2.2	IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY GROUP
	for the periods indicated
	volume in 000 metric tons; unit price in U.S.$/mt; f.o.b. value in million U.S. dollars
																																																									1999								Growth Rates (%)
		Jan-99			Feb-99			Mar-99			Apr-99			May-99			Jun-99			Jul-99			Aug-99			Sep-99			Oct-99			Nov-99			Dec-99			Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Q3			Q4				January - December				1998				1999			1998
C o m m o d i t i e s		Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.		Vol.	Price	Val.		Vol.	Price	Val.		Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.
	Capital Goods			560			511			588			583			517			555			623			582			598			626			512			550			1659			1655			0			0			1803			1688				6805				12051				-43.5			-13.6
	Power Generating & Specialized Machines			227			192			217			230			190			185			217			201			177			197			183			179			636			605			0			0			595			559				2395				2568				-6.7			-32.5
	Office & EDP Machines			119			105			122			129			117			150			118			131			127			144			97			123			346			396			0			0			376			364				1482				1582				-6.3			11.2
	Telecommunication Eqpt. & Elect. Mach.			141			122			153			150			120			144			206			151			188			185			150			161			416			414			0			0			545			496				1871				6870				-72.8			6.8
	Land Transport Eqpt. excl. Passenger Cars
	& Motorized Cycle			24			57			51			41			43			44			44			44			53			67			48			46			132			128			0			0			141			161				562				445				26.3			-44.7
	Aircraft, Ships & Boats			20			1			10			8			4			1			3			24			22			2			1			5			31			13			0			0			49			8				101				196				-48.5			-80.8
	Prof. Sci. & Cont. Inst.; Photo-			29			34			35			25			43			31			35			31			31			31			33			36			98			99			0			0			97			100				394				390				1.0			-16.8
	graphic Eqpt. & Optical Goods
	Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods			2247			2166			2378			2334			2355			2469			2465			2437			2330			2316			2217			2410			6791			7158			0			0			7232			6943				28124				11585				142.8			-20.8
	Unprocessed Raw Materials			91			62			154			127			156			144			152			141			129			116			112			134			307			427			0			0			422			362				1518				1169				29.9			-28.9
	Wheat	106	170	18	72	167	12	211	147	31	194	185	36	191	193	37	197	193	38	148	190	28	243	189	46	205	190	39	161	156	25	95	179	17	201	179	36	389	157	61	582	191	111	540	0	0	320	0	0	595	190	113	457	171	78		2023	179	363		1406	177	249		43.9	1.1	45.8	-41.4	0.6	-41.1
	Corn	1	0	0	1	1410	1	1	928	1	1	0	0	. .	0	0	58	274	16	33	120	4	. .	2222	1	. .	0	0	19	258	5	1	1602	1	34	209	7	2	844	2	60	268	16	114	0	0	11	0	0	34	148	5	54	243	13		149	241	36		462	169	78		-67.7	42.6	-53.8	52.5	-5.6	44.4
	Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0				0				1				0.0			0.0
	Crude materials, inedible			63			42			111			77			111			85			113			88			85			81			76			83			216			273			0			0			286			240				1015				767				32.3			-26.5
	Pulp & waste paper			4			4			6			10			7			7			7			8			6			7			7			6			14			24			0			0			21			20				79				67				17.9			-10.7
	Cotton	5	1316	6	2	1738	3	4	1373	5	5	1302	7	5	1216	6	7	1128	8	6	1249	8	6	1195	7	5	1251	6	3	1057	3	4	1274	5	5	1034	5	10	1411	14	17	1207	21	10	0	0	13	0	0	17	1231	21	12	1121	13		56	1232	69		42	1453	60		33.3	-15.2	15.0	-38.2	-7.7	-43.9
	Syn. fibers	5	1288	7	4	1169	5	7	949	7	6	1179	7	6	1186	7	7	1088	8	7	1096	8	5	1297	7	6	1143	7	7	1073	8	6	1283	8	5	1550	8	17	1112	19	19	1146	22	19	0	0	15	0	0	19	1169	22	19	1273	24		74	1177	87		68	1213	82		8.8	-3.0	6.1	-2.9	-22.3	-25.5
	Metalliferous ores			20			4			33			21			38			31			27			33			37			31			15			38			57			90			0			0			97			84				328				230				42.6			-34.3
	Others			26			26			60			32			53			31			63			33			29			32			41			26			112			116			0			0			125			99				452				327				38.2			-18.9
	Tobacco, unmanufactured			10			7			11			14			8			5			7			6			5			5			18			8			28			27			0			0			18			31				104				74				40.5			-38.8
	Semi-Processed Raw Materials			2156			2104			2224			2207			2199			2325			2313			2296			2201			2200			2105			2276			6484			6731			0			0			6810			6581				26606				10416				155.4			-19.8
	Feeding stuffs for animals	69	246	17	84	226	19	120	166	20	18	452	8	72	196	14	82	196	16	81	185	15	91	221	20	54	279	15	85	270	23	84	203	17	85	212	18	274	205	56	171	222	38	274	0	0	287	0	0	226	222	50	254	228	58		924	219	202		1200	236	283		-23.0	-7.2	-28.6	15.3	-20.8	-9.0
	Animal & vegetable oils & fats			4			6			6			9			15			13			11			9			6			7			10			5			16			37			0			0			26			22				101				59				71.2			3.5
	Chemical			173			175			208			199			216			227			223			216			218			226			217			209			556			642			0			0			657			652				2507				2206				13.6			-21.0
	Chemical compounds			48			48			54			51			53			56			60			52			53			59			52			58			150			160			0			0			165			169				644				559				15.2			-18.3
	Medicinal & pharmaceutical chemicals			21			27			30			26			35			32			31			34			34			28			32			34			78			93			0			0			99			94				364				311				17.0			-6.0
	Urea	75	121	9	78	90	7	33	119	4	57	123	7	94	117	11	95	126	12	67	105	7	16	127	2	44	113	5	64	94	6	30	134	4	29	68	2	186	108	20	247	122	30	228	0	0	109	0	0	127	111	14	123	98	12		682	111	76		595	114	68		14.6	-2.6	11.8	-5.0	-20.3	-23.6
	Fertilizer excl. urea	99	121	12	52	116	6	70	129	9	54	149	8	28	145	4	38	133	5	35	144	5	64	140	9	44	114	5	51	155	8	38	132	5	54	93	5	221	122	27	119	143	17	170	0	0	278	0	0	143	133	19	143	126	18		625	130	81		720	131	94		-13.2	-0.8	-13.8	-6.6	-19.1	-24.8
	Artificial resins			41			37			52			49			51			54			54			51			54			58			56			49			130			154			0			0			159			163				606				568				6.7			-34.5
	Others			42			50			59			58			62			68			66			68			67			67			68			61			151			188			0			0			201			196				736				606				21.5			-12.8
	Manufactured goods			200			204			260			295			322			290			311			251			269			287			255			231			664			907			0			0			831			773				3175				2807				13.1			-29.5
	Paper & paper products	39	595	23	31	544	17	47	557	26	50	518	26	49	591	29	45	620	28	68	560	38	44	632	28	41	627	26	48	642	31	39	698	27	31	717	22	117	566	66	144	575	83	98	0	0	103	0	0	154	599	92	118	680	80		532	603	321		418	637	266		27.3	-5.3	20.7	-15.0	-7.0	-21.1
	Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles			52			56			78			84			90			85			73			68			66			66			66			61			186			259			0			0			207			193				845				789				7.1			-14.1
	Non-metallic mineral mftures.			13			13			15			16			15			11			14			13			15			15			14			10			41			42			0			0			42			39				164				144				13.9			-49.3
	Iron & steel	166	296	49	239	251	60	252	266	67	338	272	92	468	244	114	290	290	84	416	238	99	187	332	62	223	381	85	276	337	93	162	438	71	168	422	71	657	268	176	1095	265	290	679	0	0	311	0	0	826	298	246	606	388	235		3184	297	947		2194	348	764		45.1	-14.7	24.0	-40.1	1.2	-39.4
	Non-ferrous metals			26			22			28			29			28			31			33			30			32			37			35			31			76			88			0			0			95			103				362				284				27.5			-24.1
	Metal products			22			19			24			29			27			27			32			29			27			24			23			19			65			83			0			0			88			66				302				371				-18.6			-27.3
	Others			15			17			22			19			19			24			22			21			18			21			19			17			54			62			0			0			61			57				234				189				23.8			-36.4
	Embroideries			95			97			99			79			124			127			133			149			124			92			97			131			291			330			0			0			406			320				1347				346				289.3			-3.1
	Mat/Acc  for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.			1657			1602			1619			1617			1508			1648			1613			1651			1567			1553			1502			1680			4878			4773			0			0			4831			4735				19217				4634				314.7			-14.4
	Iron ore, not agglomerated	379	26	10	55	18	1	421	29	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	146	27	4	271	26	7	0	0	0	91	22	2	457	26	12	264	27	7	65	31	2	854	27	23	146	27	4	763	0	0	802	0	0	362	25	9	787	27	21		2149	27	57		3066	26	81		-29.9	3.8	-29.6	-23.3	30.0	1.3
	Mineral Fuels & Lubricant			136			123			171			167			193			169			271			219			210			233			208			332			430			529			0			0			700			773				2432				2020				20.4			-34.3
	Coal, Coke	453	24	11	255	20	5	318	22	7	366	25	9	314	22	7	287	28	8	278	29	8	273	22	6	654	24	16	129	23	3	344	20	7	299	30	9	1026	22	23	967	25	24	855	0	0	982	0	0	1205	25	30	773	25	19		3970	24	96		3969	28	110		0.0	-14.3	-12.7	4.6	-3.4	0.9
	Petroleum Crude  1/	10.04	10.26	103	9.73	10.28	100	11.90	11.09	132	10.29	13.70	141	10.12	15.42	156	8.16	15.69	128	13.91	17.04	237	8.98	18.92	170	10.48	15.36	161	9.24	21.98	203	7.61	22.59	172	12.05	24.48	295	31.66	10.58	335	28.57	14.88	425	27.88	0.00	0	26.78	0.00	0	33.38	17.02	568	28.90	23.19	670		122.50	16.31	1998		115.51	12.40	1433		6.1	31.5	39.4	-10.2	-35.1	-41.7
	Others  1/	0.97	22.64	22	0.90	20.00	18	1.46	21.92	32	0.67	25.31	17	1.53	19.60	30	1.90	17.33	33	0.72	35.93	26	1.69	25.51	43	1.03	32.13	33	0.81	33.43	27	0.97	29.83	29	0.77	36.43	28	3.33	21.61	72	4.11	19.48	80	8.17	0.00	0	3.95	0.00	0	3.44	29.68	102	2.55	32.96	84		13.42	25.18	338		27.16	17.56	477		-50.6	43.4	-29.1	48.7	-36.6	-5.7
	Consumer Goods			216			217			226			219			231			245			232			214			210			224			220			193			659			695			0			0			656			637				2647				2624				0.9			-15.1
	Durable			60			70			76			88			97			102			112			94			101			106			105			81			206			287			0			0			307			292				1092				901				21.2			-40.5
	Passenger cars & motorized cycle			15			21			21			25			21			30			35			25			28			36			28			20			57			76			0			0			88			84				305				235				29.8			-63.4
	Home appliances			7			8			8			13			10			12			13			12			14			13			14			13			23			35			0			0			39			40				137				89				53.9			-37.3
	Misc. manufactures			38			41			47			50			66			60			64			57			59			57			63			48			126			176			0			0			180			168				650				577				12.7			-21.0
	Non-Durable			156			147			150			131			134			143			120			120			109			118			115			112			453			408			0			0			349			345				1555				1722				-9.7			9.2
	Food & live animals chiefly for food			147			142			140			120			123			130			113			110			101			107			101			101			429			373			0			0			324			309				1435				1603				-10.5			11.6
	Dairy products	17	1428	24	14	1392	19	21	1388	29	19	1314	25	21	1350	29	17	1333	22	19	1417	27	19	1302	25	21	1358	28	23	1281	30	20	1338	27	20	1308	26	51	1402	72	57	1333	76	59	0	0	62	0	0	59	1359	80	63	1307	83		231	1348	311		207	1448	300		11.6	-6.9	3.7	-16.9	-11.0	-26.1
	Fish & fish preparation	13	388	5	21	430	9	17	464	8	20	451	9	10	387	4	18	394	7	11	368	4	17	471	8	7	439	3	20	444	9	13	378	5	10	386	4	51	431	22	48	416	20	34	0	0	31	0	0	35	432	15	44	411	18		178	422	75		121	471	57		47.1	-10.4	31.6	-29.7	15.4	-18.6
	Rice	242	260	63	189	260	49	129	263	34	91	263	24	103	262	27	49	266	13	6	179	1	11	273	3	6	312	2	4	244	1	2	489	1	2	413	1	560	261	146	243	263	64	569	0	0	378	0	0	23	261	6	9	350	3		834	262	219		2171	270	586		-61.6	-3.0	-62.6	200.7	-7.8	177.7
	Fruits & vegetables			10			12			13			10			13			12			12			10			11			12			11			15			35			35			0			0			33			38				141				108				30.6			-21.2
	Others			45			53			56			52			50			76			69			64			57			55			57			55			154			178			0			0			190			167				689				552				24.8			-10.0
	Beverages & tobacco mfture.			5			2			5			8			7			8			3			6			4			6			9			7			12			23			0			0			13			22				70				64				9.4			-14.7
	Articles of apparel, access.			4			3			5			3			4			5			4			4			4			5			5			4			12			12			0			0			12			14				50				55				-9.1			-15.4
	Special Transactions			96			105			153			132			117			117			93			117			91			72			56			65			354			366			0			0			301			193				1214				1246				-2.6			4.9
	Articles temporarily imported & exported			68			77			126			99			93			97			69			91			64			42			30			41			271			289			0			0			224			113				897				879				2.0			1.0
	Others			28			28			27			33			24			20			24			26			27			30			26			24			83			77			0			0			77			80				317				367				-13.6			15.4
	TOTAL IMPORTS 2/
	Trade Statistics			3260			3125			3517			3435			3415			3555			3686			3570			3440			3473			3216			3552			9902			10405			0			0			10696			10241				41244				29525				39.7			-17.5
	Add: Electronics Adjustment			791			791			791			791			791			791			791			791			791			790			790			790			2373			2373									2373			2370			41222	9489			29526	0				#DIV/0!			#DIV/0!
	Add: Garments Adjustment			69			77			70			45			91			93			103			118			94			70			74			109			216			229									315			253				1013				0				#DIV/0!			#DIV/0!
	Valuation Adjustments 2/			860			868			861			836			882			884			894			909			885			860			864			899			2589			2602									2688			2623				10502				0				#DIV/0!			#DIV/0!
	Conceptual and Coverage Adjustments			-62			-163			-124			-94			-99			-89			-68			-108			-69			-42			-56			-50			-349			-282			363			326			-245			-148				-1024				1442				-171.0			6.0
	TOTAL IMPORTS, BPM5			3198			2962			3393			3341			3316			3466			3618			3462			3371			3431			3160			3502			9553			10123			-363			-326			10451			10093				40220				30967				29.9			-16.7
	Memo Items:
	Goods for processing (on consignment)			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!				1431				5784				-75.3			-11.7
	Raw Materials and Intermediate Goods			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			5192			5107			0			0			5246			5076				1404				5750				-75.6			-11.9
	Embroideries			95			97			99			79			124			127			133			149			124			92			97			131			291			330			0			0			406			320				1347				346				289.3			-3.1
	Mat/Acc for the mfture of electrical equipment																																							4878			4773			0			0			4831			4735				0				5323				-100.0			-12.6
	Iron ore, not agglomerated			10			1			12			0			0			4			7			0			2			12			7			2			23			4			0			0			9			21				57				81				-29.6			1.3
	Special Transactions			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!				25				34				-26.5			70.0
	Non- monetary gold			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			4			3			#VALUE!			#VALUE!				0				12				-100.0			200.0
	Held as store of value																																							#VALUE!			#VALUE!			0			0			#VALUE!			#VALUE!				0				0				0.0			0.0
	Other industrial gold																																							#VALUE!			#VALUE!			4			3			#VALUE!			#VALUE!				0				12				-100.0			200.0
	Repairs on goods																																							#VALUE!			#VALUE!			22			19			#VALUE!			#VALUE!				0				74				-100.0			32.1
a/  Data for January-August reflect adjustments, while October -November is still based on the "old series", that is, without adjusting for the understatements.
1/   Volume in million barrels; unit price in U.S.$/barrel
	- -  Less than one million US dollars
	. .  Less than one thousand metric tons
	*   include raw materials for embroideries, mfture of electrical machinery and equipment, and iron ore agglomerated
	**  include part of imports of metalliferous ores and part of special transactions
	Data for January-August reflect adjustments on imports statistics, while October -November is still in "old series" figures.
2/  Include valuation adjustments to NSO data.
Note: Valuation adjustments include:
a.)  adjustments to NSO's raw material imports for electronics exports' for the 1999 - 2001 series and 2005 preliminary estimates
b.)  Adjustments to NSO's raw material imports for garments fo the 1999 - 2005 series.
Components may not add up to total due to rounding