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		Table 8:   Value of Imports in EC$ by SITC broken down into three Categories: Primary Goods; Consumption Goods; Capital Goods, 1996 - 2003
		Category	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
		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	38,300,499
		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	17,834,985
		4     Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats and Waxes	488,759	523,565	603,568	796,729	607,133	596,529	562,657	627,178
		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	36,381,180
		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	22,264,015
		9     Commodities and Transactions NES in SITC	50,730	-	-	8,909	366,092	160	250,038	119,676
		Consumption Goods	92,004,287	89,079,773	105,129,202	123,741,766	125,249,955	114,000,938	108,945,698	115,527,533
		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	4,529,721
		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	21,468,493
		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	13,781,186
		Primary Goods	27,536,577	28,289,478	35,267,859	44,763,337	42,501,206	38,234,126	36,859,732	39,779,400
		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	51,990,232
		Capital Goods	42,298,539	48,950,750	52,314,874	79,578,534	87,437,357	57,567,728	42,906,995	51,990,232
		Total Imports	161,839,403	166,320,001	192,711,935	248,083,637	255,188,518	209,802,792	188,712,425	207,297,165
	Annual Percentage Change  1997- 2003
		Category	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
		0     Food and Live Animals	-10.6%	24.6%	-5.9%	11.6%	6.9%	-7.7%	11.3%
		1      Beverages and Tobacco	-3.7%	19.8%	7.6%	5.6%	-14.4%	31.5%	5.2%
		4     Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats and Waxes	7.1%	15.3%	32.0%	-23.8%	-1.7%	-5.7%	11.5%
		6     Manufactured Goods  Classified Chiefly by Materials	10.5%	23.1%	26.0%	-6.4%	-21.2%	-1.2%	1.2%
		8     Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles	-11.0%	-0.7%	48.7%	0.3%	-4.7%	-22.4%	6.9%
		9     Commodities and Transactions NES in SITC	0.0%	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%	6.0%
		2      Crude Materials, Inedible, except Fuels	26.0%	33.0%	43.5%	-16.1%	-14.5%	-19.3%	-21.4%
		3      Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials	-13.3%	29.3%	15.5%	5.3%	-5.3%	3.4%	17.4%
		5      Chemicals and Related Products NES	15.5%	15.9%	31.5%	-9.4%	-13.4%	-4.5%	7.5%
		Sub-Total	2.7%	24.7%	26.9%	-5.1%	-10.0%	-3.6%	7.9%
		7       Machinery and Transport Equipment	15.7%	6.9%	52.1%	9.9%	-34.2%	-25.5%	21.2%
		Total Imports	2.8%	15.9%	28.7%	2.9%	-17.8%	-10.1%	9.8%