Table 10: Sector-wise Distribution of Commercial Banks' Credit to the Private Sector as at end July 1999
				Figures rounded to nearest rupee
Sectors	Overdrafts	Loans1	Bills	Bills	Total
			Purchased &	Receivable
			Discounted
1.  Mauritius Sugar Syndicate	15,075,140	636,856	0	0	15,711,996
2.  Sugar Industry - Estates	1,362,325,886	1,868,720,949	9,365	0	3,231,056,200
3.  Sugar Industry - Others	278,257,001	115,258,041	26,292,729	0	419,807,771
4.  Other Agricultural Interests	179,509,376	201,551,730	2,421,728	0	383,482,835
5.  Export Enterprise Certificate Holders	3,144,810,893	2,422,465,705	100,090,857	140,660,002	5,808,027,456
6.  Development Certificate Holders	259,053,160	715,485,460	5,634,856	120,043,557	1,100,217,033
7.  Agricultural Development Certificate Holders	36,467,951	17,920,204	0	40,802	54,428,957
8.  Export Service Certificate Holders	102,026,226	52,591,781	13,813,150	0	168,431,157
9.  Pioneer Status Certificate Holders	74,368,470	58,044,737	0	132,476	132,545,683
10. Housing Development Certificate Holders	10,563,784	23,959,004	0	0	34,522,788
11. Hotel Management Certificate Holders	334,600,547	371,740,868	0	0	706,341,415
12. Small Scale Industries	139,112,736	104,231,028	68,067	575,611	243,987,442
13. Ex-Dc Industries	378,696,006	92,262,866	0	6,472,983	477,431,855
14. Other Industries & Manufacturers	2,170,931,451	2,381,511,115	13,210,093	149,465,596	4,715,118,255
15. Industrial Building Enterprise Cert. Holders	37,207,500	142,931,124	0	0	180,138,624
16. Strategic Local Enterprise Cert. Holders	5,475,108	0	0	0	5,475,108
17. Housing (including Rodrigues)	388,262,625	5,794,230,149	164,963,916	0	6,347,456,691
18. Hotels (other than item 11 above)	1,218,288,538	591,772,378	0	0	1,810,060,917
19. Transport	126,341,436	565,311,853	20,946	0	691,674,235
20. Statutory and Para-Statal Bodies	667,817,885	320,945,760	0	0	988,763,645
21. Building Contractors, etc.	1,154,467,041	1,481,899,262	0	0	2,636,366,303
22. Traders	5,080,872,173	3,603,226,120	135,269,961	1,071,926,430	9,891,294,685
23. Stock Brokers	127,135,674	29,352,986	0	0	156,488,660
24. Personal & Professional	2,264,523,472	4,398,924,603	149,007,385	0	6,812,455,460
25. Financial Institutions	816,787,200	397,146,035	50,000	0	1,213,983,234
26. Other Customers	1,206,029,218	1,082,354,864	13,402,442	64,871,090	2,366,657,614
Total	21,579,006,498	26,834,475,482	624,255,494	1,554,188,547	50,591,926,013
Investment in Shares and Debentures					10,435,839,298
TOTAL CREDIT TO PRIVATE SECTOR					61,027,765,311
1 Includes loans and other financing in foreign currencies.