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The World Factbook. 2008.

Imports—commodities

CountryImports—commodities
Afghanistancapital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products
Albaniamachinery and equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, chemicals
Algeriacapital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods
American Samoamaterials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6% (2004 est.)
Andorraconsumer goods, food, electricity
Angolamachinery and electrical equipment, vehicles and spare parts; medicines, food, textiles, military goods
Anguillafuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles
Antigua and Barbudafood and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil
Argentinamachinery, motor vehicles, petroleum and natural gas, organic chemicals, plastics
Armenianatural gas, petroleum, tobacco products, foodstuffs, diamonds
Arubamachinery and electrical equipment, crude oil for refining and reexport, chemicals; foodstuffs
Australiamachinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products
Austriamachinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal goods, oil and oil products; foodstuffs
Azerbaijanmachinery and equipment, oil products, foodstuffs, metals, chemicals
Bahamas, Themachinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, mineral fuels; food and live animals
Bahraincrude oil, machinery, chemicals
Bangladeshmachinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement
Barbadosconsumer goods, machinery, foodstuffs, construction materials, chemicals, fuel, electrical components
Belarusmineral products, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs, metals
Belgiummachinery and equipment, chemicals, diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, oil products
Belizemachinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods; fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; food, beverages, tobacco
Beninfoodstuffs, capital goods, petroleum products
Bermudaclothing, fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, chemicals, food and live animals
Bhutanfuel and lubricants, grain, aircraft, machinery and parts, vehicles, fabrics, rice
Boliviapetroleum products, plastics, paper, aircraft and aircraft parts, prepared foods, automobiles, insecticides, soybeans
Bosnia and Herzegovinamachinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs
Botswanafoodstuffs, machinery, electrical goods, transport equipment, textiles, fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper products, metal and metal products
Brazilmachinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil, automotive parts, electronics
British Virgin Islandsbuilding materials, automobiles, foodstuffs, machinery
Bruneimachinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals
Bulgariamachinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials
Burkina Fasocapital goods, foodstuffs, petroleum
Burmafabric, petroleum products, fertilizer, plastics, machinery, transport equipment; cement, construction materials, crude oil; food products, edible oil
Burundicapital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs
Cambodiapetroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products
Cameroonmachinery, electrical equipment, transport equipment, fuel, food
Canadamachinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods
Cape Verdefoodstuffs, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels
Cayman Islandsfoodstuffs, manufactured goods
Central African Republicfood, textiles, petroleum products, machinery, electrical equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals
Chadmachinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods, foodstuffs, textiles
Chilepetroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, electrical and telecommunications equipment, industrial machinery, vehicles, natural gas
Chinamachinery and equipment, oil and mineral fuels, plastics, LED screens, data processing equipment, optical and medical equipment, organic chemicals, steel, copper
Christmas Islandconsumer goods
Cocos (Keeling) Islandsfoodstuffs
Colombiaindustrial equipment, transportation equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, paper products, fuels, electricity
Comorosrice and other foodstuffs, consumer goods, petroleum products, cement, transport equipment
Congo, Democratic Republic of thefoodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels
Congo, Republic of thecapital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs
Cook Islandsfoodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber, capital goods
Costa Ricaraw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum, construction materials
Cote d’Ivoirefuel, capital equipment, foodstuffs
Croatiamachinery, transport and electrical equipment; chemicals, fuels and lubricants; foodstuffs
Cubapetroleum, food, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Cyprusarea under government control: consumer goods, petroleum and lubricants, intermediate goods, machinery, transport equipment
area administered by Turkish Cypriots: vehicles, fuel, cigarettes, food, minerals, chemicals, machinery
Czech Republicmachinery and transport equipment 46%, raw materials and fuels 15%, chemicals 10% (2003)
Denmarkmachinery and equipment, raw materials and semimanufactures for industry, chemicals, grain and foodstuffs, consumer goods
Djiboutifoods, beverages, transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum products
Dominicamanufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals
Dominican Republicfoodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals
Ecuadorindustrial materials, fuels and lubricants, nondurable consumer goods
Egyptmachinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, wood products, fuels
El Salvadorraw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity
Equatorial Guineapetroleum sector equipment, other equipment
Eritreamachinery, petroleum products, food, manufactured goods
Estoniamachinery and equipment 33.5%, chemical products 11.6%, textiles 10.3%, foodstuffs 9.4%, transportation equipment 8.9% (2001)
Ethiopiafood and live animals, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles, cereals, textiles
European Unionmachinery, vehicles, aircraft, plastics, crude oil, chemicals, textiles, metals, foodstuffs, clothing
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)fuel, food and drink, building materials, clothing
Faroe Islandsconsumer goods 36%, raw materials and semi-manufactures 32%, machinery and transport equipment 29%, fuels, fish, salt (1999)
Fijimanufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, food, chemicals
Finlandfoodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and fabrics, grains
Francemachinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals
French Polynesiafuels, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment
Gabonmachinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction materials
Gambia, Thefoodstuffs, manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport equipment
Gaza Stripfood, consumer goods, construction materials
Georgiafuels, vehicles, machinery and parts, grain and other foods, pharmaceuticals
Germanymachinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals
Ghanacapital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs
Gibraltarfuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs
Greecemachinery, transport equipment, fuels, chemicals
Greenlandmachinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, petroleum products
Grenadafood, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel
Guampetroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured goods
Guatemalafuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity
Guernseycoal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment
Guineapetroleum products, metals, machinery, transport equipment, textiles, grain and other foodstuffs
Guinea-Bissaufoodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products
Guyanamanufactures, machinery, petroleum, food
Haitifood, manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, raw materials
Hondurasmachinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs
Hong Kongraw materials and semi-manufactures, consumer goods, capital goods, foodstuffs, fuel (most is re-exported)
Hungarymachinery and equipment 51.6%, other manufactures 35.7%, fuels and electricity 7.7%, food products 3.1%, raw materials 2.0% (2003)
Icelandmachinery and equipment, petroleum products, foodstuffs, textiles
Indiacrude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals
Indonesiamachinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs
Iranindustrial raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services
Iraqfood, medicine, manufactures
Irelanddata processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing
Isle of Mantimber, fertilizers, fish
Israelraw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough diamonds, fuels, grain, consumer goods
Italyengineering products, chemicals, transport equipment, energy products, minerals and nonferrous metals, textiles and clothing; food, beverages, and tobacco
Jamaicafood and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, parts and accessories of capital goods, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials
Japanmachinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, raw materials
Jerseymachinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals
Jordancrude oil, textile fabrics, machinery, transport equipment, manufactured goods
Kazakhstanmachinery and equipment 41%, metal products 28%, foodstuffs 8% (2001)
Kenyamachinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics
Kiribatifoodstuffs, machinery and equipment, miscellaneous manufactured goods, fuel
Korea, Northpetroleum, coking coal, machinery and equipment, textiles, grain
Korea, Southmachinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, organic chemicals, plastics
KosovoNA
Kosovopetroleum, foodstuffs, machinery and electrical equipment
Kuwaitfood, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing
Kyrgyzstanoil and gas, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs
Laosmachinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, consumer goods
Latviamachinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, vehicles
Lebanonpetroleum products, cars, medicinal products, clothing, meat and live animals, consumer goods, paper, textile fabrics, tobacco, electrical machinery
Lesothofood; building materials, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum products
Liberiafuels, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods; foodstuffs
Libyamachinery, semi-finished goods, food, transport equipment, consumer products
Liechtensteinagricultural products, raw materials, energy products, machinery, metal goods, textiles, foodstuffs, motor vehicles
Lithuaniamineral products, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, chemicals, textiles and clothing, metals
Luxembourgminerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods
Macauraw materials and semi-manufactured goods, consumer goods (foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco), capital goods, mineral fuels and oils
Macedoniamachinery and equipment, automobiles, chemicals, fuels, food products
Madagascarcapital goods, petroleum, consumer goods, food
Malawifood, petroleum products, semimanufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment
Malaysiaelectronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics, vehicles, iron and steel products, chemicals
Maldivespetroleum products, ships, foodstuffs, clothing, intermediate and capital goods
Malipetroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles
Maltamachinery and transport equipment, manufactured and semi-manufactured goods; food, drink, tobacco
Marshall Islandsfoodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels, beverages and tobacco
Mauritaniamachinery and equipment, petroleum products, capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods
Mauritiusmanufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
Mayottefood, machinery and equipment, transportation equipment, metals, chemicals
Mexicometalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts
Micronesia, Federated States offood, manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, beverages
Moldovamineral products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals, textiles
Mongoliamachinery and equipment, fuel, cars, food products, industrial consumer goods, chemicals, building materials, sugar, tea
Montserratmachinery and transportation equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels, lubricants, and related materials
Moroccocrude petroleum, textile fabric, telecommunications equipment, wheat, gas and electricity, transistors, plastics
Mozambiquemachinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles
Namibiafoodstuffs; petroleum products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Naurufood, fuel, manufactures, building materials, machinery
Nepalgold, machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer
Netherlandsmachinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs, clothing
Netherlands Antillescrude petroleum, food, manufactures
New Caledoniamachinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs
New Zealandmachinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft, petroleum, electronics, textiles, plastics
Nicaraguaconsumer goods, machinery and equipment, raw materials, petroleum products
Nigerfoodstuffs, machinery, vehicles and parts, petroleum, cereals
Nigeriamachinery, chemicals, transport equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals
Niuefood, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs
Norfolk IslandNA
Northern Mariana Islandsfood, construction equipment and materials, petroleum products
Norwaymachinery and equipment, chemicals, metals, foodstuffs
Omanmachinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, livestock, lubricants
Pakistanpetroleum, petroleum products, machinery, plastics, transportation equipment, edible oils, paper and paperboard, iron and steel, tea
Palaumachinery and equipment, fuels, metals; foodstuffs
Panamacapital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, chemicals
Papua New Guineamachinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemicals
Paraguayroad vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery, tractors, chemicals, vehicle parts
Perupetroleum and petroleum products, plastics, machinery, vehicles, iron and steel, wheat, paper
Philippineselectronic products, mineral fuels, machinery and transport equipment, iron and steel, textile fabrics, grains, chemicals, plastic
Pitcairn Islandsfuel oil, machinery, building materials, flour, sugar, other foodstuffs
Polandmachinery and transport equipment 38%, intermediate manufactured goods 21%, chemicals 14.8%, minerals, fuels, lubricants, and related materials 9.1% (2003)
Portugalmachinery and transport equipment, chemicals, petroleum, textiles, agricultural products
Puerto Ricochemicals, machinery and equipment, clothing, food, fish, petroleum products
Qatarmachinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals
Romaniamachinery and equipment, fuels and minerals, chemicals, textile and products, metals, agricultural products
Russiamachinery and equipment, consumer goods, medicines, meat, sugar, semifinished metal products
Rwandafoodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction material
Saint Helenafood, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed, building materials, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and parts
Saint Kitts and Nevismachinery, manufactures, food, fuels
Saint Luciafood 23%, manufactured goods 21%, machinery and transportation equipment 19%, chemicals, fuels
Saint Martincrude petroleum, food, manufactured items
Saint Pierre and Miquelonmeat, clothing, fuel, electrical equipment, machinery, building materials
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesfoodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels
Samoamachinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs
San Marinowide variety of consumer manufactures, food
Sao Tome and Principemachinery and electrical equipment, food products, petroleum products
Saudi Arabiamachinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles, textiles
Senegalfood and beverages, capital goods, fuels
Seychellesmachinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
Sierra Leonefoodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels and lubricants, chemicals
Singaporemachinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs
Slovakiamachinery and transport equipment 41.1%, intermediate manufactured goods 19.3%, fuels 12.3%, chemicals 9.8%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 10.2% (2003)
Sloveniamachinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, food
Solomon Islandsfood, plant and equipment, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals
Somaliamanufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials, qat
South Africamachinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs
Spainmachinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, measuring and medical control instruments
Sri Lankatextile fabrics, mineral products, petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery and transportation equipment
Sudanfoodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery and transport equipment, medicines and chemicals, textiles, wheat
Surinamecapital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs, cotton, consumer goods
Swazilandmotor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
Swedenmachinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel; foodstuffs, clothing
Switzerlandmachinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals; agricultural products, textiles
Syriamachinery and transport equipment, electric power machinery, food and livestock, metal and metal products, chemicals and chemical products, plastics, yarn, paper
Taiwanelectronic and electrical products, machinery, petroleum, precision instruments, organic chemicals, metals (2002)
Tajikistanelectricity, petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs
Tanzaniaconsumer goods, machinery and transportation equipment, industrial raw materials, crude oil
Thailandcapital goods, intermediate goods and raw materials, consumer goods, fuels
Timor-Lestefood, gasoline, kerosene, machinery
Togomachinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products
Tokelaufoodstuffs, building materials, fuel
Tongafoodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, chemicals
Trinidad and Tobagomineral fuels, lubricants, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, live animals, grain
Tunisiatextiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, foodstuffs
Turkeymachinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport equipment
Turkmenistanmachinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs
Turks and Caicos Islandsfood and beverages, tobacco, clothing, manufactures, construction materials
Tuvalufood, animals, mineral fuels, machinery, manufactured goods
Ugandacapital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals
Ukraineenergy, machinery and equipment, chemicals
United Arab Emiratesmachinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food
United Kingdommanufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs
United Statesagricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers, telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power machinery), consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys) (2003)
Uruguaycrude petroleum and petroleum products, machinery, chemicals, road vehicles, paper, plastics
Uzbekistanmachinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, ferrous and non-ferrous metals
Vanuatumachinery and equipment, foodstuffs, fuels
Venezuelaraw materials, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, construction materials
Vietnammachinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles
Virgin Islandscrude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, building materials
Wallis and Futunachemicals, machinery, passenger ships, consumer goods
West Bankfood, consumer goods, construction materials
Western Saharafuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs
Worldthe whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services
top ten – share of world trade: see listing for exports
Yemenfood and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Zambiamachinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing
Zimbabwemachinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels