Table 8:   Imports by SITC broken down into three Categories: Primary Goods; Consumption Goods; Capital Goods
			Category	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
		Consumption Goods
			0     Food and Live Animals	29,833,204	26,681,361	33,237,695	31,267,652	34,894,291	37,306,444	34,418,045
			1      Beverages and Tobacco	11,495,133	11,067,140	13,254,993	14,264,702	15,062,521	12,886,251	16,948,062
			4     Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats and Waxes	488,759	523,565	603,568	796,729	607,133	596,529	562,657
			6     Manufactured Goods  Classified Chiefly by Materials	28,781,927	31,810,378	39,160,335	49,340,887	46,175,743	36,381,146	35,935,280
			8     Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles	21,354,534	18,997,329	18,872,611	28,062,887	28,144,175	26,830,408	20,831,616
			9     Commodities and Transactions NES in SITC	50,730	-	-	8,909	366,092	160	250,038
			Sub-Total	92,004,287	89,079,773	105,129,202	123,741,766	125,249,955	114,000,938	108,945,698
		Primary Goods
			2      Crude Materials, Inedible, except Fuels	4,140,845	5,215,813	6,936,067	9,950,413	8,344,963	7,136,497	5,761,019
			3      Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials	13,690,614	11,868,122	15,340,727	17,723,755	18,666,768	17,678,064	18,283,346
			5      Chemicals and Related Products NES	9,705,118	11,205,543	12,991,065	17,089,169	15,489,475	13,419,565	12,815,367
			Sub-Total	27,536,577	28,289,478	35,267,859	44,763,337	42,501,206	38,234,126	36,859,732
		Capital Goods
			7       Machinery and Transport Equipment	42,298,539	48,950,750	52,314,874	79,578,534	87,437,357	57,567,728	42,906,995
		Total Imports		161,839,403	166,320,001	192,711,935	248,083,637	255,188,518	209,802,792	188,712,425
	% Change  1997- 2002
			Category	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
		Consumption Goods
			0     Food and Live Animals	-10.6%	24.6%	-5.9%	11.6%	6.9%	-7.7%
			1      Beverages and Tobacco	-3.7%	19.8%	7.6%	5.6%	-14.4%	31.5%
			4     Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats and Waxes	7.1%	15.3%	32.0%	-23.8%	-1.7%	-5.7%
			6     Manufactured Goods  Classified Chiefly by Materials	10.5%	23.1%	26.0%	-6.4%	-21.2%	-1.2%
			8     Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles	-11.0%	-0.7%	48.7%	0.3%	-4.7%	-22.4%
			9     Commodities and Transactions NES in SITC	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
			Sub-Total	-3.2%	18.0%	17.7%	1.2%	-9.0%	-4.4%
		Primary Goods
			2      Crude Materials, Inedible, except Fuels	26.0%	33.0%	43.5%	-16.1%	-14.5%	-19.3%
			3      Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials	-13.3%	29.3%	15.5%	5.3%	-5.3%	3.4%
			5      Chemicals and Related Products NES	15.5%	15.9%	31.5%	-9.4%	-13.4%	-4.5%
			Sub-Total	2.7%	24.7%	26.9%	-5.1%	-10.0%	-3.6%
		Capital Goods
			7       Machinery and Transport Equipment	15.7%	6.9%	52.1%	9.9%	-34.2%	-25.5%
		Total Imports		2.8%	15.9%	28.7%	2.9%	-17.8%	-10.1%