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
																																						January - December
		Jan-00			Feb-00			Mar-00			Apr-00			May-00			Jun-00			Jul-00			Aug-00			Sep-00			Oct-00			Nov-00			Dec-00			2000
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		Vol.	Price	Val.
	Capital Goods			611			556			616			582			606			625			675			763			725			718			623						7717
	Power Generating & Specialized Machines			196			196			209			212			171			200			195			248			248			200			223						2472
	Office & EDP Machines			109			107			109			91			102			120			138			154			155			189			121						1535
	Telecommunication Eqpt. & Elect. Mach.			169			168			210			172			245			218			246			241			225			233			179						2527
	Land Transport Eqpt. excl. Passenger Cars
	& Motorized Cycle			44			41			54			69			53			57			57			59			59			58			65						663
	Aircraft, Ships & Boats			66			6			1			2			2			5			1			30			3			1			1						119
	Prof. Sci. & Cont. Inst.; Photo-			27			38			33			36			33			25			38			31			35			37			34						401
	graphic Eqpt. & Optical Goods
	Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods			2549			2494			2405			2332			2249			2332			2317			2322			2617			2622			2392						28959
	Unprocessed Raw Materials			114			87			137			109			95			114			130			111			108			133			110						1331
	Wheat	216	171	37	209	143	30	198	116	23	301	126	38	159	126	20	297	125	37	288	125	36	191	141	27	234	132	31	184	136	25	159	126	20	214	131		2649	133	352
	Corn	37	108	4	68	118	8	116	104	12	64	186	12	36	111	4	55	128	7	26	116	3	1	1222	1	1	1168	1	8	126	1	32	93	3	4	280		446	128	57
	Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0						2
	Crude materials, inedible			65			47			95			55			60			60			81			76			69			97			78						820
	Pulp & waste paper			8			6			8			9			9			9			8			6			7			10			8						94
	Cotton	3	937	3	3	1029	3	6	885	5	4	930	4	4	992	4	5	1075	5	5	1130	6	5	1252	6	3	1163	4	3	1162	4	4	1202	5	5	976		51	1059	54
	Syn. fibers	5	1317	7	7	1204	9	6	1372	8	7	1363	9	7	1179	8	3	1444	5	6	1347	8	6	1001	6	6	1120	7	7	1070	7	6	1436	8	4	1151		70	1241	87
	Metalliferous ores			21			1			37			9			0			8			31			31			24			45			32						242
	Others			26			28			37			24			39			33			28			27			27			31			25						343
	Tobacco, unmanufactured			8			2			7			4			11			10			10			7			7			10			9						100
	Semi-Processed Raw Materials			2435			2407			2268			2223			2154			2218			2187			2211			2509			2489			2282						27628
	Feeding stuffs for animals	166	211	35	21	383	8	60	284	17	36	275	10	119	235	28	90	244	22	94	257	24	129	225	29	76	290	22	71	254	18	148	236	35	104	201		1114	241	269
	Animal & vegetable oils & fats			8			7			5			11			5			6			4			3			5			5			5						67
	Chemical			194			208			231			212			226			207			237			228			224			232			219						2619
	Chemical compounds			48			51			62			51			60			47			64			57			61			59			64						677
	Medicinal & pharmaceutical chemicals			22			33			28			23			43			27			26			33			24			30			20						334
	Urea	89	123	11	54	111	6	40	124	5	58	103	6	28	106	3	41	121	5	101	119	12	40	124	5	58	121	7	39	129	5	33	123	4	47	107		629	118	74
	Fertilizer excl. urea	114	106	12	96	94	9	39	128	5	94	96	9	58	121	7	98	142	14	68	117	8	61	115	7	45	110	5	54	129	7	74	108	8	27	149		829	115	95
	Artificial resins			46			57			63			59			49			56			62			63			64			66			59						695
	Others			55			52			68			64			64			58			65			63			63			65			64						744
	Manufactured goods			245			244			292			273			276			250			274			269			266			283			251						3150
	Paper & paper products	44	721	32	40	621	25	46	635	29	47	633	30	44	663	29	34	727	25	50	666	33	43	671	29	39	673	26	45	647	29	44	595	26	31	672		507	659	334
	Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles			67			67			75			70			66			72			57			64			65			80			60						804
	Non-metallic mineral mftures.			9			11			14			15			18			17			23			26			23			22			18						217
	Iron & steel	209	325	68	306	261	80	281	295	83	296	294	87	300	277	83	209	310	65	260	330	86	154	435	67	192	354	68	212	325	69	254	300	76	404	136		3078	288	887
	Non-ferrous metals			29			26			36			32			32			29			32			35			35			37			33						387
	Metal products			18			19			25			21			25			24			24			28			29			30			24						292
	Others			22			16			30			18			23			18			19			20			20			16			14						229
	Embroideries			107			114			113			101			119			135			164			145			140			115			111						1520
	Mat/Acc  for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.			1837			1813			1604			1609			1488			1578			1482			1533			1847			1830			1654						19900
	Iron ore, not agglomerated	307	29	9	497	26	13	213	28	6	262	27	7	456	26	12	740	27	20	89	22	2	168	24	4	179	28	5	213	28	6	245	29	7	444	27		3814	27	103
	Mineral Fuels & Lubricant			249			252			352			304			293			306			402			276			381			403			418						3877
	Coal, Coke	285	25	7	279	21	6	330	21	7	384	21	8	372	24	9	286	21	6	261	27	7	273	29	8	334	21	7	324	22	7	470	21	10	438	23		4038	23	92
	Petroleum Crude  1/	7.47	24.76	185	7.67	25.55	196	8.34	26.14	218	9.10	25.39	231	9.82	24.75	243	8.74	27.46	240	11.55	27.61	319	7.43	27.72	206	10.21	30.16	308	11.23	31.35	352	11.36	31.34	356	6.44	30.29		109.36	27.88	3049
	Others  1/	1.74	32.80	57	1.25	39.94	50	3.75	33.91	127	1.76	36.99	65	1.16	35.37	41	1.69	35.40	60	1.95	38.89	76	1.73	35.91	62	1.76	37.48	66	1.13	39.02	44	1.35	38.50	52	0.84	42.99		20.10	36.61	736
	Consumer Goods			187			182			231			190			206			192			221			221			255			244			201						2521
	Durable			86			79			107			87			92			89			92			96			95			97			79						1070
	Passenger cars & motorized cycle			29			25			38			33			34			31			36			33			36			33			22						370
	Home appliances			11			11			18			12			13			14			14			13			12			15			13						159
	Misc. manufactures			46			43			51			42			45			44			42			50			47			49			44						541
	Non-Durable			101			103			124			103			114			103			129			125			160			147			122						1451
	Food & live animals chiefly for food			89			94			114			90			105			95			121			117			145			131			110						1319
	Dairy products	21	1313	28	23	1343	31	25	1340	34	16	1284	20	20	1320	26	19	1410	27	23	1301	30	27	1423	38	26	1478	39	22	1514	34	25	1530	38	27	1646		274	1418	389
	Fish & fish preparation	8	494	4	15	411	6	12	415	5	10	488	5	10	406	4	15	333	5	14	296	4	24	289	7	15	340	5	20	254	5	6	519	3	7	448		155	362	56
	Rice	0	0	0	20	298	6	24	246	6	28	218	6	70	199	14	43	256	11	113	168	19	39	182	7	161	174	28	95	169	16	21	187	4	24	255		639	193	123
	Fruits & vegetables			9			8			13			11			9			7			11			10			10			11			12						124
	Others			48			43			56			48			52			45			57			55			63			65			53						627
	Beverages & tobacco mfture.			7			4			5			8			4			5			4			4			11			11			7						78
	Articles of apparel, access.			5			5			5			5			5			3			4			4			4			5			5						54
	Special Transactions			60			63			68			73			58			53			52			58			106			54			50						753
	Articles temporarily imported & exported			28			41			37			43			32			27			27			35			72			29			24						425
	Others			32			22			31			30			26			26			25			23			34			25			26						328
	TOTAL IMPORTS 2/
	Trade Statistics			3656			3547			3672			3481			3412			3508			3667			3640			4084			4041			3684						43827
	Add: Electronics Adjustment			677			677			677			677			677			677			677			677			677			677			677					43827	8124
	Add: Garments Adjustment			81			96			85			76			94			103			135			120			117			88			85						1212
	Valuation Adjustments 2/			758			773			762			753			771			780			812			797			794			765			762						9336
	Conceptual and Coverage Adjustments			-10			-81			-40			-83			-47			-20			-33			-23			-82			-44			-20						-509
	TOTAL IMPORTS, BPM5			3646			3466			3632			3398			3365			3488			3634			3617			4002			3997			3664						43318
	Memo Items:
	Goods for processing (on consignment)			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!						1650
	Raw Materials and Intermediate Goods			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!						1623
	Embroideries			107			114			113			101			119			135			164			145			140			115			111						1520
	Mat/Acc for the mfture of electrical equipment																																							0
	Iron ore, not agglomerated			9			13			6			7			12			20			2			4			5			6			7						103
	Special Transactions			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!						25
	Non- monetary gold			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!			#VALUE!						0
	Held as store of value																																							0
	Other industrial gold																																							0
	Repairs on goods																																							0
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.
Note:  Components may not add up to total due to rounding