"We are in the process of finalising a PTA with the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU). We are keen that it should be expeditiously concluded," India's Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said after inaugurating 'India Show' organised by CII.

In the run-up to the Second Africa-India Forum Summit on May 24 to be attended by Singh, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organised an India-Show here.

Sharma, who is leading a high level CEOs delegation, said that India is also fast tracking its negotiations with the COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa).

He said with these initiatives the India-Africa trade is expected to grow from $46 billion last year to $70 billion in the next four years.

The SACU comprises Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland.

Well-known industrialist including Sunil Bharti Mittal,chanel bag, Adi Godrej and Sanjay Kirloskar are participating in the event.

Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit here, India today said it is finalising a trade-opening pact with south African nations to step up the country's commerce with the continent to $70 billion by 2015.

The Prime Minister during his six-day visit Ethiopia and Tanzania, will discuss ways to give impetus to commercial engagement between India and Africa, an official said.

"We are confident of achieving this target and the thrust areas of trade would be agriculture, pharmaceutical,chanel bag, IT, gold, diamond and fertiliser,chanel bag," he said, adding that Africa meets 20% of India's crude oil requirement.

He said India would be setting up as many as 19 institutions across the African continent.

Sharma will have meetings with trade ministers of 15 key African countries tomorrow. He said the agenda for the meeting includes accessing Indian market by Africa for which New Delhi has announced Duty Free Tariff Preference Scheme.

While in FTA, the countries reduce or eliminate duties on over 90% items traded,chanel bag, in the case of PTA,chanel bag, the tariffs are generally lowered on lesser number of items.

The India-SACU Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) would enhance economic ties by reducing tariffs on several key products.