Table 10: Sector-wise Distribution of Commercial Banks' Credit to the Private Sector as at end August 1999
				Figures rounded to nearest rupee
Sectors	Overdrafts	Loans1	Bills	Bills	Total
			Purchased &	Receivable
			Discounted
1.  Mauritius Sugar Syndicate	365,421,493	637,182	0	0	366,058,675
2.  Sugar Industry - Estates	1,108,959,503	1,932,786,867	9,365	0	3,041,755,736
3.  Sugar Industry - Others	255,354,762	110,874,080	26,257,968	0	392,486,810
4.  Other Agricultural Interests	182,129,302	199,661,818	2,746,588	0	384,537,708
5.  Export Enterprise Certificate Holders	3,287,583,448	2,373,268,594	96,140,803	138,811,610	5,895,804,455
6.  Development Certificate Holders	325,161,969	662,094,595	4,874,422	179,005,218	1,171,136,203
7.  Agricultural Development Certificate Holders	36,373,861	17,450,992	0	0	53,824,852
8.  Export Service Certificate Holders	94,212,826	52,237,716	12,457,500	0	158,908,042
9.  Pioneer Status Certificate Holders	71,643,783	59,706,065	0	672,418	132,022,266
10. Housing Development Certificate Holders	10,887,193	21,666,094	0	0	32,553,287
11. Hotel Management Certificate Holders	256,875,912	399,652,503	0	0	656,528,415
12. Small Scale Industries	135,082,079	101,111,459	59,936	0	236,253,474
13. Ex-Dc Industries	405,536,267	89,302,690	0	7,916,700	502,755,657
14. Other Industries & Manufacturers	2,235,648,562	2,351,129,616	13,089,074	152,094,059	4,751,961,312
15. Industrial Building Enterprise Cert. Holders	37,577,979	141,871,392	0	0	179,449,371
16. Strategic Local Enterprise Cert. Holders	5,419,068	0	0	0	5,419,068
17. Housing (including Rodrigues)	330,651,975	5,854,000,637	165,790,834	0	6,350,443,446
18. Hotels (other than item 11 above)	1,237,152,739	699,603,966	0	0	1,936,756,705
19. Transport	114,309,605	569,405,747	393,504	0	684,108,856
20. Statutory and Para-Statal Bodies	718,068,062	295,443,143	0	0	1,013,511,205
21. Building Contractors, etc.	1,244,873,740	1,587,930,872	0	0	2,832,804,612
22. Traders	5,042,607,268	3,524,461,780	139,532,985	1,096,340,622	9,802,942,655
23. Stock Brokers	125,902,158	29,707,007	0	0	155,609,165
24. Personal & Professional	2,204,143,887	4,433,502,739	153,993,663	0	6,791,640,289
25. Financial Institutions	803,633,499	391,591,667	50,000	0	1,195,275,166
26. Other Customers	1,362,055,147	1,128,979,570	13,163,993	66,971,854	2,571,170,563
Total	21,997,266,086	27,028,078,791	628,560,634	1,641,812,481	51,295,717,992
Investment in Shares and Debentures					10,378,978,344
TOTAL CREDIT TO PRIVATE SECTOR					61,674,696,336
1 Includes Loans and Other Financing in Foreign Currencies.