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			2009 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.	Vol.	Price	Val.
	Capital Goods				6805				7717				7984				8377				8781				8743				8928				9129				9711			9309			7675
	Power Generating & Specialized Machines				2395				2472				1972				1784				1884				2000				2148				2268				2467			2607			2151
	Office & EDP Machines				1482				1535				2230				3273				3365				3361				3307				3199				3309			2804			2276
	Telecommunication Eqpt. & Elect. Mach.				1871				2527				2638				2082				2135				2103				1939				1910				2043			1978			1801
	Land Transport Eqpt. excl. Passenger Cars
	& Motorized Cycle				562				663				677				765				840				608				618				689				667			664			662
	Aircraft, Ships & Boats				101				119				117				134				115				153				467				590				699			760			321
	Prof. Sci. & Cont. Inst.; Photo-				394				401				350				339				442				518				449				473				527			497			463
	graphic Eqpt. & Optical Goods
	Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods				28124				28959				23363				24904				25235				27389				28832				31755				32930			31516			25253
	Unprocessed Raw Materials				1518				1331				1365				1415				1362				1502				1482				1633				1652			1910			2366
	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	3068	234	719
	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	303	314	95
	Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn				0				2				0				0				1				0				1				5				7			11			8
	Crude materials, inedible				1015				820				852				809				832				987				962				949				1039			1040			1360
	Pulp & waste paper				79				94				70				62				65				75				64				65				63			56			49
	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	17	1216	21
	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	33	2067	68
	Metalliferous ores				328				242				306				239				297				397				438				409				408			402			849
	Others				452				343				356				397				355				369				342				373				465			495			373
	Tobacco, unmanufactured				104				100				61				70				86				167				180				158				173			199			184
	Semi-Processed Raw Materials				26606				27628				21998				23489				23873				25887				27350				30122				31278			29606			22887
	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	1913	315	602
	Animal & vegetable oils & fats				101				67				47				52				62				105				143				154				168			229			152
	Chemical				2507				2619				2516				2555				2880				3181				3297				3616				3979			4793			4197
	Chemical compounds				644				677				631				629				669				725				825				900				1111			1260			1131
	Medicinal & pharmaceutical chemicals				364				334				344				365				396				421				459				523				584			657			723
	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	690	265	183
	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	649	238	155
	Artificial resins				606				695				607				650				762				879				855				945				982			1090			768
	Others				736				744				743				749				854				967				955				1001				1044			1230			1237
	Manufactured goods				3175				3150				3074				3119				3245				3489				3799				4001				4144			4369			3254
	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	707	675	477
	Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles				845				804				799				811				726				740				788				888				853			665			468
	Non-metallic mineral mftures.				164				217				235				163				157				160				186				195				233			274			276
	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	1352	681	920
	Non-ferrous metals				362				387				354				354				387				453				470				630				653			609			437
	Metal products				302				292				323				285				336				320				329				394				462			432			439
	Others				234				229				205				208				216				216				249				252				259			257			236
	Embroideries				1347				1520				1426				1420				1343				1219				1366				1086				1039			812			637
	Mat/Acc  for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.				19217				19900				14562				15927				15945				17402				18228				20804				21333			18732			14032
	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	290	46	13
	Mineral Fuels & Lubricant				2432				3877				3373				3273				3765				4714				6281				7999				9593			12395			7361
	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	5760	66	382
	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	50.66	65.08	3297
	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	53.80	68.45	3683
	Consumer Goods				2647				2521				2481				2580				2725				3027				3427				3729				4668			6615			5424
	Durable				1092				1070				946				981				1155				1288				1410				1632				2032			2393			2332
	Passenger cars & motorized cycle				305				370				313				332				409				480				601				742				1066			1312			1288
	Home appliances				137				159				115				115				181				227				215				215				239			282			275
	Misc. manufactures				650				541				518				534				565				581				594				675				727			798			769
	Non-Durable				1555				1451				1535				1599				1570				1739				2017				2098				2636			4223			3092
	Food & live animals chiefly for food				1435				1319				1347				1387				1345				1603				1876				1933				2481			4064			2954
	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	293	1558	457
	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	240	615	148
	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	1159	822	953
	Fruits & vegetables				141				124				123				108				103				102				114				158				174			245			227
	Others				689				627				616				658				652				749				788				800				984			1226			1169
	Beverages & tobacco mfture.				70				78				132				161				171				74				61				76				61			65			54
	Articles of apparel, access.				50				54				56				51				54				62				80				88				93			93			84
	Special Transactions				1214				753				811				1232				1019				1148				1053				1000				738			721			587
	Articles temporarily imported & exported				897				425				486				971				445				616				500				354				262			257			264
	Others				317				328				325				261				574				532				553				646				476			464			323
	TOTAL IMPORTS 2/
	Trade Statistics				41244				43827			38012	38012			40366	40366			41525	41525			45021	45021			48521	48528			53612	53612			57640	57640		60556	60556		46300	46300
	Conceptual and Coverage Adjustments 3/				-1024				-509				-434				-433				-335				-543				-492				-354				263			582			173
	TOTAL IMPORTS, BPM5				40220				43318				37578				39933				41190				44478				48036				53258				57903			61138			46473
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
Note: Valuation adjustments include:
a.)   Adjustments to NSO's raw material imports for electronics exports for 1999 to 2001,  2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
b.)  Adjustments to NSO's raw material imports for garments for 1999 to 2009.
Components may not add up to total due to rounding.