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-04			Feb-04			Mar-04			Apr-04			May-04			Jun-04			Jul-04			Aug-04			Sep-04			Oct-04			Nov-04			Dec-04			2004
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			703			702			818			805			683			712			749			693			775			756			676						8743
	Power Generating & Specialized Machines			168			139			183			195			167			167			175			154			168			175			145						2000
	Office & EDP Machines			268			296			310			311			246			243			283			274			290			302			280						3361
	Telecommunication Eqpt. & Elect. Mach.			173			171			203			199			170			195			165			156			199			168			157						2103
	Land Transport Eqpt. excl. Passenger Cars
	& Motorized Cycle			49			42			45			47			44			49			58			47			64			57			52						608
	Aircraft, Ships & Boats			12			11			33			8			12			17			12			9			8			10			9						153
	Prof. Sci. & Cont. Inst.; Photo-			33			43			44			45			44			41			56			53			46			44			33						518
	graphic Eqpt. & Optical Goods
	Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods			2183			2160			2475			2375			2295			2285			2369			2266			2378			2437			2252						27389
	Unprocessed Raw Materials			107			73			157			153			120			144			114			130			110			119			135						1502
	Wheat	283	145	41	117	146	17	325	126	41	119	168	20	209	181	38	208	163	34	59	152	9	246	155	38	79	164	13	204	152	31	130	169	22	175	183		2155	156	336
	Corn	. .	0	0	1	772	1	1	819	1	2	802	2	10	197	2	. .	0	0	1	1021	1	1	1326	1	2	1056	2	1	763	1	1	745	1	1	0		23	524	12
	Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0						0
	Crude materials, inedible			59			52			104			116			67			100			88			76			70			74			91						987
	Pulp & waste paper			6			5			6			7			10			8			5			5			6			6			6						75
	Cotton	4	1422	5	3	1538	4	2	1365	3	4	1592	7	3	1471	5	4	1578	6	2	1648	4	2	1238	3	2	1506	3	2	1614	3	2	1215	3	2	1217		34	1461	49
	Syn. fibers	6	1426	9	5	1339	7	6	1241	7	7	1533	10	7	1337	9	6	1461	9	6	1409	8	6	1332	8	5	1369	7	5	1479	8	5	1774	8	4	1781		67	1443	97
	Metalliferous ores			13			13			46			42			18			39			44			34			32			32			43						397
	Others			26			23			42			50			25			38			27			26			22			25			31						369
	Tobacco, unmanufactured			7			3			11			15			13			10			16			15			25			13			21						167
	Semi-Processed Raw Materials			2076			2087			2318			2222			2175			2141			2255			2136			2268			2318			2117						25887
	Feeding stuffs for animals	212	245	52	67	270	18	150	279	42	96	293	28	152	308	47	98	266	26	173	307	53	112	313	35	71	337	24	149	248	37	126	262	33	74	284		1479	281	416
	Animal & vegetable oils & fats			6			7			9			10			12			9			7			10			7			10			8						105
	Chemical			238			246			268			261			272			248			270			275			284			295			274						3181
	Chemical compounds			53			51			62			57			54			55			61			66			61			72			66						725
	Medicinal & pharmaceutical chemicals			30			32			38			33			37			35			26			35			43			40			42						421
	Urea	44	161	7	8	126	1	18	165	3	27	112	3	60	132	8	38	132	5	89	135	12	30	132	4	42	166	7	112	143	16	38	131	5	37	164		543	142	77
	Fertilizer excl. urea	88	125	11	59	119	7	24	123	3	67	119	8	98	153	15	73	138	10	62	160	10	90	122	11	48	144	7	92	130	12	85	141	12	43	140		830	135	112
	Artificial resins			66			78			77			77			81			67			73			73			82			71			69						879
	Others			71			77			85			83			77			76			88			86			84			84			80						967
	Manufactured goods			292			260			323			330			304			285			285			261			301			311			275						3489
	Paper & paper products	52	598	31	55	577	32	52	660	34	53	605	32	53	639	34	47	664	31	62	593	37	41	653	27	59	643	38	48	687	33	37	765	28	36	701		595	642	382
	Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles			51			42			67			68			70			73			63			59			70			62			61						740
	Non-metallic mineral mftures.			12			12			13			12			13			14			15			13			14			13			16						160
	Iron & steel	344	326	112	297	354	105	355	380	135	276	456	126	237	456	108	155	498	77	170	460	78	177	481	85	182	506	92	227	511	116	157	566	89	160	595		2736	445	1218
	Non-ferrous metals			35			34			39			36			38			39			42			36			44			38			39						453
	Metal products			35			17			20			35			25			34			31			23			22			28			25						320
	Others			16			18			15			21			16			17			19			18			21			21			17						216
	Embroideries			118			106			102			113			110			109			108			101			114			77			86						1219
	Mat/Acc  for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.			1368			1442			1570			1475			1426			1451			1527			1445			1536			1578			1435						17402
	Iron ore, not agglomerated	99	20	2	403	20	8	212	19	4	256	20	5	230	17	4	671	19	13	285	18	5	486	19	9	96	21	2	545	18	10	342	18	6	395	18		4019	19	75
	Mineral Fuels & Lubricant			376			256			406			334			364			518			356			429			407			484			415						4714
	Coal, Coke	438	23	10	229	22	5	235	30	7	330	24	8	406	30	12	520	25	13	593	34	20	257	31	8	225	27	6	198	40	8	340	26	9	487	64		4258	32	137
	Petroleum Crude  1/	6.68	29.80	199	4.01	29.17	117	5.43	32.07	174	4.18	31.13	130	5.69	33.03	188	9.84	34.55	340	4.35	35.64	155	6.08	38.65	235	5.28	41.85	221	8.48	35.62	302	6.53	38.76	253	5.73	35.97		72.27	34.87	2520
	Others  1/	4.35	38.39	167	3.83	35.02	134	6.13	36.73	225	5.47	35.86	196	4.00	40.97	164	3.68	44.83	165	3.86	46.93	181	4.02	46.32	186	3.47	51.89	180	3.54	49.21	174	2.62	58.32	153	2.47	53.42		47.42	43.38	2057
	Consumer Goods			227			213			218			263			238			246			270			278			253			271			283						3027
	Durable			101			83			100			102			103			103			108			104			105			123			129						1288
	Passenger cars & motorized cycle			41			31			37			32			37			43			44			40			39			42			48						480
	Home appliances			17			17			19			21			18			17			22			20			19			23			19						227
	Misc. manufactures			43			35			44			49			48			43			42			44			47			58			62						581
	Non-Durable			126			130			118			161			135			143			162			174			148			148			154						1739
	Food & live animals chiefly for food			109			121			108			149			125			134			153			163			135			136			142						1603
	Dairy products	26	1329	34	29	1328	38	25	1286	32	31	1375	43	32	1428	45	31	1307	41	27	1364	37	22	1410	31	26	1394	36	31	1600	50	35	1558	54	30	1418		344	1405	484
	Fish & fish preparation	6	345	2	6	542	3	7	276	2	5	646	3	3	650	2	4	504	2	4	494	2	10	309	3	6	500	3	13	465	6	9	454	4	10	391		82	439	36
	Rice	47	255	12	60	267	16	58	225	13	149	209	31	60	201	12	110	227	25	189	238	45	230	239	55	94	234	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	303		1001	232	232
	Fruits & vegetables			9			8			10			7			8			7			8			7			8			8			12						102
	Others			52			56			51			65			58			59			61			67			66			72			72						749
	Beverages & tobacco mfture.			12			6			5			7			5			4			5			6			6			7			5						74
	Articles of apparel, access.			5			3			5			5			5			5			4			5			7			5			7						62
	Special Transactions			91			76			88			83			97			103			96			104			95			119			98						1146
	Articles temporarily imported & exported			46			42			46			50			65			72			55			68			49			42			42						616
	Others			45			34			42			33			32			31			41			36			46			77			56						530
	TOTAL IMPORTS 2/
	Trade Statistics			3581			3407			4008			3855			3674			3863			3842			3770			3909			4065			3727						45019
	Conceptual and Coverage Adjustments			-45			-59			-46			-50			-67			-44			-40			-77			-10			-55			-42						-543
	TOTAL IMPORTS, BPM5			3536			3348			3962			3805			3607			3819			3802			3693			3899			4010			3685						44476
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