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
																																								2006 r/													January - December							Growth Rates (%)
		Jan-06			Feb-06			Mar-06			Apr-06			May-06			Jun-06			Jul-06			Aug-06			Sep-06			Oct-06			Nov-06			Dec-06				Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4				2006 r/				2005				2006			2005
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.
	Capital Goods			623			683			728			732			639			796			800			819			897			808			814			790				2034			2167			2516			2413				9129				8928				2.3			2.1
	Power Generating & Specialized Machines			162			161			187			189			200			192			213			189			200			221			174			179				511			581			602			574				2268				2148				5.6			7.4
	Office & EDP Machines			231			226			258			277			220			261			273			298			315			294			287			260				715			757			886			841				3199				3307				-3.3			-1.6
	Telecommunication Eqpt. & Elect. Mach.			134			153			154			168			125			164			132			149			198			166			185			183				441			457			478			534				1910				1939				-1.5			-7.8
	Land Transport Eqpt. excl. Passenger Cars
	& Motorized Cycle			40			53			75			52			37			47			56			56			62			76			75			60				168			136			174			211				689				618				11.5			1.6
	Aircraft, Ships & Boats			25			49			18			13			21			87			83			83			81			10			53			65				92			122			248			128				590				467				26.3			205.2
	Prof. Sci. & Cont. Inst.; Photo-			31			40			36			33			35			44			43			44			40			41			41			43				107			113			128			125				473				449				5.3			-13.3
	graphic Eqpt. & Optical Goods
	Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods			2469			2224			2876			2790			2599			2628			2555			2792			2719			2982			2617			2502				6553			8018			8068			8102				31755				28832				10.1			9.2
	Unprocessed Raw Materials			156			74			162			114			109			163			132			168			136			140			152			128				392			387			438			419				1633				1482				10.2			-1.3
	Wheat	200	149	30	176	160	28	454	138	63	251	202	51	240	177	42	302	182	55	164	184	30	112	192	21	260	218	57	252	146	37	165	144	24	181	200	36		829	145	120	793	187	148	536	202	108	598	162	97		2756	172	473		2050	155	318		34.4	11.0	48.7	-4.9	-0.6	-5.4
	Corn	81	110	9	33	259	8	36	124	4	1	855	1	60	128	8	89	113	10	1	1208	2	1	1171	1	1	885	0	2	1381	3	2	962	2	1	523	1		149	146	22	150	126	19	2	1125	3	5	1038	5		307	158	48		71	296	21		332.4	-46.6	128.6	208.7	-43.5	75.0
	Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn			0			0			1			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			1				1			1			1			1				5				1				0.0			0.0
	Crude materials, inedible			106			35			83			50			48			89			76			130			62			82			114			75				223			187			269			271				949				962				-1.4			-2.5
	Pulp & waste paper			6			5			5			6			6			8			5			5			6			5			3			5				16			20			16			13				65				64				1.6			-14.7
	Cotton	3	1138	3	2	1032	2	3	1374	4	3	1168	3	1	1167	2	2	1206	2	2	1170	2	3	1158	3	2	1193	3	1	1069	1	3	1217	3	1	1208	2		7	1210	9	6	1178	6	7	1173	8	5	1187	6		25	1188	29		33	1055	35		-24.2	12.6	-17.1	-2.9	-27.8	-28.6
	Syn. fibers	4	1677	6	3	1438	4	3	1788	6	3	1831	5	3	1920	7	4	1741	6	4	1874	7	4	1829	7	3	1998	6	4	2284	8	3	1580	5	3	1825	6		10	1643	16	10	1830	18	10	1895	20	10	1915	19		40	1821	73		47	1748	83		-14.9	4.2	-12.0	-29.9	21.1	-14.4
	Metalliferous ores			51			1			33			6			1			38			32			85			21			37			70			33				86			46			137			141				409				438				-6.6			10.3
	Others			39			22			35			29			33			34			30			31			26			31			32			29				96			96			88			92				373				342				9.1			-7.3
	Tobacco, unmanufactured			11			3			11			12			11			9			24			16			17			18			12			15				26			32			57			45				158				180				-12.2			7.8
	Semi-Processed Raw Materials			2313			2150			2714			2676			2490			2465			2423			2624			2583			2842			2465			2374				6161			7631			7630			7683				30122				27350				10.1			9.8
	Feeding stuffs for animals	181	231	42	132	248	33	106	253	27	242	232	56	91	284	26	114	209	24	151	239	36	124	248	31	36	397	14	220	188	41	170	220	37	142	250	36		419	242	101	447	236	106	311	261	81	533	215	115		1710	236	403		1751	243	426		-2.3	-2.9	-5.4	18.4	-13.5	2.4
	Animal & vegetable oils & fats			15			10			14			13			12			12			11			11			14			18			12			12				39			38			36			42				154				143				7.7			36.2
	Chemical			286			228			327			332			292			320			316			338			315			318			290			253				842			944			970			861				3616				3297				9.7			3.6
	Chemical compounds			77			54			82			81			67			71			77			93			85			87			67			59				213			218			255			213				900				825				9.1			13.8
	Medicinal & pharmaceutical chemicals			45			40			47			46			35			57			47			41			45			42			45			32				132			138			134			119				523				459				13.9			9.0
	Urea	12	141	2	12	264	3	63	184	12	33	257	9	81	214	17	76	178	13	57	186	11	44	135	6	31	483	15	42	175	7	50	208	10	24	181	4		87	189	17	190	207	39	133	239	32	116	191	22		526	209	110		570	165	94		-7.7	26.7	17.0	5.0	16.2	22.1
	Fertilizer excl. urea	76	144	11	68	129	9	67	127	9	63	171	11	129	134	17	99	134	13	48	132	6	109	173	19	36	138	5	88	142	13	92	148	14	61	189	12		212	134	28	291	142	41	193	157	30	242	156	38		938	147	138		744	146	109		26.1	0.7	26.6	-10.4	8.1	-2.7
	Artificial resins			73			57			89			85			78			81			81			84			85			81			75			74				219			245			250			231				945				855				10.5			-2.7
	Others			78			65			90			100			77			84			94			96			79			88			79			71				233			261			269			238				1001				955				4.8			-1.2
	Manufactured goods			299			223			335			375			361			377			399			356			338			341			294			304				857			1112			1092			939				4001				3799				5.3			8.9
	Paper & paper products	54	611	33	49	608	30	69	641	45	66	622	41	58	601	35	62	647	40	50	667	33	68	635	43	53	728	39	67	640	43	55	655	36	44	683	30		173	622	108	186	624	116	171	673	115	165	657	109		695	643	447		594	667	396		17.0	-3.6	12.9	-0.2	3.9	3.7
	Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles			75			48			76			92			80			81			82			67			79			71			64			71				199			253			229			206				888				788				12.7			6.5
	Non-metallic mineral mftures.			18			14			18			16			16			17			16			17			15			16			17			16				50			49			48			48				195				186				4.8			16.3
	Iron & steel	158	513	81	94	562	53	152	492	75	272	500	136	263	467	123	273	466	127	293	495	145	218	507	111	138	664	92	173	546	94	132	567	75	140	604	85		403	517	208	808	478	386	649	535	347	445	570	254		2305	519	1195		2677	516	1381		-13.9	0.6	-13.5	-2.2	16.0	13.4
	Non-ferrous metals			45			39			67			39			46			61			64			60			57			56			50			45				151			147			181			151				630				470				34.0			3.8
	Metal products			27			21			32			29			38			28			36			37			36			41			29			37				81			96			109			108				394				329				19.8			2.8
	Others			21			18			22			22			21			22			22			21			19			19			24			20				61			65			62			64				252				249				1.2			15.3
	Embroideries			76			81			74			65			99			97			119			93			101			100			91			89				231			261			313			280				1086				1366				-20.5			12.1
	Mat/Acc  for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.			1595			1566			1931			1827			1692			1623			1542			1795			1796			2023			1739			1674				4076			5142			5133			5436				20804				18228				14.1			4.7
	Iron ore, not agglomerated	0	0	0	448	19	9	333	19	6	280	30	8	402	20	8	457	27	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	227	20	5	62	20	1	114	20	2	313	19	6		781	19	15	1138	25	28	227	20	5	488	19	10		2634	22	58		4777	19	91		-44.9	15.8	-36.3	18.9	0.0	21.3
	Mineral Fuels & Lubricant			683			535			629			534			893			785			714			917			454			565			752			537				1847			2213			2085			1854				7999				6281				27.4			33.2
	Coal, Coke	299	61	18	232	23	5	535	39	21	389	33	13	692	54	38	574	34	19	362	36	13	690	35	24	509	47	24	614	37	23	599	54	32	266	36	9		1066	42	45	1654	42	70	1561	39	61	1479	43	64		5760	42	239		4403	40	176		30.8	5.0	35.8	3.4	25.0	28.5
	Petroleum Crude  1/	8.53	51.50	439	5.29	57.24	303	4.54	61.29	278	5.84	59.34	347	8.68	68.12	591	8.07	63.01	509	6.80	67.60	459	8.63	73.24	632	3.88	69.39	269	5.91	63.38	374	8.12	60.02	487	5.86	60.22	353		18.35	55.57	1020	22.59	64.02	1446	19.31	70.48	1361	19.89	61.08	1215		80.14	62.91	5042		78.33	48.29	3783		2.3	30.3	33.3	8.4	38.5	50.1
	Others  1/	3.05	73.99	226	3.44	65.98	227	5.32	62.00	330	2.38	73.57	175	3.91	67.66	264	3.77	68.28	258	3.42	70.61	241	3.54	73.50	260	2.09	77.40	161	2.56	65.77	168	3.42	67.96	233	2.54	68.60	174		11.81	66.25	782	10.06	69.29	697	9.04	73.31	663	8.52	67.49	575		39.44	68.91	2718		38.69	60.02	2322		1.9	14.8	17.1	-18.4	38.4	12.9
	Consumer Goods			269			251			370			324			295			304			339			355			310			301			303			307				889			924			1005			911				3729				3427				8.8			13.2
	Durable			124			92			116			115			133			142			131			132			164			165			166			151				333			389			427			482				1632				1410				15.7			9.5
	Passenger cars & motorized cycle			61			36			45			42			64			64			55			59			79			83			81			73				142			170			193			236				742				601				23.5			25.2
	Home appliances			16			10			19			17			12			20			17			14			21			25			22			20				45			50			52			68				215				215				0.0			-5.3
	Misc. manufactures			47			47			52			56			56			58			59			59			64			57			62			58				145			170			183			177				675				594				13.6			2.2
	Non-Durable			144			159			254			209			163			162			208			223			146			136			138			156				556			535			577			430				2098				2017				4.0			16.0
	Food & live animals chiefly for food			130			150			239			195			151			152			193			205			134			120			121			143				519			497			532			384				1933				1876				3.0			17.0
	Dairy products	20	1616	32	20	1556	32	30	1705	51	29	1701	49	23	1450	33	24	1465	35	28	1451	40	27	1463	40	21	1382	30	25	1527	38	24	1358	33	25	1472	36		70	1636	114	75	1550	117	76	1436	109	74	1453	108		296	1517	448		268	1542	414		10.4	-1.6	8.2	-22.1	9.8	-14.5
	Fish & fish preparation	18	413	7	10	477	5	11	558	6	7	440	3	8	445	4	5	448	2	4	433	2	9	492	4	10	548	6	12	427	5	16	487	8	12	643	8		39	470	18	21	444	9	23	506	12	40	515	21		123	487	60		125	489	61		-1.6	-0.4	-1.6	52.4	11.4	69.4
	Rice	109	261	29	170	274	47	355	278	99	225	274	62	132	272	36	156	208	32	232	284	66	261	280	73	71	291	21	4	403	1	0	360	0	1	350	0		634	274	174	513	254	130	565	283	160	5	389	2		1717	271	466		1822	274	499		-5.8	-1.1	-6.6	82.0	18.1	115.1
	Fruits & vegetables			11			11			13			12			12			11			12			11			11			14			16			24				35			36			33			54				158				114				38.6			11.8
	Others			51			57			70			69			66			71			73			78			67			61			64			75				177			205			218			200				800				788				1.5			5.2
	Beverages & tobacco mfture.			5			3			6			7			5			4			7			9			4			9			10			6				14			16			21			25				76				61				24.6			-17.6
	Articles of apparel, access.			9			5			9			7			7			7			7			8			8			8			7			6				23			21			24			20				88				80				10.0			29.0
	Special Transactions			58			70			80			75			99			97			95			70			50			102			97			111				208			269			212			308				1000				1060				-5.7			-7.7
	Articles temporarily imported & exported			23			35			37			34			38			33			32			29			20			30			22			20				95			105			82			73				354				500				-29.2			-18.8
	Others			35			35			43			41			61			64			63			41			30			72			75			91				113			164			130			235				646				560				15.4			5.3
	TOTAL IMPORTS 2/
	Trade Statistics			4102			3763			4683			4455			4525			4610			4503			4953			4430			4758			4583			4247				12548			13590			13886		13588	13588			53612	53612			48528	48528				10.5			7.8
	Conceptual and Coverage Adjustments 3/			-30			-36			-22			-21			-27			-30			-37			-5			-41			22			-56			-71				-88			-78			-83			-105				-354				-492				-28.0			-9.4
	TOTAL IMPORTS, BPM5			4072			3727			4661			4434			4498			4580			4466			4948			4389			4780			4527			4176				12460			13512			13803			13483				53258				48036				10.9			8.0
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, manufacture of electrical machinery and equipment, and iron ore agglomerated
	**  include part of imports of metalliferous ores and part of special transactions
2/  Include valuation adjustments to NSO data.
3/  Include deductions for aircrafts acquired under operational lease agreement.
r/  Revised based on the adjustments made by NSO that was released on 14 June 2007.
Note: Valuation adjustments include:
a.)  Adjustments to NSO's raw material imports for electronics exports' for 2006.
b.)  Adjustments to NSO's raw material imports for garments for 2005 and 2006.
Note:  Components may not add up to total due to rounding