Volume and Value of Major Import Commodities (Customs Statistics)

 

 

Item

Unit

1995

1998

1999

2000

Volume

Value

(US$100 million)

Volume

Value

(US$100 million)

Volume

Value

(US$100 million)

Volume

Value

(US$100 million)

Cereals and cereals flour

10,000 tons

2027

35.8

388

7.2

339

5.2

315

5.9

Sugar

10,000 tons

295

9.0

48

1.4

42

0.9

64

1.2

Vegetable oil

10,000 tons

373

24.3

219

13.8

223

11.8

202

7.5

Natural and synthetic rubber

10,000 tons

63

7.5

94

7.9

108

8.8

156

13.1

Logs

10,000 cubic meters

258

3.7

482

6.0

1014

12.5

1361

16.6

Plywood

 

 

5.6

 

3.5

 

2.5

 

2.4

Synthetic fibers for spinning

10,000 tons

76

13.2

94

10.2

83

7.7

100

11.0

Paper pulp

10,000 tons

82

6.7

220

9.2

310

14.1

335

21.2

Wool and wool tops

Ton

283668

9.4

168606

6.0

198624

6.4

300687

10.4

Petroleum

10,000 tons

3148

44.2

4908

56.8

5743

73.4

8832

185.2

Iron ore

10,000 tons

4115

12.3

5177

14.7

5527

13.8

6997

18.6

Soda ash

10,000 tons

8

0.1

8

0.1

4

0.05

13

0.1

Caprolactam

10,000 tons

12

1.8

18

2.2

22

2.3

24

3.4

Chemical fertilizers

10,000 tons

1991

37.4

1387

25.1

1335

22.5

1189

17.3

Pesticides

ton

34712

1.6

44173

1.9

47714

2.4

41138

1.9

Paper and paperboard (uncut)

10,000 tons

 

17.4

576

30.2

650

33.7

595

33.0

Steel (including steel and iron wire)

10,000 tons

1397

66.7

1242

62.9

1486

70.1

1596

85.4

Copper and copper alloys

Ton

187504

4.1

268399

4.7

547736

8.8

812126

15.0

Aluminum and aluminum alloys

Ton

387925

5.1

306988

4.0

534004

6.8

91499

13.3

Machine tool

Unit

134269

22.0

79146

13.9

89411

15.1

104794

18.9

Ships

Unit

1305

6.7

969

1.2

1409

1.3

908

1.3

Motor vehicles and chassis

Unit

158115

15.4

39711

8.3

34906

8.1

42371

11.9

Aircraft

unit

31

10.5

81

26.0

74

23.2

85

16.3

TV picture tube

10,000 units

1085

5.8

596

4.7

949

8.9

954

8.5

Television

10,000 sets

116

3.4

31

1.3

26

1.4

10

0.6

Recorders, radios and sound apparatus

10,000 sets

 

333

 

 

1.6

 

 

145

 

 

0.3

 

 

122

 

 

0.4

 

 

102

 

0.4