The CIA World Factbook Edition 2002 Economy

Imports - commodities In 27 editions of 36.

Imports - commodities was published in 27 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1999 to 2025. The 2002 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2002 edition
234
the first edition with it
1999
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Imports - commodities” (2000 to 2025) and “Imports--commodities” (1999).

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World

1 entry

World

the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

  • capital goods,
  • food and beverages,
  • consumer goods

Angola

  • machinery and electrical equipment,
  • vehicles and spare parts;
  • medicines,
  • food,
  • textiles,
  • military goods

Benin

  • foodstuffs,
  • capital goods,
  • petroleum products

Botswana

  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery,
  • electrical goods,
  • transport equipment,
  • textiles,
  • fuel and petroleum products,
  • wood and paper products,
  • metal and metal products (2000)

Burkina Faso

  • capital goods,
  • food products,
  • petroleum

Burundi

  • capital goods,
  • petroleum products,
  • foodstuffs

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

  • foodstuffs,
  • industrial products,
  • transport equipment,
  • fuels

Cameroon

  • machinery,
  • electrical equipment,
  • transport equipment,
  • fuel,
  • food

Central African Republic

  • food,
  • textiles,
  • petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • electrical equipment,
  • motor vehicles,
  • chemicals,
  • pharmaceuticals,
  • consumer goods,
  • industrial products

Chad

  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • industrial goods,
  • petroleum products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles

Comoros

  • rice and other foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods;
  • petroleum products,
  • cement,
  • transport equipment

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • foodstuffs,
  • mining and other machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • fuels

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

  • petroleum products,
  • capital equipment,
  • construction materials,
  • foodstuffs

Cote d'Ivoire

  • food,
  • consumer goods;
  • capital goods,
  • fuel,
  • transport equipment,
  • raw materials

Djibouti

  • foods,
  • beverages,
  • transport equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • petroleum products

Egypt

  • machinery and equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • chemicals,
  • wood products,
  • fuels

Equatorial Guinea

petroleum sector equipment, manufactured goods and equipment

Eritrea

  • machinery,
  • petroleum products,
  • food,
  • manufactured goods

Swaziland now Eswatini

  • motor vehicles,
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum products,
  • chemicals

Ethiopia

  • food and live animals,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • chemicals,
  • machinery,
  • motor vehicles,
  • cereals,
  • textiles

Gabon

  • machinery and equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • chemicals,
  • construction materials

Gambia, The now The Gambia

  • foodstuffs,
  • manufactures,
  • fuel,
  • machinery and transport equipment

Ghana

  • capital equipment,
  • petroleum,
  • foodstuffs

Guinea

  • petroleum products,
  • metals,
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • textiles,
  • grain and other foodstuffs

Guinea-Bissau

  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • petroleum products

Kenya

  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • petroleum products,
  • motor vehicles,
  • iron and steel,
  • resins and plastics

Lesotho

  • food;
  • building materials,
  • vehicles,
  • machinery,
  • medicines,
  • petroleum products

Liberia

  • fuels,
  • chemicals,
  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • manufactured goods;
  • rice and other foodstuffs

Libya

  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • food,
  • manufactured goods

Madagascar

  • intermediate manufactures,
  • capital goods,
  • petroleum,
  • consumer goods,
  • food

Malawi

  • food,
  • petroleum products,
  • semimanufactures,
  • consumer goods,
  • transportation equipment

Mali

  • machinery and equipment,
  • construction materials,
  • petroleum,
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles

Mauritania

  • machinery and equipment,
  • petroleum products,
  • capital goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods

Mauritius

  • manufactured goods,
  • capital equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum products,
  • chemicals (1996)

Mayotte

  • food,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • transportation equipment,
  • metals,
  • chemicals

Morocco

  • semiprocessed goods,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • food and beverages,
  • consumer goods,
  • fuel

Mozambique

  • machinery and equipment,
  • mineral products,
  • chemicals,
  • metals,
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles (2000)

Namibia

  • foodstuffs;
  • petroleum products and fuel,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals

Niger

  • consumer goods,
  • primary materials,
  • machinery,
  • vehicles and parts,
  • petroleum,
  • cereals

Nigeria

  • machinery,
  • chemicals,
  • transport equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food and live animals

Reunion

manufactured goods, food, beverages, tobacco, machinery and transportation equipment, raw materials, and petroleum products

Rwanda

  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • steel,
  • petroleum products,
  • cement and construction material

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  • food,
  • beverages,
  • tobacco,
  • fuel oils,
  • animal feed,
  • building materials,
  • motor vehicles and parts,
  • machinery and parts

Sao Tome and Principe

  • machinery and electrical equipment,
  • food products,
  • petroleum products

Senegal

  • foods and beverages,
  • consumer goods,
  • capital goods,
  • petroleum products

Seychelles

  • machinery and equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum products,
  • chemicals

Sierra Leone

  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • fuels and lubricants,
  • chemicals

Somalia

  • manufactures,
  • petroleum products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • construction materials,
  • qat (1995)

South Africa

  • machinery,
  • foodstuffs and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • petroleum products,
  • scientific instruments

Sudan

  • foodstuffs,
  • manufactured goods,
  • refinery and transport equipment,
  • medicines and chemicals,
  • textiles,
  • wheat

Tanzania

  • consumer goods,
  • machinery and transportation equipment,
  • industrial raw materials,
  • crude oil

Togo

  • machinery and equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum products

Tunisia

  • machinery and equipment,
  • hydrocarbons,
  • chemicals,
  • food

Uganda

  • capital equipment,
  • vehicles,
  • petroleum,
  • medical supplies;
  • cereals

Western Sahara

fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs

Zambia

  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • petroleum products,
  • electricity,
  • fertilizer;
  • foodstuffs,
  • clothing

Zimbabwe

  • machinery and transport equipment 34%,
  • other manufactures 18%,
  • chemicals 17%,
  • fuels 11% (1999)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • petroleum products

Iceland

  • machinery and equipment,
  • petroleum products;
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

capital goods, food and petroleum products; most consumer goods

Armenia

  • natural gas,
  • petroleum,
  • tobacco products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • diamonds

Azerbaijan

  • machinery and equipment,
  • oil products,
  • foodstuffs,
  • metals,
  • chemicals

Bangladesh

  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • iron and steel,
  • textiles,
  • raw cotton,
  • food,
  • crude oil and petroleum products,
  • cement

Bhutan

  • fuel and lubricants,
  • grain,
  • machinery and parts,
  • vehicles,
  • fabrics,
  • rice

China

  • machinery and equipment,
  • mineral fuels,
  • plastics,
  • iron and steel,
  • chemicals

Georgia

  • fuels,
  • machinery and parts,
  • transport equipment,
  • grain and other foods,
  • pharmaceuticals

India

  • crude oil,
  • machinery,
  • gems,
  • fertilizer,
  • chemicals

Japan

  • machinery and equipment,
  • fuels,
  • foodstuffs,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles (2001)

Kazakhstan

  • machinery and parts 29.5%,
  • energy and fuels 11.3%,
  • electrical equipment 8.8%,
  • vehicles 8.7%,
  • ferrous metals 6.4% (2000)

Korea, North now North Korea

  • petroleum,
  • coking coal,
  • machinery and equipment;
  • textiles,
  • grain

Korea, South now South Korea

  • machinery,
  • electronics and electronic equipment,
  • oil,
  • steel,
  • transport equipment,
  • textiles,
  • organic chemicals,
  • grains

Kyrgyzstan

  • oil and gas,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • foodstuffs

Maldives

  • consumer goods,
  • intermediate and capital goods,
  • petroleum products

Mongolia

  • machinery and equipment,
  • fuels,
  • food products,
  • industrial consumer goods,
  • chemicals,
  • building materials,
  • sugar,
  • tea

Nepal

  • gold,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • petroleum products,
  • fertilizer

Pakistan

  • machinery,
  • petroleum,
  • petroleum products,
  • chemicals,
  • transportation equipment,
  • edible oils,
  • grains,
  • pulses,
  • flour

Russia

  • machinery and equipment,
  • consumer goods,
  • medicines,
  • meat,
  • grain,
  • sugar,
  • semifinished metal products

Sri Lanka

  • machinery and equipment,
  • textiles,
  • petroleum,
  • foodstuffs

Tajikistan

  • electricity,
  • petroleum products,
  • aluminum oxide,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • foodstuffs

Turkmenistan

  • machinery and equipment 60%, foodstuffs 15% (1999)

Uzbekistan

  • machinery and equipment 49.8%,
  • foodstuffs 16.4%,
  • chemicals,
  • metals (1998 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

  • fuels,
  • foodstuffs,
  • manufactures,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles

Antigua and Barbuda

  • food and live animals,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactures,
  • chemicals,
  • oil

Aruba

  • machinery and electrical equipment,
  • crude oil for refining and reexport,
  • chemicals;
  • foodstuffs

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactures,
  • chemicals,
  • mineral fuels;
  • food and live animals (1999)

Barbados

  • consumer goods,
  • machinery,
  • foodstuffs,
  • construction materials,
  • chemicals,
  • fuel,
  • electrical components

Belize

  • machinery and transportation equipment, manufactured goods;
  • food, beverages, tobacco;
  • fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals

British Virgin Islands

  • building materials,
  • automobiles,
  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery

Cayman Islands

foodstuffs, manufactured goods

Costa Rica

  • raw materials,
  • consumer goods,
  • capital equipment,
  • petroleum

Cuba

  • petroleum,
  • food,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals

Dominica

  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • food,
  • chemicals

Dominican Republic

  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum,
  • cotton and fabrics,
  • chemicals and pharmaceuticals

El Salvador

  • raw materials,
  • consumer goods,
  • capital goods,
  • fuels,
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum,
  • electricity

Grenada

  • food,
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals,
  • fuel (1989)

Guadeloupe

  • foodstuffs,
  • fuels,
  • vehicles,
  • clothing and other consumer goods,
  • construction materials

Guatemala

  • fuels,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • construction materials,
  • grain,
  • fertilizers,
  • electricity

Haiti

  • food,
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • fuels,
  • raw materials

Honduras

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • industrial raw materials,
  • chemical products,
  • fuels,
  • foodstuffs

Jamaica

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • construction materials,
  • fuel,
  • food,
  • chemicals,
  • fertilizers

Martinique

  • petroleum products,
  • crude oil,
  • foodstuffs,
  • construction materials,
  • vehicles,
  • clothing and other consumer goods

Montserrat

machinery and transportation equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels, lubricants, and related materials

Netherlands Antilles

  • crude petroleum,
  • food,
  • manufactures

Nicaragua

  • machinery and equipment,
  • raw materials,
  • petroleum products,
  • consumer goods

Panama

  • capital goods,
  • crude oil,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • chemicals

Puerto Rico

  • chemicals,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • clothing,
  • food,
  • fish,
  • petroleum products

Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • machinery,
  • manufactures,
  • food,
  • fuels

Saint Lucia

  • food 23%,
  • manufactured goods 21%,
  • machinery and transportation equipment 19%,
  • chemicals,
  • fuels

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals and fertilizers,
  • minerals and fuels

Trinidad and Tobago

  • machinery,
  • transportation equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • live animals

Turks and Caicos Islands

  • food and beverages,
  • tobacco,
  • clothing,
  • manufactures,
  • construction materials

Virgin Islands

  • crude oil,
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods,
  • building materials

Europe

44 entries

Albania

  • machinery and equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles,
  • chemicals

Andorra

  • consumer goods,
  • food,
  • electricity

Austria

  • machinery and equipment,
  • motor vehicles,
  • chemicals,
  • metal goods,
  • oil and oil products;
  • foodstuffs

Belarus

  • mineral products,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs,
  • metals

Belgium

  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • metals and metal products,
  • foodstuffs

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • industrial products,
  • foodstuffs

Bulgaria

  • fuels, minerals, and raw materials;
  • machinery and equipment;
  • metals and ores;
  • chemicals and plastics;
  • food, textiles

Croatia

  • machinery,
  • transport and electrical equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • fuels and lubricants,
  • foodstuffs

Czech Republic now Czechia

  • machinery and transport equipment 40%,
  • intermediate manufactures 21%,
  • raw materials and fuels 13%,
  • chemicals 11% (2000)

Denmark

  • machinery and equipment,
  • raw materials and semimanufactures for industry,
  • chemicals,
  • grain and foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods

Estonia

  • machinery and equipment 33.5%,
  • chemical products 11.6%,
  • textiles 10.3%,
  • foodstuffs 9.4%,
  • transportation equipment 8.9% (2001)

Faroe Islands

  • machinery and transport equipment 29%,
  • consumer goods 36%,
  • raw materials and semi-manufactures 32%,
  • fuels,
  • fish and salt (1999)

Finland

  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • chemicals,
  • transport equipment,
  • iron and steel,
  • machinery,
  • textile yarn and fabrics,
  • grains

France

  • machinery and equipment,
  • vehicles,
  • crude oil,
  • aircraft,
  • plastics,
  • chemicals

Germany

  • machinery,
  • vehicles,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles,
  • metals

Gibraltar

fuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs

Greece

  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals

Guernsey

  • coal,
  • gasoline,
  • oil,
  • machinery and equipment

Hungary

  • machinery and equipment 51.6%,
  • other manufactures 35.3%,
  • fuels and electricity 8.2%,
  • food products 2.9%,
  • raw materials 2.0% (2001)

Ireland

  • data processing equipment,
  • other machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals;
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • textiles,
  • clothing

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

  • timber,
  • fertilizers,
  • fish

Italy

  • engineering products,
  • chemicals,
  • transport equipment,
  • energy products,
  • minerals and nonferrous metals,
  • textiles and clothing;
  • food,
  • beverages and tobacco

Jersey

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • foodstuffs,
  • mineral fuels,
  • chemicals

Latvia

  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • fuels,
  • vehicles

Liechtenstein

  • agricultural products,
  • raw materials,
  • machinery,
  • metal goods,
  • textiles,
  • foodstuffs,
  • motor vehicles

Lithuania

  • mineral products 21%,
  • machinery and equipment 17%,
  • transport equipment 11%,
  • chemicals 9%,
  • textiles and clothing 9%,
  • metals 5% (2001)

Luxembourg

  • minerals,
  • metals,
  • foodstuffs,
  • quality consumer goods

Malta

machinery and transport equipment, manufactured and semi-manufactured goods; food, drink, and tobacco

Moldova

  • mineral products and fuel 32%,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles (2000)

Netherlands

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • fuels;
  • foodstuffs,
  • clothing

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • fuels;
  • food products

Norway

  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • metals,
  • foodstuffs

Poland

  • machinery and transport equipment 38.2%,
  • intermediate manufactured goods 20.8%,
  • chemicals 14.3%,
  • miscellaneous manufactured goods 9.5% (1999)

Portugal

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • petroleum,
  • textiles,
  • agricultural products

Romania

  • machinery and equipment 23%,
  • fuels and minerals 12%,
  • chemicals 9%,
  • textile and products 19% (1999)

San Marino

wide variety of consumer manufactures, food

Serbia and Montenegro

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • fuels and lubricants,
  • manufactured goods,
  • chemicals,
  • food and live animals,
  • raw materials

Slovakia

  • machinery and transport equipment 37.7%,
  • intermediate manufactured goods 18%,
  • fuels 13%,
  • chemicals 11%,
  • miscellaneous manufactured goods 9.5% (1999)

Slovenia

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • chemicals,
  • fuels and lubricants,
  • food

Spain

  • machinery and equipment,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals,
  • semifinished goods;
  • foodstuffs,
  • consumer goods (1997)

Sweden

  • machinery,
  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • chemicals,
  • motor vehicles,
  • iron and steel;
  • foodstuffs,
  • clothing

Switzerland

  • machinery,
  • chemicals,
  • vehicles,
  • metals;
  • agricultural products,
  • textiles

Ukraine

  • energy,
  • machinery and parts,
  • transportation equipment,
  • chemicals

United Kingdom

  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery,
  • fuels;
  • foodstuffs

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

  • crude oil,
  • machinery,
  • chemicals

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:
consumer goods, petroleum and lubricants, food and feed grains, machinery; Turkish Cypriot area: food, minerals, chemicals, machinery

Gaza Strip

  • food,
  • consumer goods,
  • construction materials

Iran

  • industrial raw materials and intermediate goods,
  • capital goods,
  • foodstuffs and other consumer goods,
  • technical services,
  • military supplies

Iraq

  • food,
  • medicine,
  • manufactures

Israel

  • raw materials,
  • military equipment,
  • investment goods,
  • rough diamonds,
  • fuels,
  • consumer goods

Jordan

  • crude oil,
  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • food,
  • live animals,
  • manufactured goods

Kuwait

  • food,
  • construction materials,
  • vehicles and parts,
  • clothing

Lebanon

  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • consumer goods,
  • chemicals,
  • textiles,
  • metals,
  • fuels,
  • agricultural foods

Oman

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • livestock,
  • lubricants

Qatar

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • food,
  • chemicals

Saudi Arabia

  • machinery and equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • chemicals,
  • motor vehicles,
  • textiles

Syria

  • machinery and transport equipment 21%,
  • food and livestock 18%,
  • metal and metal products 15%,
  • chemicals and chemical products 10% (2000 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

  • machinery,
  • chemicals,
  • semi-finished goods,
  • fuels,
  • transport equipment

United Arab Emirates

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • food

West Bank

  • food,
  • consumer goods,
  • construction materials

Yemen

food and live animals, machinery and equipment

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • construction materials,
  • chemicals,
  • food and live animals

Canada

  • machinery and equipment,
  • motor vehicles and parts,
  • crude oil,
  • chemicals,
  • electricity,
  • durable consumer goods

Mexico

metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  • meat,
  • clothing,
  • fuel,
  • electrical equipment,
  • machinery,
  • building materials

United States

  • crude oil and refined petroleum products,
  • machinery,
  • automobiles,
  • consumer goods,
  • industrial raw materials,
  • food and beverages

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

  • materials for canneries 56%,
  • food 8%,
  • petroleum products 7%,
  • machinery and parts 6%

Australia

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • computers and office machines,
  • telecommunication equipment and parts;
  • crude oil and petroleum products

Cook Islands

  • foodstuffs,
  • textiles,
  • fuels,
  • timber,
  • capital goods

Fiji

  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • petroleum products,
  • food,
  • chemicals

French Polynesia

  • fuels,
  • foodstuffs,
  • equipment

Guam

  • petroleum and petroleum products,
  • food,
  • manufactured goods

Kiribati

  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • miscellaneous manufactured goods,
  • fuel

Marshall Islands

  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • fuels,
  • beverages and tobacco

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

  • food,
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • beverages

Nauru

  • food,
  • fuel,
  • manufactures,
  • building materials,
  • machinery

New Caledonia

  • transport equipment,
  • machinery and electrical equipment,
  • fuels,
  • minerals,
  • wine,
  • sugar,
  • rice

New Zealand

  • machinery and equipment,
  • vehicles and aircraft,
  • petroleum,
  • electronics,
  • textiles,
  • plastics

Niue

  • food,
  • live animals,
  • manufactured goods,
  • machinery,
  • fuels,
  • lubricants,
  • chemicals,
  • drugs

Norfolk Island

NA

Northern Mariana Islands

  • food,
  • construction equipment and materials,
  • petroleum products

Palau

  • machinery and equipment,
  • fuels,
  • metals;
  • foodstuffs

Papua New Guinea

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals

Pitcairn Islands

  • fuel oil,
  • machinery,
  • building materials,
  • flour,
  • sugar,
  • other foodstuffs

Samoa

  • machinery and equipment,
  • industrial supplies,
  • foodstuffs

Solomon Islands

  • plant and equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food and live animals,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals

Tokelau

  • foodstuffs,
  • building materials,
  • fuel

Tonga

  • foodstuffs,
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • fuels,
  • chemicals

Tuvalu

  • food,
  • animals,
  • mineral fuels,
  • machinery,
  • manufactured goods

Vanuatu

  • machinery and equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • fuels

Wallis and Futuna

  • chemicals,
  • machinery,
  • passenger ships,
  • consumer goods

South America

14 entries

Argentina

  • machinery and equipment,
  • motor vehicles,
  • chemicals,
  • metal manufactures,
  • plastics

Bolivia

  • capital goods,
  • raw materials and semi-manufactures,
  • chemicals,
  • petroleum,
  • food

Brazil

  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemical products,
  • oil,
  • electricity,
  • autos and auto parts

Chile

  • consumer goods,
  • chemicals,
  • motor vehicles,
  • fuels,
  • electrical machinery,
  • heavy industrial machinery,
  • food

Colombia

  • industrial equipment,
  • transportation equipment,
  • consumer goods,
  • chemicals,
  • paper products,
  • fuels,
  • electricity

Ecuador

  • machinery and equipment,
  • chemicals,
  • raw materials,
  • fuels;
  • consumer goods

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  • fuel,
  • food and drink,
  • building materials,
  • clothing

French Guiana

  • food (grains, processed meat),
  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • fuels and chemicals

Guyana

  • manufactures,
  • machinery,
  • petroleum,
  • food

Paraguay

  • road vehicles,
  • consumer goods,
  • tobacco,
  • petroleum products,
  • electrical machinery

Peru

  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • foodstuffs,
  • petroleum,
  • iron and steel,
  • chemicals,
  • pharmaceuticals

Suriname

  • capital equipment,
  • petroleum,
  • foodstuffs,
  • cotton,
  • consumer goods

Uruguay

  • machinery,
  • chemicals,
  • road vehicles,
  • crude petroleum

Venezuela

  • raw materials,
  • machinery and equipment,
  • transport equipment,
  • construction materials

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

  • machinery and transport equipment,
  • manufactured goods,
  • food,
  • chemicals

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

  • machinery,
  • transport equipment,
  • construction materials,
  • food products,
  • textile fabrics,
  • petroleum products

Cambodia

  • petroleum products,
  • cigarettes,
  • gold,
  • construction materials,
  • machinery,
  • motor vehicles

Christmas Island

consumer goods

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

foodstuffs

Hong Kong

  • foodstuffs,
  • transport equipment,
  • raw materials,
  • semimanufactures,
  • petroleum,
  • plastics,
  • machinery,
  • electrical equipment;
  • a large share is reexported

Indonesia

  • machinery and equipment;
  • chemicals,
  • fuels,
  • foodstuffs

Laos

  • machinery and equipment,
  • vehicles,
  • fuel

Macau

  • clothing,
  • textiles,
  • yarn,
  • minerals,
  • electrical machinery,
  • fuel,
  • livestock

Malaysia

  • electronics,
  • machinery,
  • petroleum products,
  • plastics,
  • vehicles,
  • iron and steel and iron and steel products,
  • chemicals

Philippines

  • raw materials and intermediate goods,
  • capital goods,
  • consumer goods,
  • fuels

Singapore

  • machinery and equipment,
  • mineral fuels,
  • chemicals,
  • foodstuffs

Taiwan

  • machinery and electrical equipment 50%,
  • minerals,
  • precision instruments

Thailand

  • capital goods,
  • intermediate goods and raw materials,
  • consumer goods,
  • fuels

East Timor now Timor-Leste

NA

Vietnam

  • machinery and equipment,
  • petroleum products,
  • fertilizer,
  • steel products,
  • raw cotton,
  • grain,
  • cement,
  • motorcycles

Cite this page

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2002, “Imports - commodities”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/imports-commodities/2002.

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