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
																																							2008														January - December							Growth Rates (%)
		Jan-08			Feb-08			Mar-08			Apr-08			May-08			Jun-08			Jul-08			Aug-08			Sep-08			Oct-08			Nov-08			Dec-08				Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4				2008 r/				2007				2008			2007
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			734			728			847			879			755			758			808			891			824			866			636			584				2309			2392			2522			2086				9309				9711				-4.1			6.4
	Power Generating & Specialized Machines			188			193			205			233			211			224			234			251			260			218			190			198				587			669			745			606				2607				2467				5.7			8.8
	Office & EDP Machines			251			253			257			252			236			251			256			248			245			239			189			127				760			739			749			555				2804				3309				-15.3			3.4
	Telecommunication Eqpt. & Elect. Mach.			190			124			191			161			164			164			186			147			178			190			155			128				505			489			511			473				1978				2043				-3.2			7.0
	Land Transport Eqpt. excl. Passenger Cars
	& Motorized Cycle			45			49			64			60			59			56			62			62			55			52			54			47				158			175			179			153				664				667				-0.4			-3.2
	Aircraft, Ships & Boats			20			73			88			138			39			19			26			130			42			122			12			52				180			196			198			186				760				699				8.7			18.5
	Prof. Sci. & Cont. Inst.; Photo-			41			35			42			36			45			44			44			52			44			46			36			32				118			125			140			114				497				527				-5.7			11.4
	graphic Eqpt. & Optical Goods
	Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods			2864			2579			2651			2801			2681			2975			2854			2779			2814			2587			2186			1745				8093			8461			8447			6514				31518				32930				-4.3			3.7
	Unprocessed Raw Materials			142			146			142			215			126			147			170			127			182			162			142			208				430			491			479			511				1910				1652				15.6			1.2
	Wheat	123	309	38	238	340	81	188	385	72	146	477	69	108	410	44	107	461	50	109	435	47	12	375	4	163	379	62	124	359	45	90	364	33	296	310	92		549	349	191	361	452	163	284	400	114	510	332	169		1703	374	637		1796	217	389		-5.2	72.4	63.8	-34.8	26.2	-17.8
	Corn	1	531	0	1	1139	1	3	864	2	3	1298	4	2	1080	2	2	534	1	2	1274	2	2	1835	4	2	1126	2	1	2073	2	2	1045	2	3	178	1		4	842	3	7	1009	8	5	1460	8	6	766	5		23	1016	23		152	292	44		-84.9	247.9	-47.7	-50.5	84.8	-8.3
	Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn			1			1			1			1			1			1			1			1			1			1			1			0				3			3			3			2				11				7				0.0			0.0
	Crude materials, inedible			92			49			56			120			72			72			109			93			89			97			91			99				197			265			290			288				1040				1039				0.1			9.5
	Pulp & waste paper			6			4			6			6			6			4			4			5			5			5			3			2				16			16			14			9				56				63				-11.1			-3.1
	Cotton	1	1509	2	1	1446	1	2	1468	2	1	1494	2	1	1498	2	1	1514	1	1	1560	2	1	1511	2	1	1470	1	1	1299	1	1	1495	1	1	1605	2		4	1478	5	3	1499	5	3	1517	5	3	1455	4		13	1488	19		17	1235	21		-23.5	20.5	-9.5	-32.0	4.0	-27.6
	Syn. fibers	3	2254	6	3	1874	5	3	1911	7	2	1984	5	2	2397	5	3	2416	7	3	1837	5	2	2758	6	3	2651	9	2	1799	4	2	2472	6	2	2487	5		9	2003	18	7	2268	17	8	2419	19	7	2225	15		31	2220	68		45	1803	82		-31.1	23.1	-17.1	12.5	-1.0	12.3
	Metalliferous ores			49			6			8			56			21			28			58			23			35			35			34			49				63			104			116			118				402				408				-1.5			-0.2
	Others			29			32			33			52			38			33			40			58			39			51			48			43				94			123			137			141				495				465				6.5			24.7
	Tobacco, unmanufactured			11			14			11			21			7			23			11			25			28			17			15			16				36			52			64			47				199				173				15.0			9.5
	Semi-Processed Raw Materials			2722			2433			2509			2586			2555			2828			2684			2652			2632			2425			2044			1537				7663			7970			7968			6003				29608				31278				-5.3			3.8
	Feeding stuffs for animals	82	356	29	184	390	72	184	391	72	163	384	63	105	421	44	157	323	51	58	466	27	97	424	41	181	406	74	161	364	59	108	378	41	138	338	47		450	384	173	426	370	158	336	422	142	408	359	146		1620	382	619		1719	279	480		-5.8	36.9	29.0	0.5	18.2	19.1
	Animal & vegetable oils & fats			17			11			18			21			16			26			27			21			26			14			19			12				46			63			74			45				229				168				36.3			9.1
	Chemical			379			365			439			440			405			485			451			424			389			423			313			280				1183			1330			1264			1016				4794				3978				20.5			10.0
	Chemical compounds			107			92			121			94			107			113			137			123			96			113			83			72				320			314			357			268				1260				1111				13.4			23.4
	Medicinal & pharmaceutical chemicals			48			52			66			57			59			55			55			60			58			59			46			42				167			171			173			147				657				584				12.5			11.7
	Urea	55	293	16	63	328	21	17	313	5	99	315	31	20	333	7	76	456	35	34	687	23	21	635	14	35	466	17	25	421	11	10	346	3	68	271	18		136	312	42	195	372	72	91	589	54	103	315	33		525	383	201		506	222	112		3.8	72.5	79.5	-3.8	6.2	1.8
	Fertilizer excl. urea	86	290	25	41	325	13	123	299	37	105	580	61	106	415	44	114	589	67	79	395	31	45	307	14	35	385	14	49	639	31	8	704	6	36	391	14		249	301	75	325	529	172	160	368	59	93	548	51		826	431	356		796	182	145		3.8	136.8	145.5	-15.1	23.8	5.1
	Artificial resins			96			96			103			90			93			109			102			99			90			94			69			48				295			292			292			211				1090				982				11.0			3.9
	Others			87			91			106			107			96			106			102			114			115			115			106			85				284			309			330			307				1230				1044				17.8			4.3
	Manufactured goods			326			283			352			347			415			470			452			427			378			382			308			228				962			1233			1256			918				4370				4145				5.4			3.6
	Paper & paper products	57	700	40	56	686	38	60	737	45	53	758	40	71	711	50	69	735	51	65	720	47	74	713	53	64	721	46	74	689	51	54	751	40	32	740	23		173	709	122	192	733	141	203	718	146	159	720	114		727	720	523		678	684	464		7.2	5.3	12.7	-2.4	6.4	3.8
	Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles			63			42			61			62			57			63			53			54			61			57			53			40				166			182			167			150				665				853				-22.0			-3.9
	Non-metallic mineral mftures.			21			18			21			21			22			22			23			22			32			28			25			19				60			66			76			72				274				233				17.6			19.5
	Iron & steel	143	744	107	163	601	98	236	562	132	195	700	137	239	767	183	240	954	228	220	915	201	151	905	137	90	1253	113	92	1207	111	67	1270	85	67	1151	77		542	622	337	674	814	548	461	978	451	226	1209	273		1903	846	1610		1862	656	1221		2.2	29.0	31.9	-19.2	26.4	2.2
	Non-ferrous metals			44			42			41			40			48			48			65			64			70			71			50			26				127			136			199			147				609				653				-6.7			3.7
	Metal products			29			27			31			28			33			38			41			72			31			39			36			27				87			99			144			102				432				462				-6.5			17.3
	Others			23			17			21			20			21			20			22			26			26			26			19			15				62			61			74			60				257				259				-0.8			2.8
	Embroideries			67			73			67			62			65			76			74			72			76			57			56			67				207			203			223			179				812				1039				-21.8			-4.3
	Mat/Acc  for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.			1904			1612			1551			1642			1610			1717			1646			1662			1689			1490			1307			903				5066			4969			4997			3699				18732				21333				-12.2			2.5
	Iron ore, not agglomerated	0	0	0	477	35	17	212	45	10	251	45	11	0	0	0	63	45	3	158	44	7	117	44	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		689	38	26	313	45	14	276	44	12	0	0	0		1278	41	52		3738	36	135		-65.8	13.9	-61.5	41.9	63.6	132.8
	Mineral Fuels & Lubricant			1029			844			1170			1037			1190			1233			1781			1019			982			905			544			660				3044			3460			3782			2109				12395				9593				29.2			19.9
	Coal, Coke	521	49	26	259	37	10	312	51	16	378	51	19	503	52	26	413	72	30	316	81	26	417	66	27	513	72	37	586	84	49	559	80	45	502	77	39		1093	47	51	1294	58	75	1246	72	90	1648	81	133		5281	66	349		5527	43	237		-4.5	53.5	47.3	-4.0	2.4	-0.8
	Petroleum Crude  1/	6.85	95.69	656	4.68	93.35	437	6.31	94.82	599	5.80	103.04	598	6.52	114.38	746	6.59	125.70	828	9.15	135.07	1235	4.85	123.64	600	4.63	136.32	631	6.66	85.95	572	4.04	67.92	274	7.15	45.11	322		17.85	94.77	1691	18.91	114.85	2172	18.62	132.41	2466	17.84	65.51	1169		73.23	102.40	7499		76.40	75.04	5733		-4.1	36.5	30.8	-4.7	19.3	13.7
	Others  1/	3.14	110.78	348	3.85	103.49	398	4.73	117.61	556	3.61	116.37	420	3.23	129.20	418	2.70	138.74	375	3.71	140.15	520	3.06	127.96	392	2.67	117.27	314	3.05	93.00	284	3.44	65.33	225	5.04	59.24	298		11.71	111.14	1301	9.55	127.04	1213	9.45	129.72	1226	11.53	69.99	807		42.23	107.66	4547		42.42	85.40	3623		-0.4	26.1	25.5	7.6	23.9	33.3
	Consumer Goods			355			440			529			552			629			722			745			732			645			475			450			341				1324			1903			2122			1266				6615				4668				41.7			25.2
	Durable			158			180			216			211			196			221			211			203			220			230			197			150				554			627			635			576				2393				2032				17.8			24.5
	Passenger cars & motorized cycle			74			103			118			109			107			123			120			114			126			132			108			79				296			338			360			319				1312				1066				23.1			43.7
	Home appliances			22			27			22			22			22			23			25			20			27			28			26			19				72			66			72			72				282				239				18.0			11.2
	Misc. manufactures			61			50			75			81			68			75			66			70			68			70			63			52				187			223			203			185				798				727				9.8			7.7
	Non-Durable			197			260			313			341			433			502			534			528			425			245			253			192				770			1276			1487			690				4223				2636				60.2			25.6
	Food & live animals chiefly for food			183			249			299			328			420			488			520			515			409			231			241			179				732			1237			1445			651				4064				2481				63.8			28.3
	Dairy products	22	3302	72	23	3096	73	24	3500	84	18	2409	43	24	2531	60	19	2661	51	18	2477	44	22	2442	55	23	2460	55	25	2547	64	28	2396	66	17	2120	36		69	3301	229	61	2535	154	63	2458	154	70	2384	166		262	2679	703		288	2211	638		-9.0	21.2	10.2	-2.7	45.7	42.4
	Fish & fish preparation	19	684	13	17	790	13	14	509	7	15	772	12	10	487	5	9	576	5	6	540	3	10	877	9	13	872	11	16	694	11	14	769	11	15	448	7		50	670	33	34	635	22	29	807	24	45	637	29		159	679	108		156	580	91		1.9	17.1	18.7	26.8	19.1	51.7
	Rice	6	391	2	174	416	72	216	419	91	330	470	155	353	652	230	360	854	307	352	971	342	350	923	323	221	916	203	33	813	27	25	796	20	12	819	10		396	417	165	1043	664	692	924	939	868	70	808	57		2433	733	1782		1806	329	594		34.7	122.8	200.0	5.2	21.4	27.5
	Fruits & vegetables			17			16			20			17			17			17			17			17			22			23			30			34				52			51			55			87				245				174				40.8			10.1
	Others			79			76			98			101			108			109			115			111			118			106			114			92				252			318			344			312				1226				984				24.6			23.0
	Beverages & tobacco mfture.			5			4			5			5			6			4			5			6			7			6			5			6				15			15			18			17				65				61				6.6			-19.7
	Articles of apparel, access.			8			7			9			8			7			9			8			7			9			7			8			6				24			24			24			21				93				93				0.0			5.7
	Special Transactions			67			59			64			62			77			66			65			67			67			53			44			30				190			201			199			131				719				738				-2.6			-26.7
	Articles temporarily imported & exported			21			17			21			23			23			19			21			27			28			24			18			15				58			65			77			58				257				262				-1.9			-26.0
	Others			46			42			43			39			54			47			44			40			39			29			26			15				132			136			122			73				462				476				-2.9			-27.1
	TOTAL IMPORTS 2/
	Trade Statistics			5049			4650			5261			5331			5332			5754			6253			5488			5332			4886			3860			3360				14960			16417			17073			12106				60556				57640				5.1			7.5
	Conceptual and Coverage Adjustments 3/			27			25			57			46			39			77			46			76			89			13			24			63				109			162			211			100				582				263				121.3			-174.3
	TOTAL IMPORTS, BPM5			5076			4675			5318			5377			5371			5831			6299			5564			5421			4899			3884			3423				15069			16579			17284			12206				61138				57903				5.6			8.7
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 May 2009.
Note: Valuation adjustments include:
a.)   Adjustments to NSO's raw material imports for electronics exports' for 2007 and 2008.
b.)  Adjustments to NSO's raw material imports for garments for 2007 and 2008.
Components may not add up to total due to rounding.