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
																																							2010														January - December						Growth Rates (%)
		Jan-10			Feb-10			Mar-10			Apr-10			May-10			Jun-10			Jul-10			Aug-10			Sep-10			Oct-10			Nov-10			Dec-10				Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4				2010 p/			2009 r/				2010			2009
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			897			751			774			765			716			723			798			651			780			892			928			896				2421			2204			2229			2717				9571			7675				24.7			-17.6
	Power Generating & Specialized Machines			214			233			242			243			224			225			256			224			244			267			293			284				689			692			724			844				2948			2151				37.1			-17.5
	Office & EDP Machines			191			224			215			236			250			236			222			192			200			170			169			150				630			722			614			489				2455			2276				7.8			-18.8
	Telecommunication Eqpt. & Elect. Mach.			194			167			163			161			130			117			147			117			138			191			186			188				524			407			402			564				1897			1801				5.3			-8.9
	Land Transport Eqpt. excl. Passenger Cars
	& Motorized Cycle			70			78			76			71			58			84			70			65			67			117			127			88				224			213			202			332				970			662				46.6			-0.3
	Aircraft, Ships & Boats			189			7			21			11			6			13			53			8			70			94			97			136				218			30			131			326				704			321				119.4			-57.8
	Prof. Sci. & Cont. Inst.; Photo-			39			41			57			43			49			48			51			45			61			53			56			51				138			141			158			160				596			463				28.6			-6.8
	graphic Eqpt. & Optical Goods
	Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods			2328			2187			2543			2471			2851			2658			3101			3134			3241			3016			2852			2769				7058			7980			9476			8637				33151			25254				31.3			-19.9
	Unprocessed Raw Materials			173			116			167			157			331			130			283			254			282			287			179			145				457			617			819			610				2503			2366				5.8			23.8
	Wheat	176	209	37	254	221	56	114	260	30	126	272	34	208	211	44	95	235	22	71	158	11	228	256	58	206	244	50	113	269	30	234	246	57	44	399	18		545	225	123	429	234	100	506	237	120	392	270	106		1871	240	449	3068	234	719		-39.0	2.4	-37.6	80.1	-37.4	12.8
	Corn	2	404	0	5	356	2	27	344	9	31	592	19	3	5291	14	1	2294	3	2	2199	4	1	1603	2	10	724	8	1	1288	2	3	2925	8	1	1528	2		34	348	12	35	996	35	14	1009	14	6	2166	12		88	823	73	303	314	95		-70.8	162.0	-23.5	1220.0	-69.1	307.9
	Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn			1			2			2			3			3			4			1			1			0			1			1			1				5			10			2			3				20			8				0.0			0.0
	Crude materials, inedible			131			42			111			85			257			94			256			190			220			244			99			116				284			436			666			460				1845			1360				35.7			30.7
	Pulp & waste paper			4			5			3			7			5			4			5			5			4			5			6			6				12			15			14			17				58			49				19.1			-12.1
	Cotton	1	1413	1	1	1531	1	1	1656	2	3	1697	5	2	1460	3	2	1633	3	1	1840	2	1	2002	3	1	1956	2	2	1806	3	1	2033	3	2	1964	3		3	1553	4	6	1615	10	4	1936	7	5	1933	9		17	1760	30	17	1216	21		2.0	44.7	47.6	34.5	-18.2	10.0
	Syn. fibers	3	1857	6	5	1860	9	4	1445	6	6	1599	10	4	1778	7	4	2076	7	3	2801	9	3	2372	7	3	2702	7	3	1986	6	3	2414	8	3	2694	7		12	1723	20	14	1774	24	9	2635	24	9	2346	21		43	2058	89	33	2067	68		32.3	-0.5	31.7	6.3	-6.9	-1.1
	Metalliferous ores			90			3			61			36			212			51			201			135			159			189			43			59				154			299			495			291				1239			849				45.9			111.3
	Others			30			24			40			27			31			30			39			40			47			41			39			42				94			87			126			121				429			373				14.9			-24.7
	Tobacco, unmanufactured			4			14			15			16			13			7			10			3			4			9			13			7				34			36			18			29				117			184				-36.6			-7.4
	Semi-Processed Raw Materials			2155			2071			2375			2314			2520			2528			2819			2879			2958			2729			2673			2624				6601			7363			8656			8027				30647			22888				33.9			-22.7
	Feeding stuffs for animals	87	443	39	137	396	54	110	378	42	152	417	63	101	408	41	99	407	40	192	341	65	107	369	40	160	370	59	102	431	44	221	358	79	127	413	53		334	402	134	352	412	145	458	358	164	451	390	176		1595	388	619	1913	315	602		-16.6	23.3	2.8	18.1	-17.6	-2.7
	Animal & vegetable oils & fats			19			12			14			13			12			13			14			11			15			22			21			16				45			38			40			60				183			152				20.4			-33.5
	Chemical			393			370			419			463			396			430			439			456			438			493			465			447				1182			1290			1333			1404				5210			4197				24.1			-12.4
	Chemical compounds			102			99			105			127			109			122			104			124			111			143			127			106				306			357			338			376				1378			1131				21.8			-10.2
	Medicinal & pharmaceutical chemicals			63			55			68			73			68			62			65			64			63			72			73			56				187			203			193			201				783			723				8.4			9.9
	Urea	49	294	14	24	308	8	6	330	2	39	312	12	9	280	2	62	271	17	74	267	20	87	276	24	35	274	9	18	294	5	41	314	13	87	268	23		79	301	24	109	286	31	195	272	53	145	284	41		529	283	149	690	265	183		-23.4	6.6	-18.3	31.6	-30.7	-8.8
	Fertilizer excl. urea	60	242	14	86	305	26	98	310	30	115	260	30	16	294	5	50	305	15	67	223	15	54	289	16	73	299	22	37	199	7	36	346	13	133	316	42		244	291	71	181	276	50	194	270	52	207	300	62		825	285	235	649	238	155		27.1	19.7	52.1	-21.4	-44.8	-56.6
	Artificial resins			87			80			84			91			96			95			108			107			104			121			105			99				250			282			319			325				1178			768				53.2			-29.5
	Others			113			101			130			131			116			119			127			122			129			145			134			120				344			366			377			399				1486			1237				20.2			0.5
	Manufactured goods			339			282			316			363			345			326			350			374			324			391			407			405				937			1034			1048			1203				4222			3254				29.7			-25.5
	Paper & paper products	77	605	47	71	611	43	67	612	41	74	638	48	70	652	45	72	646	46	74	752	56	68	747	51	67	792	53	147	391	57	70	819	58	63	827	52		215	609	131	216	645	139	209	763	160	280	597	167		920	649	597	707	675	477		30.2	-3.9	25.1	-2.7	-6.2	-8.8
	Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles			36			29			41			42			45			41			40			39			46			49			50			53				106			128			125			153				512			468				9.3			-29.6
	Non-metallic mineral mftures.			29			24			28			31			31			30			29			30			26			35			36			34				81			93			85			105				364			276				31.7			0.8
	Iron & steel	115	727	84	126	650	82	116	766	89	183	627	115	147	757	112	109	853	93	118	884	105	141	934	132	105	817	86	162	591	96	141	801	113	151	775	117		357	713	255	439	727	319	365	884	322	454	718	326		1615	757	1222	1352	681	920		19.5	11.1	32.8	-29.0	-19.5	-42.8
	Non-ferrous metals			49			49			55			51			50			48			54			50			42			66			60			50				154			149			146			176				626			437				43.0			-28.1
	Metal products			70			31			39			53			39			42			39			42			41			49			57			72				140			134			122			178				573			439				30.5			1.7
	Others			24			23			23			26			22			26			28			30			29			38			33			26				71			73			87			98				329			236				39.5			-8.1
	Embroideries			46			53			59			42			54			61			54			71			55			54			48			52				158			157			180			154				649			637				1.9			-21.5
	Mat/Acc  for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.			1319			1300			1525			1370			1671			1657			1896			1927			2068			1725			1653			1652				4144			4698			5892			5029				19763			14032				40.8			-25.1
	Iron ore, not agglomerated	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	60	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	14	60	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	60	1	290	46	13		-95.2	32.0	-93.6	-77.3	11.9	-74.6
	Mineral Fuels & Lubricant			829			538			763			836			1029			730			719			636			735			900			867			950				2130			2595			2089			2717				9531			7361				29.5			-40.6
	Coal, Coke	298	63	19	488	63	31	622	73	45	530	64	34	344	66	23	553	75	42	871	76	66	503	67	33	475	70	33	586	72	42	441	68	30	646	75	48		1409	67	95	1426	69	98	1848	72	133	1672	72	121		6355	70	447	5760	66	382		10.3	6.1	17.0	9.1	0.3	9.4
	Petroleum Crude  1/	5.54	77.58	430	3.61	77.10	278	6.32	74.43	470	6.36	75.33	479	7.51	77.15	579	4.59	76.28	350	5.12	74.26	380	3.78	74.74	282	5.31	75.17	399	7.92	77.84	617	6.93	82.61	572	6.30	89.19	562		15.47	76.18	1178	18.46	76.31	1409	14.21	74.73	1062	21.15	82.78	1750		69.29	77.93	5399	50.66	65.08	3297		36.8	19.7	63.8	-30.8	-36.4	-56.0
	Others  1/	4.30	88.32	380	2.63	86.92	229	2.71	91.37	247	3.51	91.88	322	4.86	87.92	428	3.93	86.00	338	3.12	87.31	273	3.63	88.17	320	3.22	93.62	302	2.53	95.23	241	2.70	98.06	265	3.13	108.48	340		9.64	88.79	856	12.30	88.44	1088	9.97	89.66	894	8.36	101.10	846		40.28	91.45	3684	53.80	68.45	3683		-25.1	33.6	0.0	27.4	-36.4	-19.0
	Consumer Goods			545			646			824			655			643			608			627			603			546			556			598			546				2016			1906			1776			1700				7398			5424				36.4			-18.0
	Durable			203			208			222			232			237			245			240			256			256			279			318			261				633			714			751			858				2956			2332				26.7			-2.5
	Passenger cars & motorized cycle			122			130			142			139			148			155			138			145			159			160			174			152				393			441			442			486				1763			1288				36.9			-1.9
	Home appliances			19			22			20			30			26			21			23			24			20			27			34			22				61			77			66			83				288			275				4.5			-2.4
	Misc. manufactures			63			56			60			64			62			70			78			87			77			92			110			87				179			195			243			289				906			769				17.8			-3.6
	Non-Durable			342			438			603			423			406			363			387			348			290			277			280			285				1383			1192			1025			842				4441			3092				43.6			-26.8
	Food & live animals chiefly for food			331			426			591			412			396			350			376			334			276			258			256			261				1348			1158			985			775				4266			2954				44.4			-27.3
	Dairy products	28	1792	50	27	2193	59	31	2214	68	24	2046	49	31	2266	71	24	2115	50	25	2295	57	27	2458	67	25	2288	57	28	2231	62	31	2149	67	26	2225	57		85	2071	177	79	2154	170	77	2351	182	85	2199	186		327	2190	715	293	1558	457		11.3	40.5	56.5	11.8	-41.8	-35.0
	Fish & fish preparation	25	721	18	22	730	16	15	693	11	9	588	5	8	791	6	7	777	5	9	912	8	11	629	7	11	727	8	11	584	6	14	671	9	26	725	19		62	717	45	23	710	16	31	743	23	51	680	34		167	710	119	240	615	148		-30.5	15.3	-19.9	51.4	-9.3	37.3
	Rice	236	585	138	363	637	232	566	667	378	354	623	221	267	617	165	248	592	146	214	591	126	127	690	88	1	595	0	2	1060	2	1	2551	4	0	2259	0		1165	641	747	869	612	532	341	628	214	3	1743	6		2379	630	1499	1776	536	953		33.9	17.5	57.4	-27.0	-26.8	-46.5
	Fruits & vegetables			16			21			22			14			18			16			17			18			17			24			23			44				60			49			52			92				252			227				11.1			-7.4
	Others			109			98			113			123			136			132			167			154			193			165			152			140				320			390			514			457				1681			1169				43.8			-4.7
	Beverages & tobacco mfture.			3			5			4			4			3			4			4			4			5			9			10			11				12			11			12			30				65			54				20.1			-17.9
	Articles of apparel, access.			8			7			8			7			7			8			8			10			10			10			13			13				23			23			28			37				110			84				30.6			-9.2
	Special Transactions			57			54			71			79			75			88			77			76			67			75			77			71				181			241			220			221				864			586				47.5			-18.6
	Articles temporarily imported & exported			23			23			23			24			24			29			25			25			21			23			20			16				68			77			71			59				275			264				4.0			3.1
	Others			34			31			48			55			51			59			52			51			46			52			57			55				113			164			148			163				589			321				83.3			-30.6
	TOTAL IMPORTS 2/
	Trade Statistics			4657			4176			4974			4805			5314			4806			5322			5100			5368			5440			5321			5231				13807			14925			15790			15992				60514			46300				30.7			-23.5
	Conceptual and Coverage Adjustments 3/			158			22			28			27			1			27			46			36			59			42			53			55				208			55			141			150				554			152				264.5			-73.9
	TOTAL IMPORTS, BPM5			4815			4198			5002			4832			5315			4833			5368			5136			5427			5482			5374			5286				14015			14980			15931			16142				61068			46452				31.5			-24.0
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.
p/  Preliminary
r/  Revised
Note: Valuation adjustments include:
a.)   Adjustments to NSO's raw material imports for electronics exports' for 2009 and 2010.
b.)  Adjustments to NSO's raw material imports for garments for 2009 and 2010.
Components may not add up to total due to rounding.