Table 10: Sector-wise Distribution of Commercial Banks' Credit to the Private Sector as at end December 1999
				Figures rounded to nearest rupee
Sectors	Overdrafts	Loans1	Bills	Bills	Total
			Purchased &	Receivable
			Discounted
1.  Mauritius Sugar Syndicate	1,740,872	0	0	0	1,740,872
2.  Sugar Industry - Estates	699,217,973	1,912,582,913	9,365	0	2,611,810,251
3.  Sugar Industry - Others	250,983,639	94,340,588	26,157,419	0	371,481,645
4.  Other Agricultural Interests	201,914,016	196,607,383	1,867,456	0	400,388,855
5.  Export Enterprise Certificate Holders	3,391,160,237	1,847,160,397	151,932,051	197,879,559	5,588,132,244
6.  Development Certificate Holders	333,478,208	675,209,429	4,696,250	213,043,934	1,226,427,821
7.  Agricultural Development Certificate Holders	42,020,812	19,904,742	0	0	61,925,554
8.  Export Service Certificate Holders	105,766,340	48,576,758	12,301,904	1,377,282	168,022,284
9.  Pioneer Status Certificate Holders	67,893,129	74,682,164	0	1,859,565	144,434,858
10. Housing Development Certificate Holders	5,443,676	20,186,916	0	0	25,630,592
11. Hotel Management Certificate Holders	511,657,820	631,816,707	0	0	1,143,474,527
12. Small Scale Industries	131,963,606	104,865,553	79,767	0	236,908,926
13. Ex-Dc Industries	359,534,531	105,910,949	301,707	24,307,089	490,054,276
14. Other Industries & Manufacturers	2,227,017,358	2,278,313,147	20,876,137	205,436,365	4,731,643,007
15. Industrial Building Enterprise Cert. Holders	62,242,187	128,118,689	0	0	190,360,876
16. Strategic Local Enterprise Cert. Holders	2,716,847	0	0	0	2,716,847
17. Housing (including Rodrigues)	361,684,891	6,075,720,419	131,129,935	0	6,568,535,245
18. Hotels (other than item 11 above)	1,138,854,418	1,453,872,386	0	662,393	2,593,389,196
19. Transport	135,578,213	517,194,511	0	0	652,772,724
20. Statutory and Para-Statal Bodies	988,169,302	401,402,374	0	0	1,389,571,676
21. Building Contractors, etc.	1,201,338,708	1,618,361,083	0	0	2,819,699,791
22. Traders	4,414,870,225	3,753,734,535	143,599,644	1,229,915,103	9,542,119,507
23. Stock Brokers	108,139,122	2,931,424	0	0	111,070,546
24. Personal & Professional	2,258,951,281	4,328,694,244	203,352,441	0	6,790,997,965
25. Financial Institutions	624,433,923	234,353,283	49,775	0	858,836,981
26. Other Customers	1,447,883,018	1,121,027,638	19,141,026	36,630,137	2,624,681,818
					0
Total	21,074,654,350	27,645,568,227	715,494,877	1,911,111,426	51,346,828,880
Investment in Shares and Debentures					11,173,823,532
TOTAL CREDIT TO PRIVATE SECTOR					62,520,652,412
1 Includes Loans and Other Financing in Foreign Currencies.