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Industry and Trade
IMPORTS
Imports reach US$9 billion in consumer goods, raw
materials, capital goods, oil products, electricity,
etc. The United States occupies the first place with
Yearly accumulated flow or reference month
Yearly
Accumulated
Growth
Transactions
1 Consumer goods
1.1 non perishables
1.1.1 Petroleum oils,
hydrocarbons, gas
1.2 Perishables
2 Intermediate good
2.1 Manufacturing
2.1.1 (Crude petroleum)
2.1.2 (Petroleum Oils) 1/
2.2 Agriculture
2.2.1 (Fertilizers)
2.3 Construction
2.4 Others
3 CAPITAL GOODS
3.1 Manufacturing
3.2 Transportation
and communications
3.2.1 Vehicles
3.3 Agriculture
3.4 Construction
3.5 Commerce
3.6 Services
3.7 Electricity,water
and Services
3.8 Banking
3.9 Others
4 APPAREL
5 TOTAL
2425.5 2821.2 2974.1 2602.2 840.6
904.3
7.6
1984.2 2251.9 2514.3 2226
731
782.9
7.1
363.7
500.1
607.7
376.3 105.7
181.2
71.5
441.4
569
459.7
376.2 109.6
121.4
10.8
2878 3289.1 4157.3 2801.7 850.3
1148
35
2306.4 2666.7 3341.2 2251.7 671.9
944.6
40.6
375.2
458.3
629.4
367.7 105.2
175.7
67
339.5
447.7
627.9
341.5
88.7
170.6
92.3
141.4
179.1
239.9
206.2
58
61.6
6.1
42.8
66.6
108
87
13.8
13.9
0.5
394.6
401
526
284.4
96.1
123.1
28.1
35.7
42.1
50.7
59.3
24.1
18.7
-22.6
1216.4 1365.1 1341.4 1011.9 359
336.3
-6.3
357.6
423.8
455.6
370.1 128.5
127.6
-0.7
445
563.3
473.1
327
106.6
99.9
-6.3
91.2
119.3
90.1
67.9
20.5
21.6
5.7
17.8
20.7
19.9
14
4.4
7.7
74.2
81.4
81.3
101.4
78.5
24.2
29.2
20.8
137.6
115.3
113
87.5
28.1
35.7
27.1
43.5
38.1
53.3
34
11.9
10.6
-10.7
132.7
121.9
124.3
100.3
55.1
25.3
-54.1
0.4
1
1.1
0.5
0.1
0.2
156.7
0
0
0
0
0
0
-.-
1143 1236.5 1281.6
839
263.6
327.2
24.1
7662.7 8711.7 9754.5 7254.8 2313.4
2715.7
17.4
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Apr 2009(p) apr 2009
Imports Economical Classification
Figures in Million of $US and percentages
1/ Includes petroleum oils or from bituminesce minerals
excepting crude oils, or any other preparations
with a superior level or equal to 70% of petroleum oils.
(p) Preliminary fgures
Source: Banco Central de Reserva, based on the information of Dirección
General de Aduanas, Unidad de Transacciones (UT) y RASA.
30% of imports coming from this country, followed
by Guatemala with 9%, China with 5% and France
with 4%.