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
																																											2007													January - December							Growth Rates (%)
		Jan-07			Feb-07			Mar-07			Apr-07			May-07			Jun-07			Jul-07			Aug-07			Sep-07			Oct-07			Nov-07			Dec-07			Jan-06				Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4				2007				2006 r/				2007			2006
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.
	Capital Goods			742			655			812			747			729			775			844			813			860			959			894			883			623				2208			2251			2516			2736				9711				9129				6.4			2.3
	Power Generating & Specialized Machines			178			163			214			171			182			216			214			210			213			232			216			258			162				556			568			638			705				2467				2268				8.8			5.6
	Office & EDP Machines			267			221			300			233			205			255			294			289			329			316			312			287			231				788			693			913			915				3309				3199				3.4			-3.3
	Telecommunication Eqpt. & Elect. Mach.			158			160			148			141			139			209			181			160			180			214			189			164			134				466			489			521			567				2043				1910				7.0			-1.5
	Land Transport Eqpt. excl. Passenger Cars
	& Motorized Cycle			54			46			57			50			49			49			64			46			69			72			61			50			40				157			148			179			183				667				689				-3.2			11.5
	Aircraft, Ships & Boats			54			17			48			108			102			4			53			68			22			76			65			81			25				119			214			143			223				699				590				18.5			26.3
	Prof. Sci. & Cont. Inst.; Photo-			31			48			45			45			53			42			37			39			47			49			50			43			31				123			139			123			143				527				473				11.4			5.3
	graphic Eqpt. & Optical Goods
	Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods			2660			2494			2983			2676			2727			2828			2718			2830			2824			2773			2733			2679			2469				8137			8231			8372			8191				32930				31755				3.7			14.6
	Unprocessed Raw Materials			143			142			144			98			130			157			127			147			143			134			175			108			156				429			386			418			420				1652				1633				1.2			10.2
	Wheat	107	206	22	146	162	24	213	207	44	43	208	9	242	204	49	258	174	45	148	182	27	157	229	36	105	231	24	94	302	28	185	308	57	97	239	23	200	149	30		466	193	90	543	190	103	410	213	87	377	288	109		1796	217	389		2756	172	473		-34.8	26.2	-17.8	34.4	11.0	48.7
	Corn	1	426	0	1	838	1	1	858	1	1	2251	3	3	929	3	1	1504	1	135	210	28	4	459	2	2	1011	2	2	1219	2	1	875	1	1	499	0	81	110	9		3	747	2	5	1333	7	140	226	32	4	955	4		152	292	44		307	158	48		-50.5	84.8	-8.3	332.4	-46.6	128.6
	Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn			1			0			0			0			1			1			0			1			0			1			1			1			0				1			2			1			3				7				5				0.0			0.0
	Crude materials, inedible			99			106			84			72			70			89			62			98			101			95			102			60			106				289			231			262			257				1039				949				9.5			-1.4
	Pulp & waste paper			5			6			7			5			6			5			6			6			4			5			4			6			6				18			15			15			14				63				65				-3.1			1.6
	Cotton	1	1149	2	1	1226	1	1	1295	2	3	1274	4	1	1169	1	1	1245	2	2	1146	2	3	1203	3	1	1269	1	1	1416	2	1	1202	1	1	1305	1	3	1138	3		4	1222	4	5	1247	7	5	1192	6	3	1312	4		17	1235	21		25	1188	29		-32.0	4.0	-27.6	-24.2	12.6	-17.1
	Syn. fibers	4	1529	6	3	1427	5	4	1538	7	4	1722	6	4	1499	6	4	1851	7	4	1824	7	4	1883	8	4	1729	6	4	2221	9	3	2238	7	3	2319	7	4	1677	6		11	1502	17	12	1681	20	12	1816	21	10	2256	23		45	1803	82		40	1821	73		12.5	-1.0	12.3	-14.9	4.2	-12.0
	Metalliferous ores			53			54			28			18			17			17			11			44			60			47			40			21			51				134			51			115			108				408				409				-0.2			-6.6
	Others			33			40			42			40			39			59			36			38			30			33			50			26			39				115			138			104			108				465				373				24.7			9.1
	Tobacco, unmanufactured			21			11			15			14			7			21			10			10			16			8			14			24			11				47			43			36			47				173				158				9.5			-12.2
	Semi-Processed Raw Materials			2517			2352			2839			2578			2597			2671			2591			2683			2681			2639			2558			2571			2313				7708			7845			7954			7771				31278				30122				3.8			14.8
	Feeding stuffs for animals	193	256	49	180	233	42	170	246	42	117	268	31	123	275	34	81	298	24	93	343	32	131	284	37	141	275	39	128	294	38	141	301	42	219	315	69	181	231	42		542	245	133	322	278	90	365	296	108	489	305	149		1719	279	480		1710	236	403		0.5	18.2	19.1	-2.3	-2.9	-5.4
	Animal & vegetable oils & fats			15			17			21			9			13			16			13			11			11			14			11			15			15				53			38			35			41				168				154				9.1			7.7
	Chemical			313			280			349			302			318			324			353			357			370			336			331			346			286				943			944			1080			1012				3979				3616				10.0			9.7
	Chemical compounds			80			77			101			81			83			83			97			116			108			92			85			109			77				258			247			321			286				1111				900				23.4			9.1
	Medicinal & pharmaceutical chemicals			47			43			56			49			54			48			55			41			55			44			52			41			45				146			151			151			137				584				523				11.7			13.9
	Urea	65	164	11	30	211	6	19	132	2	21	253	5	73	267	20	66	194	13	64	234	15	35	148	5	35	250	9	29	254	7	27	212	6	42	314	13	12	141	2		113	171	19	160	235	38	134	216	29	98	268	26		506	222	112		526	209	110		-3.8	6.2	1.8	-7.7	26.7	17.0
	Fertilizer excl. urea	57	163	9	55	130	7	100	152	15	66	127	8	50	144	7	84	156	13	40	229	9	77	209	16	69	211	15	69	182	13	61	242	15	67	262	18	76	144	11		212	150	32	201	144	29	186	214	40	197	228	45		796	182	145		938	147	138		-15.1	23.8	5.1	26.1	0.7	26.6
	Artificial resins			83			72			84			72			69			81			92			89			88			88			84			81			73				238			222			269			253				982				945				3.9			10.5
	Others			83			75			91			87			85			86			85			90			96			93			89			85			78				249			258			271			266				1044				1001				4.3			4.8
	Manufactured goods			306			325			317			371			344			422			390			322			310			342			342			353			299				947			1137			1022			1038				4144				4001				3.6			5.3
	Paper & paper products	55	666	37	55	671	37	58	726	42	57	707	41	57	643	37	54	680	37	64	667	42	63	649	41	55	688	38	59	673	39	52	698	36	49	760	37	54	611	33		168	688	116	169	676	114	181	667	121	160	708	113		678	684	464		695	643	447		-2.4	6.4	3.8	17.0	-3.6	12.9
	Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles			68			59			72			83			91			73			78			63			65			72			65			65			75				199			246			206			202				853				888				-3.9			12.7
	Non-metallic mineral mftures.			16			14			15			17			19			20			21			20			22			22			21			25			18				45			56			63			68				233				195				19.5			4.8
	Iron & steel	112	694	78	216	477	103	102	754	77	161	686	111	129	629	81	269	629	169	177	687	121	104	754	79	86	777	67	144	698	101	158	683	108	203	624	127	158	513	81		430	599	258	560	645	361	367	727	267	505	664	335		1862	656	1221		2305	519	1195		-19.2	26.4	2.2	-13.9	0.6	-13.5
	Non-ferrous metals			47			47			48			58			56			58			63			62			65			55			50			45			45				141			171			190			150				653				630				3.7			34.0
	Metal products			40			44			40			39			40			39			42			35			33			33			40			37			27				124			118			110			111				462				394				17.3			19.8
	Others			21			21			22			23			21			26			22			22			21			20			22			17			21				64			70			65			59				259				252				2.8			1.2
	Embroideries			97			87			83			81			87			100			103			90			77			77			73			85			76				266			267			270			236				1039				1086				-4.3			-20.5
	Mat/Acc  for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.			1729			1592			2019			1763			1789			1773			1681			1855			1861			1821			1755			1695			1595				5340			5325			5397			5272				21333				20804				2.5			14.1
	Iron ore, not agglomerated	226	35	8	262	36	9	226	37	8	570	37	21	325	36	12	323	36	12	523	36	19	310	35	11	351	36	13	310	36	11	100	36	4	212	36	8	0	0	0		713	36	26	1218	37	44	1185	35	42	622	36	23		3738	36	135		2634	22	58		41.9	63.6	132.8	-44.9	15.8	-36.3
	Mineral Fuels & Lubricant			486			531			625			912			786			692			1027			961			638			951			962			1023			683				1641			2390			2625			2936				9593				7999				19.9			27.4
	Coal, Coke	548	41	23	257	51	13	518	39	20	552	43	24	594	47	28	595	46	28	311	43	13	210	49	10	458	43	20	569	39	22	418	41	17	497	38	19	299	61	18		1323	42	56	1741	46	79	979	44	43	1483	39	58		5527	43	237		5760	42	239		-4.0	2.4	-0.8	30.8	5.0	35.8
	Petroleum Crude  1/	4.48	57.35	257	3.70	55.98	207	4.97	62.90	313	8.38	67.41	565	7.38	68.24	503	5.32	72.41	386	10.15	70.90	720	6.31	89.02	562	5.19	75.32	391	6.62	81.63	541	7.50	88.82	666	6.39	97.49	623	8.53	51.50	439		13.15	59.06	777	21.08	68.96	1454	21.66	77.24	1673	20.51	89.20	1829		76.40	75.04	5733		80.14	62.91	5042		-4.7	19.3	13.7	2.3	30.3	33.3
	Others  1/	3.08	67.02	206	4.26	72.86	310	3.97	73.54	292	4.11	78.74	323	3.00	84.73	255	3.09	90.23	279	3.44	85.19	293	3.95	98.47	389	2.72	83.55	227	4.40	88.34	388	2.78	100.31	279	3.63	105.10	381	3.05	73.99	226		11.31	71.51	809	10.20	83.99	857	10.11	89.93	909	10.80	97.05	1049		42.42	85.40	3623		39.44	68.91	2718		7.6	23.9	33.3	1.9	14.8	17.1
	Consumer Goods			267			272			326			339			409			423			472			405			411			449			476			417			269				865			1171			1289			1343				4668				3729				25.2			8.8
	Durable			139			136			149			141			169			173			185			174			194			173			212			186			124				424			483			553			571				2032				1632				24.5			15.7
	Passenger cars & motorized cycle			67			73			72			66			88			92			95			100			114			83			119			98			61				212			247			309			299				1066				742				43.7			23.5
	Home appliances			19			15			18			17			19			19			19			17			19			23			31			25			16				51			54			55			78				239				215				11.2			0.0
	Misc. manufactures			54			49			59			58			63			62			70			58			62			67			62			64			47				162			183			189			193				727				675				7.7			13.6
	Non-Durable			128			136			177			199			240			249			288			231			217			276			265			231			144				441			688			735			772				2636				2098				25.6			4.0
	Food & live animals chiefly for food			117			127			165			187			229			238			274			216			202			261			247			217			130				409			654			692			726				2481				1933				28.3			3.0
	Dairy products	23	1646	38	25	1706	43	25	1745	43	22	1804	39	32	2074	66	28	2249	62	24	2537	62	23	2224	51	19	2650	50	18	2324	41	25	2933	74	25	2732	68	20	1616	32		73	1700	125	81	2061	167	66	2460	163	68	2699	183		288	2211	638		296	1517	448		-2.7	45.7	42.4	10.4	-1.6	8.2
	Fish & fish preparation	12	431	5	14	574	8	10	763	8	7	618	5	9	679	6	6	364	2	7	472	3	10	449	4	14	632	9	25	697	17	19	710	14	23	416	10	18	413	7		36	581	21	22	569	13	31	539	17	67	603	40		156	580	91		123	487	60		26.8	19.1	51.7	-1.6	-0.4	-1.6
	Rice	2	239	0	21	316	7	56	321	18	174	326	57	163	310	51	266	325	86	328	329	108	176	308	54	130	334	43	255	347	89	178	345	61	57	350	20	109	261	29		79	318	25	602	321	194	635	324	206	490	346	170		1806	329	594		1717	271	466		5.2	21.4	27.5	-5.8	-1.1	-6.6
	Fruits & vegetables			14			11			14			12			14			11			13			12			12			17			16			29			11				39			37			37			62				174				158				10.1			38.6
	Others			59			58			82			75			94			76			88			94			88			98			83			90			51				200			244			269			271				984				800				23.0			1.5
	Beverages & tobacco mfture.			2			3			5			4			4			4			4			7			6			7			9			6			5				9			13			17			22				61				76				-19.7			24.6
	Articles of apparel, access.			9			6			7			7			6			7			10			8			9			8			9			8			9				22			21			26			24				93				88				5.7			10.0
	Special Transactions			68			49			62			50			58			52			61			51			72			79			74			66			58				181			160			185			212				738				1000				-26.2			-5.0
	Articles temporarily imported & exported			33			17			25			16			24			18			19			18			24			22			25			22			23				75			58			60			69				262				354				-26.0			-29.2
	Others			35			32			37			34			34			34			42			33			48			57			49			44			35				106			102			125			143				476				646				-26.3			16.8
	TOTAL IMPORTS 2/
	Trade Statistics			4223			4001			4808			4724			4709			4770			5122			5060			4805			5211			5139			5068			4102				13032			14203			14987			15418				57640				53612				7.5			10.5
	Conceptual and Coverage Adjustments 3/			0			53			13			51			41			35			45			40			6			-28			67			-60			-30				66			127			91			-21				263				-354				-174.3			-28.0
	TOTAL IMPORTS, BPM5			4223			4054			4821			4775			4750			4805			5167			5100			4811			5183			5206			5008			4072				13098			14330			15078			15397				57903				53258				8.7			10.9
1/   Volume in million barrels; unit price in U.S.$/barrel
	- -  Less than one million US dollars
	. .  Less than one thousand metric tons
2/  Include valuation adjustments to NSO data.
3/  Include adjustments on aircrafts both acquired under operational and financial agreements.
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 and 2007.
b.)  Adjustments to NSO's raw material imports for garments for 2006 and 2007.
Components may not add up to total due to rounding.