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
		1999				2000				2001				2002				2003				2004				2005				2006				2007				2008 r/
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.
	Capital Goods			6805				7717				7984				8377				8781				8743				8928				9129				9711				9309
	Power Generating & Specialized Machines			2395				2472				1972				1784				1884				2000				2148				2268				2467				2607
	Office & EDP Machines			1482				1535				2230				3273				3365				3361				3307				3199				3309				2804
	Telecommunication Eqpt. & Elect. Mach.			1871				2527				2638				2082				2135				2103				1939				1910				2043				1978
	Land Transport Eqpt. excl. Passenger Cars
	& Motorized Cycle			562				663				677				765				840				608				618				689				667				664
	Aircraft, Ships & Boats			101				119				117				134				115				153				467				590				699				760
	Prof. Sci. & Cont. Inst.; Photo-			394				401				350				339				442				518				449				473				527				497
	graphic Eqpt. & Optical Goods
	Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods			28124				28959				23363				24904				25235				27389				28832				31755				32930				31518
	Unprocessed Raw Materials			1518				1331				1365				1415				1362				1502				1482				1633				1652				1910
	Wheat	2023	179	363		2649	133	352		3064	139	425		3100	157	486		2752	153	422		2155	156	336		2050	155	318		2756	172	473		1796	217	389		1703	374	637
	Corn	149	241	36		446	128	57		172	157	27		278	180	50		99	211	21		23	524	12		71	296	21		307	158	48		152	292	44		23	1016	23
	Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn			0				2				0				0				1				0				1				5				7				11
	Crude materials, inedible			1015				820				852				809				832				987				962				949				1039				1040
	Pulp & waste paper			79				94				70				62				65				75				64				65				63				56
	Cotton	56	1232	69		51	1059	54		46	1063	49		47	906	43		32	1064	34		34	1461	49		33	1055	35		25	1188	29		17	1235	21		13	1488	19
	Syn. fibers	74	1177	87		70	1241	87		67	1065	71		71	957	68		63	1282	81		67	1443	97		47	1748	83		40	1821	73		45	1803	82		31	2220	68
	Metalliferous ores			328				242				306				239				297				397				438				409				408				402
	Others			452				343				356				397				355				369				342				373				465				495
	Tobacco, unmanufactured			104				100				61				70				86				167				180				158				173				199
	Semi-Processed Raw Materials			26606				27628				21998				23489				23873				25887				27350				30122				31278				29608
	Feeding stuffs for animals	924	219	202		1114	241	269		1279	237	303		1575	227	357		1459	221	323		1479	281	416		1751	243	426		1710	236	403		1719	279	480		1620	382	619
	Animal & vegetable oils & fats			101				67				47				52				62				105				143				154				168				229
	Chemical			2507				2619				2516				2555				2880				3181				3297				3616				3978				4794
	Chemical compounds			644				677				631				629				669				725				825				900				1111				1260
	Medicinal & pharmaceutical chemicals			364				334				344				365				396				421				459				523				584				657
	Urea	682	111	76		629	118	74		752	114	86		581	102	59		720	137	99		543	142	77		570	165	94		526	209	110		506	222	112		525	383	201
	Fertilizer excl. urea	625	130	81		829	115	95		753	139	105		700	147	103		773	129	100		830	135	112		744	146	109		938	147	138		796	182	145		826	431	356
	Artificial resins			606				695				607				650				762				879				855				945				982				1090
	Others			736				744				743				749				854				967				955				1001				1044				1230
	Manufactured goods			3175				3150				3074				3119				3245				3489				3799				4001				4145				4370
	Paper & paper products	532	603	321		507	659	334		695	467	324		610	531	324		606	596	361		595	642	382		594	667	396		695	643	447		678	684	464		727	720	523
	Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles			845				804				799				811				726				740				788				888				853				665
	Non-metallic mineral mftures.			164				217				235				163				157				160				186				195				233				274
	Iron & steel	3184	297	947		3078	288	887		3912	213	834		3758	259	974		3193	333	1062		2736	445	1218		2677	516	1381		2305	519	1195		1862	656	1221		1903	846	1610
	Non-ferrous metals			362				387				354				354				387				453				470				630				653				609
	Metal products			302				292				323				285				336				320				329				394				462				432
	Others			234				229				205				208				216				216				249				252				259				257
	Embroideries			1347				1520				1426				1420				1343				1219				1366				1086				1039				812
	Mat/Acc  for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.			19217				19900				14562				15927				15945				17402				18228				20804				21333				18732
	Iron ore, not agglomerated	2149	27	57		3814	27	103		3078	23	70		2926	20	59		3976	19	75		4019	19	75		4777	19	91		2634	22	58		3738	36	135		1278	41	52
	Mineral Fuels & Lubricant			2432				3877				3373				3273				3765				4714				6281				7999				9593				12395
	Coal, Coke	3970	24	96		4038	23	92		4581	23	105		4557	23	104		4088	25	102		4258	32	137		4403	40	176		5760	42	239		5527	43	237		5281	66	349
	Petroleum Crude  1/	122.50	16.31	1998		109.36	27.88	3049		114.07	23.64	2697		93.00	24.33	2263		91.67	27.53	2524		72.27	34.87	2520		78.33	48.29	3783		80.14	62.91	5042		76.40	75.04	5733		73.23	102.40	7499
	Others  1/	13.42	25.18	338		20.10	36.61	736		19.15	29.82	571		34.92	25.95	906		33.96	33.54	1139		47.42	43.38	2057		38.69	60.02	2322		39.44	68.91	2718		42.42	85.40	3623		42.23	107.66	4547
	Consumer Goods			2647				2521				2481				2580				2725				3027				3427				3729				4668				6615
	Durable			1092				1070				946				981				1155				1288				1410				1632				2032				2393
	Passenger cars & motorized cycle			305				370				313				332				409				480				601				742				1066				1312
	Home appliances			137				159				115				115				181				227				215				215				239				282
	Misc. manufactures			650				541				518				534				565				581				594				675				727				798
	Non-Durable			1555				1451				1535				1599				1570				1739				2017				2098				2636				4223
	Food & live animals chiefly for food			1435				1319				1347				1387				1345				1603				1876				1933				2481				4064
	Dairy products	231	1348	311		274	1418	389		282	1543	435		291	1208	352		319	1215	387		344	1405	484		268	1542	414		296	1517	448		288	2211	638		262	2679	703
	Fish & fish preparation	178	422	75		155	362	56		87	423	37		141	412	58		97	516	50		82	439	36		125	489	61		123	487	60		156	580	91		159	679	108
	Rice	834	262	219		639	193	123		808	168	136		1196	176	211		886	173	153		1001	232	232		1822	274	499		1717	271	466		1806	329	594		2433	733	1782
	Fruits & vegetables			141				124				123				108				103				102				114				158				174				245
	Others			689				627				616				658				652				749				788				800				984				1226
	Beverages & tobacco mfture.			70				78				132				161				171				74				61				76				61				65
	Articles of apparel, access.			50				54				56				51				54				62				80				88				93				93
	Special Transactions			1236				753				811				1232				1019				1148				1053				1000				738				719
	Articles temporarily imported & exported			897				425				486				971				445				616				500				354				262				257
	Others			339				328				325				261				574				532				553				646				476				462
	TOTAL IMPORTS 2/
	Trade Statistics		41244	41244			43827	43827			38012	38012			40366	40366			41525	41525			45021	45021			48521	48528			53612	53612				57640				60556
	Conceptual and Coverage Adjustments 3/			-1024				-509				-434				-433				-335				-543				-492				-354				263				582
	TOTAL IMPORTS, BPM5			40220				43318				37578				39933				41190				44478				48036				53258				57903				61138
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.