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

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

TOTAL GOODS EXPORTS	2,030,165.0	100.0	939,043.0	100.0
GENERAL MERCHANDISE EXPORTS	1,874,817.0	92.3	834,113.0	88.9
Food	207,650.0	10.2	178,353.0	19.0
Beverages & Tobacoo	67,022.0	3.3	66,310.0	7.1
Crude Materials	962,133.0	47.4	299,835.0	32.0
Mineral Fuels	216,902.0	10.7	82,932.0	8.8
Animal & Vegetable Oils	32.0	0.0	83.0	0.0
Chemicals	373,790.0	18.4	140,964.0	15.0
Manufactured Goods	9,479.0	0.5	21,961.0	2.3
Machinery & Transport Equipment	27,363.0	1.3	29,229.0	3.1
Miscellaneous Manufactured Goods	10,446.0	0.5	11,783.0	1.3
Miscellaneous Commodities	0.0	0.0	2,663.0	0.3
FREEZONE EXPORTS	39,294.0	2.0	37,896.0	4.0
GOODS PROCURED IN PORTS	116,054.0	5.7	67,034.0	7.1

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

TOTAL GOODS IMPORTS	6,200,822.0	100.0	3,332,326.0	100.0
GENERAL MERCHANDISE IMPORTS	6,072,150.0	97.9	3,267,513.0	98.0
Food	560,431.0	9.0	538,494.0	16.2
Beverages & Tobacoo	60,969.0	1.0	51,176.0	1.5
Crude Materials	55,060.0	0.9	35,100.0	1.0
Mineral Fuels	2,690,490.0	43.4	895,941.0	26.9
Animal & Vegetable Oils	38,367.0	0.6	24,488.0	0.7
Chemicals	618,974.0	10.0	459,070.0	13.8
Manufactured Goods	607,810.0	9.8	350,990.0	10.5
Machinery & Transport Equipment	882,267.0	14.2	535,732.0	16.1
Miscellaneous Manufactured Goods	486,018.0	7.8	276,107.0	8.3
Miscellaneous Commodities	71,764.0	1.2	100,415.0	3.0
FREEZONE IMPORTS	13,420.0	0.2	8,695.0	0.3
GOODS PROCURED IN PORTS	115,252.0	1.9	56,118.0	1.7

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