Major  Import  Commodities
			Dec. 2007
										Unit：US$ Million
	Current Month						Cumulative, Jan. to date
( Total   Imports )	２００７		２００６		Comparison		２００７		２００６		Comparison
	Amount	As % of  Total	Amount	As % of  Total	Amount	Annual Change Rate (％)	Amount	As % of  Total	Amount	As % of  Total	Amount	Annual Change Rate (％)
Total	21,262.4	100.0	16,678.2	100.0	4,584.2	27.5	219,346.9	100.0	202,698.2	100.0	16,648.7	8.2
1.Vegetable Products	321.9	1.5	253.8	1.5	68.1	26.8	3,304.7	1.5	2,664.8	1.3	639.9	24.0
(1)Wheat,Barley, and Similar Articles Thereof	25.3	0.1	4.9	0.0	20.4	416.3	364.5	0.2	247.1	0.1	117.4	47.5
(2)Maize	96.9	0.5	111.4	0.7	-14.5	-13.0	944.1	0.4	756.3	0.4	187.8	24.8
(3)Soy Bean	77.6	0.4	57.7	0.3	19.9	34.5	840.7	0.4	635.3	0.3	205.4	32.3
2.Prepared Foodstuffs, Beverages and Tobacco Products	266.8	1.3	244.4	1.5	22.4	9.2	2,961.6	1.4	2,965.6	1.5	-4.0	-0.1
Prepared Foodstuffs	133.2	0.6	112.5	0.7	20.7	18.4	1,371.8	0.6	1,384.1	0.7	-12.3	-0.9
3.Minerals	5,246.1	24.7	3,037.0	18.2	2,209.1	72.7	45,947.7	20.9	38,808.8	19.1	7,138.9	18.4
Crude Petroleum	2,879.2	13.5	1,788.0	10.7	1,091.2	61.0	24,511.5	11.2	23,528.6	11.6	982.9	4.2
4.Chemicals	2,357.3	11.1	1,873.1	11.2	484.2	25.9	24,837.6	11.3	22,468.5	11.1	2,369.1	10.5
Organic Chemicals	952.8	4.5	844.4	5.1	108.4	12.8	10,238.9	4.7	9,742.5	4.8	496.4	5.1
5.Plastics and Articles Thereof	549.8	2.6	410.7	2.5	139.1	33.9	5,913.6	2.7	5,607.4	2.8	306.2	5.5
Materials Of Plastics	185.4	0.9	150.4	0.9	35.0	23.3	2,140.6	1.0	2,125.7	1.0	14.9	0.7
6.Wood, Articles of Wood and Allied Products	86.5	0.4	111.2	0.7	-24.7	-22.2	1,317.3	0.6	1,236.7	0.6	80.6	6.5
Lumber	32.8	0.2	36.3	0.2	-3.5	-9.6	515.5	0.2	479.6	0.2	35.9	7.5
7.Pulp, Paper and Printing  Products	224.3	1.1	179.1	1.1	45.2	25.2	2,462.7	1.1	2,298.9	1.1	163.8	7.1
8.Textile Products	221.4	1.0	203.4	1.2	18.0	8.8	2,675.2	1.2	2,729.9	1.3	-54.7	-2.0
Cotton	21.7	0.1	23.6	0.1	-1.9	-8.1	298.5	0.1	321.6	0.2	-23.1	-7.2
9.Pearls, Precious Stone / Metals, Imitation Jewellery, Coin	320.3	1.5	233.7	1.4	86.6	37.1	3,039.6	1.4	2,369.5	1.2	670.1	28.3
Gold	168.8	0.8	109.9	0.7	58.9	53.6	1,619.1	0.7	1,285.6	0.6	333.5	25.9
10.Basic Metals and Articles Thereof	2,421.3	11.4	2,157.6	12.9	263.7	12.2	26,644.9	12.1	23,158.6	11.4	3,486.3	15.1
(1)Iron & Steel and Articles Thereof	1,276.8	6.0	883.9	5.3	392.9	44.5	12,695.1	5.8	10,234.2	5.0	2,460.9	24.0
(2)Metal Roducts (Excluding (1) )	1,144.5	5.4	1,273.7	7.6	-129.2	-10.1	13,949.8	6.4	12,924.4	6.4	1,025.4	7.9
11.Machineries and Electrical Equipments	6,539.7	30.8	5,687.3	34.1	852.4	15.0	72,539.4	33.1	72,541.1	35.8	-1.7	0.0
(1)Electronic Products	3,157.7	14.9	2,776.9	16.6	380.8	13.7	36,333.3	16.6	36,773.2	18.1	-439.9	-1.2
(2)Machineries	1,729.6	8.1	1,453.0	8.7	276.6	19.0	17,695.4	8.1	17,907.3	8.8	-211.9	-1.2
(3)Electrical Machinery Products	625.4	2.9	498.1	3.0	127.3	25.6	7,249.6	3.3	6,631.4	3.3	618.2	9.3
(4)Information and Communication Products	473.1	2.2	430.6	2.6	42.5	9.9	4,852.3	2.2	4,957.2	2.4	-104.9	-2.1
(5) Household Electrical Appliances	114.5	0.5	94.2	0.6	20.3	21.5	1,170.9	0.5	1,171.2	0.6	-0.3	0.0
12.Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels and Associated Transport Equipments	531.4	2.5	469.2	2.8	62.2	13.3	5,392.5	2.5	4,949.8	2.4	442.7	8.9
13.Precision Instruments, Clocks and Watches, Musical Instruments	1,294.6	6.1	1,116.7	6.7	177.9	15.9	13,008.2	5.9	12,376.5	6.1	631.7	5.1
(1)Optical, Photographic, Measuring, Medical Instruments, etc	718.9	3.4	570.2	3.4	148.7	26.1	7,019.4	3.2	6,999.2	3.5	20.2	0.3
(2)Clocks and Watches	40.6	0.2	32.3	0.2	8.3	25.7	352.3	0.2	313.6	0.2	38.7	12.3
14.Others	881.0	4.1	701.0	4.2	180.0	25.7	9,301.9	4.2	8,522.1	4.2	779.8	9.2
UPDATE: 2008/01/08