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 - June							Growth Rates (%)
		Jan-08			Feb-08			Mar-08			Apr-08			May-08			Jun-08				Q1			Q2				2008 p/				2007 r/				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.
	Capital Goods			734			728			847			879			755			758				2309			2392				4701				4459				5.4			6.1
	Power Generating & Specialized Machines			188			193			205			233			211			224				587			668				1255				1124				11.7			2.9
	Office & EDP Machines			251			253			257			252			236			251				760			739				1499				1481				1.2			0.6
	Telecommunication Eqpt. & Elect. Mach.			190			125			191			161			164			164				505			489				994				954				4.2			6.2
	Land Transport Eqpt. excl. Passenger Cars
	& Motorized Cycle			45			49			64			60			59			56				158			175				332				305				8.9			0.3
	Aircraft, Ships & Boats			20			73			88			138			39			19				180			196				376				333				12.9			56.3
	Prof. Sci. & Cont. Inst.; Photo-			41			35			42			36			45			44				119			125				244				262				-6.9			19.1
	graphic Eqpt. & Optical Goods
	Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods			2863			2578			2650			2801			2658			2605				8089			8438				16527				16370				1.0			5.0
	Unprocessed Raw Materials			142			146			142			215			126			147				431			492				922				815				13.1			4.8
	Wheat	123	309	38	238	341	81	188	385	72	146	477	69	108	410	44	107	464	50		549	349	192	361	453	164		910	390	355		1009	191	193		-9.8	104.2	83.9	-37.8	15.8	-28.0
	Corn	1	531	0	1	1140	1	3	864	2	3	1298	4	2	1081	2	2	534	1		4	842	3	7	1009	8		12	950	11		8	1110	9		50.0	-14.4	22.2	-97.3	716.2	-78.0
	Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn			1			1			1			1			1			1				3			3				6				3				0.0			0.0
	Crude materials, inedible			92			49			56			120			72			72				197			265				462				520				-11.2			26.8
	Pulp & waste paper			6			4			6			6			6			4				16			16				32				33				-3.0			-8.3
	Cotton	1	1510	2	1	1446	1	2	1468	2	1	1494	2	1	1498	2	1	1514	1		4	1479	5	3	1500	5		7	1488	10		9	1237	11		-22.2	20.3	-9.1	-30.8	3.4	-26.7
	Syn. fibers	3	2254	6	3	1875	5	3	1911	7	2	1984	5	2	2398	5	3	2416	7		9	2003	18	7	2268	17		16	2122	35		23	1593	37		-30.4	33.2	-5.4	15.0	-8.3	5.7
	Metalliferous ores			49			6			8			56			21			28				63			104				168				186				-9.7			42.0
	Others			29			32			33			52			38			33				94			123				217				253				-14.2			31.1
	Tobacco, unmanufactured			11			14			11			21			7			23				36			52				88				90				-2.2			57.9
	Semi-Processed Raw Materials			2721			2432			2508			2586			2532			2458				7658			7946				15605				15555				0.3			5.0
	Feeding stuffs for animals	82	356	29	184	390	72	184	391	72	163	384	63	105	421	44	157	323	51		450	384	173	426	370	158		876	377	331		865	257	223		1.3	46.7	48.4	-0.1	7.5	7.7
	Animal & vegetable oils & fats			17			11			18			21			16			26				46			63				109				92				18.5			21.1
	Chemical			379			366			439			440			405			485				1183			1330				2514				1887				33.2			5.6
	Chemical compounds			107			92			121			94			107			113				320			314				635				505				25.7			16.9
	Medicinal & pharmaceutical chemicals			48			52			66			57			59			55				167			171				338				297				13.8			9.6
	Urea	55	293	16	63	328	21	17	313	5	99	315	31	20	333	7	76	456	35		136	312	42	195	372	72		330	347	115		273	209	57		20.9	66.0	101.8	-1.4	4.0	1.8
	Fertilizer excl. urea	86	290	25	41	326	13	123	300	37	105	580	61	106	415	44	114	592	67		249	301	75	325	530	172		574	431	247		413