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-01			Feb-01			Mar-01			Apr-01			May-01			Jun-01			Jul-01			Aug-01			Sep-01			Oct-01			Nov-01			Dec-01			Jan-00			Feb-00			Mar-00			Apr-00			May-00			Jun-00			Jul-00			Aug-00			Sep-00			Oct-00			Nov-00			Dec-00				2001
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.	Vol.	Price	Val.	Vol.	Price	Val.		Vol.	Price	Val.
	Capital Goods			648			641			713			684			681			735			682			645			657			677			597			624			611			556			616			582			606			625			675			763			725			718			623			617				7984
	Power Generating & Specialized Machines			205			158			202			209			169			154			176			159			135			141			133			131			196			196			209			212			171			200			195			248			248			200			223			174				1972
	Office & EDP Machines			147			169			172			171			175			235			192			180			206			205			181			197			109			107			109			91			102			120			138			154			155			189			121			140				2230
	Telecommunication Eqpt. & Elect. Mach.			205			217			219			230			245			247			205			229			215			236			206			184			169			168			210			172			245			218			246			241			225			233			179			221				2638
	Land Transport Eqpt. excl. Passenger Cars
	& Motorized Cycle			51			60			52			44			56			64			72			46			70			61			55			46			44			41			54			69			53			57			57			59			59			58			65			47				677
	Aircraft, Ships & Boats			4			4			39			4			1			1			2			2			6			8			2			44			66			6			1			2			2			5			1			30			3			1			1			1				117
	Prof. Sci. & Cont. Inst.; Photo-			36			33			29			26			35			34			35			29			25			26			20			22			27			38			33			36			33			25			38			31			35			37			34			34				350
	graphic Eqpt. & Optical Goods
	Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods			2255			1718			2196			2223			2056			1983			1981			2044			1922			1735			1564			1686			2549			2494			2405			2332			2249			2332			2317			2322			2617			2622			2392			2328				23363
	Unprocessed Raw Materials			105			76			148			96			124			122			140			103			132			116			78			125			114			87			137			109			95			114			130			111			108			133			110			83				1365
	Wheat	210	134	28	203	148	30	343	152	52	205	176	36	290	135	39	281	142	40	427	84	36	233	151	35	291	158	46	232	151	35	121	132	16	230	139	32	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	28		3064	139	425
	Corn	. .	0	0	8	133	1	25	120	3	11	177	2	76	119	9	27	113	3	1	0	0	1	887	1	11	261	3	2	1282	2	10	205	2	1	1397	1	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	1		172	157	27
	Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			2				0
	Crude materials, inedible			75			44			91			51			71			75			97			61			80			74			56			77			65			47			95			55			60			60			81			76			69			97			78			37				852
	Pulp & waste paper			6			6			7			7			5			5			6			5			6			7			6			4			8			6			8			9			9			9			8			6			7			10			8			6				70
	Cotton	7	1201	8	3	1115	3	3	1008	3	2	1036	2	3	1123	3	2	1304	3	5	1083	5	4	963	4	4	1018	4	8	1032	8	4	816	3	3	1094	3	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	5		46	1063	49
	Syn. fibers	5	1272	6	6	1081	6	4	1162	5	7	1064	7	6	1060	6	5	1123	6	7	822	6	7	1092	8	6	978	6	6	1085	6	5	996	5	3	1255	4	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	5		67	1065	71
	Metalliferous ores			26			0			43			2			23			32			39			19			39			23			22			38			21			1			37			9			0			8			31			31			24			45			32			3				306
	Others			29			29			33			33			34			29			41			25			25			30			20			28			26			28			37			24			39			33			28			27			27			31			25			18				356
	Tobacco, unmanufactured			2			1			2			7			5			4			7			6			3			5			4			15			8			2			7			4			11			10			10			7			7			10			9			15				61
	Semi-Processed Raw Materials			2150			1642			2048			2127			1932			1861			1841			1941			1790			1619			1486			1561			2435			2407			2268			2223			2154			2218			2187			2211			2509			2489			2282			2245				21998
	Feeding stuffs for animals	204	211	43	37	380	14	152	250	38	64	234	15	89	247	22	151	198	30	77	235	18	88	262	23	69	277	19	141	233	33	31	324	10	177	215	38	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	21		1279	237	303
	Animal & vegetable oils & fats			3			3			4			5			3			4			4			6			4			5			3			3			8			7			5			11			5			6			4			3			5			5			5			3				47
	Chemical			198			216			231			206			214			205			240			220			219			217			186			164			194			208			231			212			226			207			237			228			224			232			219			201				2516
	Chemical compounds			45			57			70			54			52			52			57			61			55			50			43			35			48			51			62			51			60			47			64			57			61			59			64			53				631
	Medicinal & pharmaceutical chemicals			24			42			23			35			32			24			30			29			28			31			27			19			22			33			28			23			43			27			26			33			24			30			20			25				344
	Urea	63	111	7	37	135	5	46	129	6	21	144	3	145	110	16	95	105	10	76	119	9	50	101	5	36	140	5	114	96	11	34	117	4	36	140	5	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	5		752	114	86
	Fertilizer excl. urea	38	184	7	39	155	6	43	92	4	40	150	6	52	115	6	64	141	9	145	138	20	47	127	6	90	166	15	69	115	8	67	119	8	58	174	10	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	4		753	139	105
	Artificial resins			57			53			62			46			48			47			56			53			47			52			44			42			46			57			63			59			49			56			62			63			64			66			59			51				607
	Others			58			53			66			62			60			63			68			66			69			65			60			53			55			52			68			64			64			58			65			63			63			65			64			63				743
	Manufactured goods			256			201			307			275			291			263			284			261			258			263			227			188			245			244			292			273			276			250			274			269			266			283			251			227				3074
	Paper & paper products	36	645	23	39	568	22	51	552	28	54	535	29	51	611	31	44	608	27	175	177	31	42	597	25	53	549	29	56	519	29	45	537	24	49	526	26	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	21		695	467	324
	Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles			63			49			88			75			81			68			71			67			65			65			56			51			67			67			75			70			66			72			57			64			65			80			60			61				799
	Non-metallic mineral mftures.			20			17			26			19			25			23			23			18			16			17			17			14			9			11			14			15			18			17			23			26			23			22			18			21				235
	Iron & steel	251	262	66	153	315	48	281	285	80	305	256	78	340	247	84	276	261	72	274	278	76	1117	71	79	259	290	75	270	270	73	237	266	63	150	267	40	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	55		3912	213	834
	Non-ferrous metals			31			26			36			30			32			31			36			30			33			27			25			17			29			26			36			32			32			29			32			35			35			37			33			31				354
	Metal products			37			24			28			25			22			24			27			24			25			34			27			26			18			19			25			21			25			24			24			28			29			30			24			25				323
	Others			16			15			21			19			16			18			20			18			15			18			15			14			22			16			30			18			23			18			19			20			20			16			14			13				205
	Embroideries			125			111			118			109			114			123			152			126			110			117			91			130			107			114			113			101			119			135			164			145			140			115			111			156				1426
	Mat/Acc  for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.			1517			1093			1343			1511			1288			1233			1133			1293			1174			982			966			1029			1837			1813			1604			1609			1488			1578			1482			1533			1847			1830			1654			1625				14562
	Iron ore, not agglomerated	341	23	8	162	25	4	274	26	7	238	25	6	0	0	0	130	23	3	384	26	10	568	21	12	261	23	6	98	21	2	170	18	3	451	20	9	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	12		3078	23	70
	Mineral Fuels & Lubricant			298			285			273			325			274			276			336			319			300			266			210			211			249			252			352			304			293			306			402			276			381			403			418			241				3373
	Coal, Coke	388	23	9	243	25	6	204	25	5	430	28	12	483	23	11	852	16	14	280	21	6	466	26	12	430	23	10	236	25	6	303	23	7	265	26	7	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	10		4581	23	105
	Petroleum Crude  1/	10.75	23.07	248	8.83	24.13	213	9.07	24.81	225	11.45	23.40	268	7.70	25.84	199	8.12	26.73	217	10.29	25.74	265	10.15	24.73	251	9.54	25.38	242	9.97	23.08	230	8.29	19.19	159	9.92	18.14	180	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	195		114.07	23.64	2697
	Others  1/	1.00	41.04	41	1.84	35.84	66	1.21	35.54	43	1.27	35.54	45	1.83	35.03	64	1.33	33.83	45	3.91	16.61	65	1.94	28.87	56	1.48	32.40	48	0.93	32.21	30	1.52	28.92	44	0.89	26.98	24	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	36		19.15	29.82	571
	Consumer Goods			174			187			202			207			237			190			237			228			222			213			195			189			187			182			231			190			206			192			221			221			255			244			201			191				2481
	Durable			70			64			89			82			90			70			84			90			78			81			77			71			86			79			107			87			92			89			92			96			95			97			79			71				946
	Passenger cars & motorized cycle			18			19			26			25			25			20			30			40			31			28			24			27			29			25			38			33			34			31			36			33			36			33			22			20				313
	Home appliances			10			10			12			12			11			8			10			8			8			8			10			8			11			11			18			12			13			14			14			13			12			15			13			13				115
	Misc. manufactures			42			35			51			45			54			42			44			42			39			45			43			36			46			43			51			42			45			44			42			50			47			49			44			38				518
	Non-Durable			104			123			113			125			147			120			153			138			144			132			118			118			101			103			124			103			114			103			129			125			160			147			122			120				1535
	Food & live animals chiefly for food			95			107			99			107			134			109			134			120			122			114			106			100			89			94			114			90			105			95			121			117			145			131			110			108				1347
	Dairy products	23	1616	37	18	1524	27	24	1683	40	18	1514	28	24	1418	34	22	1344	29	24	1470	35	26	1497	39	29	1530	45	31	1685	52	25	1603	40	18	1582	29	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	44		282	1543	435
	Fish & fish preparation	6	677	4	4	496	2	3	616	2	5	578	3	5	635	3	7	275	2	6	636	4	12	405	5	5	433	2	4	265	1	22	271	6	8	382	3	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	3		87	423	37
	Rice	5	387	2	107	281	30	1	0	0	125	144	18	188	143	27	168	149	25	105	152	16	60	149	9	36	166	6	0	0	0	6	176	1	7	278	2	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	6		808	168	136
	Fruits & vegetables			9			9			12			11			15			8			9			8			9			10			10			13			9			8			13			11			9			7			11			10			10			11			12			13				123
	Others			43			39			45			47			55			45			70			59			60			51			49			53			48			43			56			48			52			45			57			55			63			65			53			42				616
	Beverages & tobacco mfture.			4			12			9			13			8			7			14			14			17			13			7			14			7			4			5			8			4			5			4			4			11			11			7			8				132
	Articles of apparel, access.			5			4			5			5			5			4			5			4			5			5			5			4			5			5			5			5			5			3			4			4			4			5			5			4				56
	Special Transactions			77			64			63			67			93			86			75			75			61			62			39			49			60			63			68			73			58			53			52			58			106			54			50			58				811
	Articles temporarily imported & exported			45			37			33			42			62			47			45			51			41			29			22			32			28			41			37			43			32			27			27			35			72			29			24			30				486
	Others			32			27			30			25			31			39			30			24			20			33			17			17			32			22			31			30			26			26			25			23			34			25			26			28				325
	TOTAL IMPORTS 2/
	Trade Statistics			3452			2895			3447			3506			3341			3270			3311			3311			3162			2953			2605			2759			3656			3547			3672			3481			3412			3508			3667			3640			4084			4041			3684			3435				38012
	Add: Electronics Adjustment			318			318			318			318			318			318			318			318			318			317			317			317			677			677			677			677			677			677			677			677			677			677			677			677			38012	3813
	Add: Garments Adjustment			103			95			92			83			83			95			120			100			92			95			71			113			81			96			85			76			94			103			135			120			117			88			85			132				1142
	Valuation Adjustments 2/			421			413			410			401			401			413			438			418			410			412			388			430			758			773			762			753			771			780			812			797			794			765			762			809				4955
	Conceptual and Coverage Adjustments			-56			-49			-45			-33			-72			-31			-26			-34			-37			-35			-17			1			-10			-81			-40			-83			-47			-20			-33			-23			-82			-44			-20			-26				-434
	TOTAL IMPORTS, BPM5			3396			2846			3402			3473			3269			3239			3285			3277			3125			2918			2588			2760			3646			3466			3632			3398			3365			3488			3634			3617			4002			3997			3664			3409				37578
	Memo Items:
	Goods for processing (on consignment)			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####				1523
	Raw Materials and Intermediate Goods			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####				1496
	Embroideries			125			111			118			109			114			123			152			126			110			117			91			130			107			114			113			101			119			135			164			145			140			115			111			156				1426
	Mat/Acc for the mfture of electrical equipment																																																																												0
	Iron ore, not agglomerated			8			4			7			6			0			3			10			12			6			2			3			9			9			13			6			7			12			20			2			4			5			6			7			12				70
	Special Transactions			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####				25
	Non- monetary gold			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####			#####				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.
Components may not add up to total due to rounding