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ECONOMIC DATA > EXTERNAL SECTOR > VALUE OF EXPORTS & IMPORTS BY SECTIONS OF THE S.I.T.C (Previous Year)

Exports (Values in US$000 )
Year	Jan. - Feb. 2009	Jan. - Feb. 2009	Jan. - Feb. 2008	Jan. - Feb. 2008
	Value	%	Value	%

TOTAL GOODS EXPORTS	222,036.0	100.0	440,331.0	100.0
GENERAL MERCHANDISE EXPORTS	197,192.0	88.8	405,598.0	92.1
Food	37,107.0	16.7	41,890.0	9.5
Beverages & Tobacoo	13,898.0	6.3	13,404.0	3.0
Crude Materials	102,086.0	46.0	239,009.0	54.3
Mineral Fuels	23,553.0	10.6	56,672.0	12.9
Animal & Vegetable Oils	40.0	0.0	7.0	0.0
Chemicals	5,986.0	2.7	43,891.0	10.0
Manufactured Goods	2,013.0	0.9	1,769.0	0.4
Machinery & Transport Equipment	10,553.0	4.8	6,224.0	1.4
Miscellaneous Manufactured Goods	1,956.0	0.9	2,732.0	0.6
Miscellaneous Commodities	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
FREEZONE EXPORTS	9,382.0	4.2	9,669.0	2.2
GOODS PROCURED IN PORTS	15,462.0	7.0	25,064.0	5.7

IMPORTS (Values in US$000 )
Year	Jan. - Feb. 2009	Jan. - Feb. 2009	Jan. - Feb. 2008	Jan. - Feb. 2008
	Value	%	Value	%

TOTAL GOODS IMPORTS	866,486.0	100.0	1,385,229.0	100.0
GENERAL MERCHANDISE IMPORTS	854,245.0	98.1	1,346,846.0	97.2
Food	150,659.0	17.4	140,104.0	10.1
Beverages & Tobacoo	12,537.0	1.4	16,535.0	1.2
Crude Materials	7,622.0	0.9	14,168.0	1.0
Mineral Fuels	214,537.0	24.8	527,006.0	38.0
Animal & Vegetable Oils	5,138.0	0.6	10,255.0	0.7
Chemicals	131,601.0	15.2	147,548.0	10.7
Manufactured Goods	89,433.0	10.3	151,573.0	10.9
Machinery & Transport Equipment	160,107.0	18.5	216,120.0	15.6
Miscellaneous Manufactured Goods	66,261.0	7.6	107,997.0	7.8
Miscellaneous Commodities	16,350.0	1.9	15,540.0	1.1
FREEZONE IMPORTS	1,477.0	0.2	3,856.0	0.3
GOODS PROCURED IN PORTS	10,764.0	1.2	34,527.0	2.5

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