	0	964,322,246
26. Other Customers	1,315,175,544	1,203,195,543	13,007,923	35,535,619	2,566,914,630
Total	21,194,590,629	28,190,218,227	663,047,122	1,749,590,652	51,797,446,630
Investment in Shares and Debentures					11,004,264,027
TOTAL CREDIT TO PRIVATE SECTOR					62,801,710,657
1 Includes Loans and Other Financing in Foreign Currencies.