A MARKET EVALUATION:MAURITIUS AND TOGO

Thanh Tran7/17/2012

REASONS FOR NOT SETTING UP PRODUCTIONS IN TOGO AND MAURITIUS

• Workforce literacy• Transportation• Health• Communication infrastructure• Economy• Food processing in Mauritius

WORKFORCE LITERACY

Togo• School life expectancy: 10

years• Education expenditure:

4.6% GDP• Language: French

Mauritius• School life expectancy: 10

years• Education expenditure:

3.2% GDP• Language: Creole, English

( less than 1%)

TRANSPORTATION

Togo• Airports: 8• Roadways: 7,520 km• Merchant marine: 61

Mauritius• Airports: 5• Roadways: 2,066 km• Merchant marine: 4

HEALTH

Togo• HIV/AIDS: 120,000• Deaths rate: 7,700• School life: 10 years

Mauritius• HIV/AIDS: 8,800• Deaths rate: 500• School life: 14 years

COMMUNICATION

Togo• Telephone main lines:

387,700• Two state owned TV

stations, five private TV stations

Mauritius• Telephone main lines:

213,800• Government controls TV

broadcasting

FISH PROCESSING IN MAURITIUS

• Operation system• Lack of skills• Inefficient quality control system• Lack of food safety management tools

ECONOMY

Togo• GDP(purchasing power

parity): $6.324 billion• Inflation rate: 3.8%• GDP per capita: $900• Labor force: 2,595 million

Mauritius• GDP(purchasing power

parity): $19.28 billion• Inflation rate: 4.2%• GDP per capita: $1500• Labor force: 607,400

ECONOMY

Togo• Revenue budget: $794.9

million• Taxes and revenue: 22% of

GDP• Export: $0.865 billion• China cancelled Togo’s

loans

Mauritius• Revenue budget: $2.364

billion• Taxes and revenue: 22% of

GDP• Export: $2.707 billion

ECONOMY

Togo

Electricity(billion kWh)• Produce: 0.1569 • Consume: 0.6719• Import: 0.515• Export: 0

Mauritius

Electricity(billion kWh)• Produce: 2.402• Consume: 2.234• Import: 0• Export: 0.168

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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mp.html#• Mauritius Profile (2012 ,June 22). In BBC News Africa. Retrieved from

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13882233• Republic of Mauritius. (2012). In The Portal of the Republic of Mauritius. Retrieved from • http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/Mainhomepage/menuitem.29bf0f6b70af651c56691210c1408a0c/?content_id=c637d5

75d1a88010VgnVCM100000ca6a12acRCRD• Ministry of Fisheries. (2012). In Republic of Mauritius. Retrieved from • http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/fisheries/menuitem.54ad71aa92747d4e7f7a98ada0208a0c/?content_id=1d440c625fe

98110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD• Togo. (2012). In CIA World Factbook. Retrieved from

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