Table 10: Sector-wise Distribution of Commercial Banks' Credit to the Private Sector as at end December 2000

				Figures rounded to nearest rupee
Sectors	Overdrafts	Loans¹	Bills	Bills	Bills	Total
			Purchased &	Receivable	Discounted
			Discounted		Contra

1. Mauritius Sugar Syndicate	892,762,327	0	0	0	0	892,762,327
2. Sugar Industry - Estates	1,368,777,339	1,939,498,129	13,384,365	0	0	3,321,659,833
3. Sugar Industry - Others	234,808,276	86,113,295	136,219	0	0	321,057,791
4. Other Agricultural Interests	270,310,558	226,336,794	9,672,798	159,204	0	506,479,355
5. Export Enterprise Certificate Holders	3,751,359,220	2,035,959,231	183,421,787	321,155,033	0	6,291,895,271
6. Development Certificate Holders	436,345,280	1,324,685,300	2,821,964	84,944,945	0	1,848,797,489
7. Agricultural Development Certificate Holders	2,551,999	4,360,909	0	2,469,291	0	9,382,199
8. Export Service Certificate Holders	114,721,327	51,188,052	0	198,382	0	166,107,760
9. Pioneer Status Certificate Holders	82,101,173	84,262,690	9,036,510	13,169,102	0	188,569,475
10. Housing Development Certificate Holders	6,458,348	17,269,429	0	0	0	23,727,778
11. Hotel Management Certificate Holders	584,084,412	1,068,951,949	0	0	0	1,653,036,361
12. Small Scale Industries	119,871,871	81,620,346	428,629	7,951,486	0	209,872,332
13. Ex-Dc Industries	258,211,046	104,947,994	100,000	10,861,026	0	374,120,067
14. Other Industries & Manufacturers	2,522,782,767	2,485,500,188	15,424,413	190,533,845	0	5,214,241,213
15. Industrial Building Enterprise Cert. Holders	62,273,788	201,400,228	0	0	0	263,674,016
16. Strategic Local Enterprise Cert. Holders	0	0	0	0	0	0
17. Housing (including Rodrigues)	283,388,942	6,467,528,198	40,482,702	0	0	6,791,399,842
18. Hotels (other than item 11 above)	712,490,716	2,523,609,344	600,000	0	0	3,236,700,059
19. Transport	167,008,759	496,514,861	0	0	0	663,523,620
20. Statutory and Para-Statal Bodies	1,266,077,406	810,616,594	0	0	0	2,076,693,999
21. Building Contractors, etc.	1,158,451,968	1,698,748,213	24,257,288	238,268	0	2,881,695,738
22. Traders	4,773,074,005	3,393,750,129	119,346,486	997,537,339	0	9,283,707,959
23. Stock Brokers	8,792,712	299,795,396	0	0	0	308,588,107
24. Personal & Professional	2,534,107,216	4,291,880,799	356,003,605	19,765,532	0	7,201,757,152
25. Financial Institutions	1,257,364,422	577,628,481	7,066,970	885,853	0	1,842,945,726
26. Other Customers	1,614,234,372	1,386,881,950	33,394,717	66,443,860	0	3,100,954,900

Total	24,482,410,249	31,659,048,499	815,578,454	1,716,313,165	0	58,673,350,367
Investment in Shares and Debentures						11,896,408,564
TOTAL CREDIT TO PRIVATE SECTOR						70,569,758,931
¹ Includes Loans and Other Financing in Foreign Currencies.