Table 3:
Balance of Trade; 1999 - 2005
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
% Change 05/04
January
IMPORTS
17,391,045
23,290,424
24,196,729
16,753,375
17,208,019
18,147,065
23,801,088
31.2%
EXPORTS
155,544
432,974
737,483
539,200
702,142
715,341
1,483,276
107.4%
BALANCE (E-I)
(17,235,501)
(22,857,450)
(23,459,246)
(16,214,175)
(16,505,877)
(17,431,724)
(22,317,812)
28.0%
February
IMPORTS
17,135,458
21,149,716
18,152,805
13,496,178
17,131,523
15,460,664
25,153,246
62.7%
EXPORTS
304,758
1,195,536
525,291
653,679
1,017,060
423,570
1,169,932
176.2%
BALANCE (E-I)
(16,830,700)
(19,954,180)
(17,627,514)
(12,842,499)
(16,114,463)
(15,037,094)
(23,983,314)
59.5%
March
IMPORTS
15,479,360
20,789,737
18,965,459
14,774,686
14,899,731
18,647,117
28,710,655
54.0%
EXPORTS
342,675
916,930
640,465
1,210,742
785,563
1,176,821
3,871,760
229.0%
BALANCE (E-I)
(15,136,685)
(19,872,807)
(18,324,994)
(13,563,944)
(14,114,168)
(17,470,296)
(24,838,895)
42.2%
April
IMPORTS
26,185,889
15,900,007
20,223,439
21,163,495
16,479,625
18,867,318
29,216,834
54.9%
EXPORTS
354,084
314,535
530,833
2,295,635
797,697
445,905
3,921,295
779.4%
BALANCE (E-I)
(25,831,805)
(15,585,472)
(19,692,606)
(18,867,860)
(15,681,928)
(18,421,413)
(25,295,539)
37.3%
May
IMPORTS
20,482,054
19,557,990
16,395,972
14,637,488
16,511,900
23,202,381
30,490,027
31.4%
EXPORTS
700,782
1,084,791
508,676
546,447
827,693
564,682
7,051,629
1148.8%
BALANCE (E-I)
(19,781,272)
(18,473,199)
(15,887,296)
(14,091,041)
(15,684,207)
(22,637,699)
(23,438,398)
3.5%
June
IMPORTS
19,722,596
23,799,838
17,313,510
14,901,554
15,036,673
23,598,444
27,101,037
14.8%
EXPORTS
823,323
531,760
438,853
885,443
807,214
857,600
2,922,142
240.7%
BALANCE (E-I)
(18,899,273)
(23,268,078)
(16,874,657)
(14,016,111)
(14,229,459)
(22,740,844)
(24,178,895)
6.3%
July
IMPORTS
21,030,139
20,130,355
20,687,981
17,504,506
16,400,927
20,395,678
27,510,386
34.9%
EXPORTS
232,379
481,483
1,158,440
1,012,735
755,688
1,861,485
3,104,363
66.8%
BALANCE (E-I)
(20,797,760)
(19,648,872)
(19,529,541)
(16,491,771)
(15,645,239)
(18,534,193)
(24,406,023)
31.7%
August
IMPORTS
18,672,123
18,010,099
17,708,960
14,784,502
15,686,892
30,944,793
24,727,415
-20.1%
EXPORTS
890,093
621,465
525,838
1,833,392
2,274,540
968,693
2,910,313
200.4%
BALANCE (E-I)
(17,782,030)
(17,388,634)
(17,183,122)
(12,951,110)
(13,412,352)
(29,976,100)
(21,817,102)
-27.2%
September
IMPORTS
21,588,500
17,216,472
13,262,787
12,583,464
17,881,275
27,528,430
29,612,831
7.6%
EXPORTS
539,497
472,821
995,401
948,455
1,984,603
873,061
5,493,751
529.3%
BALANCE (E-I)
(21,049,003)
(16,743,651)
(12,267,386)
(11,635,009)
(15,896,672)
(26,655,369)
(24,119,080)
-9.5%
October
IMPORTS
20,503,392
21,152,560
13,570,642
14,159,429
19,736,717
23,778,753
32,795,757
37.9%
EXPORTS
704,074
3,977,568
817,896
918,962
562,189
826,420
1,264,288
53.0%
BALANCE (E-I)
(19,799,318)
(17,174,992)
(12,752,746)
(13,240,467)
(19,174,528)
(22,952,333)
(31,531,469)
37.4%
November
IMPORTS
23,260,278
33,374,588
16,026,311
16,081,114
20,740,121
30,641,957
34,086,489
11.2%
EXPORTS
415,836
490,396
1,245,634
469,598
499,942
2,189,772
6,094,105
178.3%
BALANCE (E-I)
(22,844,442)
(32,884,192)
(14,780,677)
(15,611,516)
(20,240,179)
(28,452,185)
(27,992,384)
-1.6%
December
IMPORTS
26,632,803
20,816,732
13,298,197
17,872,634
19,583,762
25,371,764
37,386,249
47.4%
EXPORTS
1,626,093
383,253
517,711
415,870
430,968
4,616,502
519,132
-88.8%
BALANCE (E-I)
(25,006,710)
(20,433,479)
(12,780,486)
(17,456,764)
(19,152,794)
(20,755,262)
(36,867,117)
77.6%