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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. - Aug. 2007	Jan. - Aug. 2007	Jan. - Aug. 2008	Jan. - Aug. 2008
	Value	%	Value	%

TOTAL GOODS EXPORTS	1,541,808.0	100.0	2,030,165.0	100.0
GENERAL MERCHANDISE EXPORTS	1,438,198.0	93.3	1,874,817.0	92.3
Food	201,619.0	13.1	207,650.0	10.2
Beverages & Tobacoo	67,116.0	4.3	67,022.0	3.3
Crude Materials	948,480.0	61.5	962,133.0	47.4
Mineral Fuels	135,445.0	8.8	216,902.0	10.7
Animal & Vegetable Oils	46.0	0.0	32.0	0.0
Chemicals	38,665.0	2.5	373,790.0	18.4
Manufactured Goods	13,482.0	0.9	9,479.0	0.5
Machinery & Transport Equipment	22,819.0	1.5	27,363.0	1.3
Miscellaneous Manufactured Goods	10,526.0	0.7	10,446.0	0.5
Miscellaneous Commodities	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
FREEZONE EXPORTS	36,439.0	2.4	39,294.0	2.0
GOODS PROCURED IN PORTS	67,171.0	4.3	116,054.0	5.7

IMPORTS (Values in US$000 )
Year	Jan. - Aug. 2007	Jan. - Aug. 2007	Jan. - Aug. 2008	Jan. - Aug. 2008
	Value	%	Value	%

TOTAL GOODS IMPORTS	4,244,266.0	100.0	6,200,822.0	100.0
GENERAL MERCHANDISE IMPORTS	4,141,048.0	97.5	6,072,150.0	97.9
Food	462,764.0	10.9	560,431.0	9.0
Beverages & Tobacoo	60,223.0	1.4	60,969.0	1.0
Crude Materials	46,279.0	1.1	55,060.0	0.9
Mineral Fuels	1,232,326.0	29.0	2,690,490.0	43.4
Animal & Vegetable Oils	16,995.0	0.4	38,367.0	0.6
Chemicals	515,174.0	12.2	618,974.0	10.0
Manufactured Goods	497,867.0	11.7	607,810.0	9.8
Machinery & Transport Equipment	859,196.0	20.2	882,267.0	14.2
Miscellaneous Manufactured Goods	395,204.0	9.3	486,018.0	7.8
Miscellaneous Commodities	55,020.0	1.3	71,764.0	1.2
FREEZONE IMPORTS	11,858.0	0.3	13,420.0	0.2
GOODS PROCURED IN PORTS	91,360.0	2.2	115,252.0	1.9

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