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Field Listing :: Imports - commodities

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This entry provides a listing of the highest-valued imported products; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value.

Country	Imports - commodities(%)


Afghanistan	machinery and other capital goods, food, textiles, petroleum products


Albania	machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, chemicals


Algeria	capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods


American Samoa	raw materials for canneries 56%, food, petroleum products, machinery and parts


Andorra	consumer goods, food, electricity


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


Anguilla	fuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles


Antigua and Barbuda	food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil


Argentina	machinery, motor vehicles, petroleum and natural gas, organic chemicals, plastics


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


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


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


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


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


Bahamas, The	machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, mineral fuels; food and live animals


Bahrain	crude oil, machinery, chemicals


Bangladesh	machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products, cement


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


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


Belgium	raw materials, machinery and equipment, chemicals, raw diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, oil products


Belize	machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods; fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; food, beverages, tobacco


Benin	foodstuffs, capital goods, petroleum products


Bermuda	clothing, fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, chemicals, food and live animals


Bhutan	fuel and lubricants, passenger cars, machinery and parts, fabrics, rice


Bolivia	petroleum products, plastics, paper, aircraft and aircraft parts, prepared foods, automobiles, insecticides, soybeans


Bosnia and Herzegovina	machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs


Botswana	foodstuffs, machinery, electrical goods, transport equipment, textiles, fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper products, metal and metal products


Brazil	machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical products, oil, automotive parts, electronics


British Virgin Islands	building materials, automobiles, foodstuffs, machinery


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


Bulgaria	machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials


Burkina Faso	capital goods, foodstuffs, petroleum


Burma	fabric, petroleum products, fertilizer, plastics, machinery, transport equipment; cement, construction materials, crude oil; food products, edible oil


Burundi	capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs


Cambodia	petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products


Cameroon	machinery, electrical equipment, transport equipment, fuel, food


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


Cape Verde	foodstuffs, industrial products, transport equipment, fuels


Cayman Islands	foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels


Central African Republic	food, textiles, petroleum products, machinery, electrical equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals


Chad	machinery and transportation equipment, industrial goods, foodstuffs, textiles


Chile	petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, electrical and telecommunications equipment, industrial machinery, vehicles, natural gas


China	electrical and other machinery, oil and mineral fuels, optical and medical equipment, metal ores, plastics, organic chemicals


Christmas Island	consumer goods


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	foodstuffs


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


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


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	foodstuffs, mining and other machinery, transport equipment, fuels


Congo, Republic of the	capital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs


Cook Islands	foodstuffs, textiles, fuels, timber, capital goods


Costa Rica	raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum, construction materials


Cote d'Ivoire	fuel, capital equipment, foodstuffs


Croatia	machinery, transport and electrical equipment; chemicals, fuels and lubricants; foodstuffs


Cuba	petroleum, food, machinery and equipment, chemicals


Curacao	crude petroleum, food, manufactures


Cyprus	consumer goods, petroleum and lubricants, machinery, transport equipment


Czech Republic	machinery and transport equipment, raw materials and fuels, chemicals


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


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


Dominica	manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals


Dominican Republic	foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals


Ecuador	industrial materials, fuels and lubricants, nondurable consumer goods


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


El Salvador	raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods, fuels, foodstuffs, petroleum, electricity


Equatorial Guinea	petroleum sector equipment, other equipment, construction materials, vehicles


Eritrea	machinery, petroleum products, food, manufactured goods


Estonia	machinery and electrical equipment 22%, mineral fuels 18%, chemical products 3%, foodstuffs 6%, plastics 6%, textiles 5%


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


European Union	machinery, vehicles, aircraft, plastics, crude oil, chemicals, textiles, metals, foodstuffs, clothing


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	fuel, food and drink, building materials, clothing


Faroe Islands	consumer goods 36%, raw materials and semi-manufactures 32%, machinery and transport equipment 29%, fuels, fish, salt


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


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


French Polynesia	fuels, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment


Gabon	machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, construction materials


Gambia, The	foodstuffs, manufactures, fuel, machinery and transport equipment


Gaza Strip	food, consumer goods note: Israel permits limited imports through crossings with Gaza, but many "dual use" goods, such as construction materials, are smuggled through tunnels beneath Gaza's border with Egypt


Georgia	fuels, vehicles, machinery and parts, grain and other foods, pharmaceuticals


Germany	machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals


Ghana	capital equipment, petroleum, foodstuffs


Gibraltar	fuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs


Greece	machinery, transport equipment, fuels, chemicals


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


Grenada	food, manufactured goods, machinery, chemicals, fuel


Guam	petroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured goods


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


Guernsey	coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment


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


Guinea-Bissau	foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products


Guyana	manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food


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


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


Hong Kong	raw materials and semi-manufactures, consumer goods, capital goods, foodstuffs, fuel (most is reexported)


Hungary	machinery and equipment 50%, fuels and electricity 11%, food products, raw materials


Iceland	machinery and equipment, petroleum products, foodstuffs, textiles


India	crude oil, precious stones, machinery, fertilizer, iron and steel, chemicals


Indonesia	machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs


Iran	industrial supplies, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services


Iraq	food, medicine, manufactures


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


Isle of Man	timber, fertilizers, fish


Israel	raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough diamonds, fuels, grain, consumer goods


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


Jamaica	food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, parts and accessories of capital goods, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials


Japan	machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, raw materials


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


Jordan	crude oil, machinery, transport equipment, iron, cereals


Kazakhstan	machinery and equipment, metal products, foodstuffs


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


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


Korea, North	petroleum, coking coal, machinery and equipment, textiles, grain


Korea, South	machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, organic chemicals, plastics


Kosovo	foodstuffs, wood, petroleum, chemicals, machinery and electrical equipment


Kuwait	food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing


Kyrgyzstan	oil and gas, machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs


Laos	machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, consumer goods


Latvia	machinery and equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, fuels, vehicles


Lebanon	petroleum products, cars, medicinal products, clothing, meat and live animals, consumer goods, paper, textile fabrics, tobacco, electrical machinery and equipment, chemicals


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


Liberia	fuels, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods; foodstuffs


Libya	machinery, semi-finished goods, food, transport equipment, consumer products


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


Lithuania	mineral products, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, chemicals, textiles and clothing, metals


Luxembourg	minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods


Macau	raw materials and semi-manufactured goods, consumer goods (foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco), capital goods, mineral fuels and oils


Macedonia	machinery and equipment, automobiles, chemicals, fuels, food products


Madagascar	capital goods, petroleum, consumer goods, food


Malawi	food, petroleum products, semi-manufactures, consumer goods, transportation equipment


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


Maldives	petroleum products, ships, foodstuffs, clothing, intermediate and capital goods


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


Malta	mineral fuels and oils, electrical machinery, non-electrical machinery, aircraft and other transport equipment, plastic and other semi-manufactured goods; food, drink, tobacco


Marshall Islands	foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels, beverages and tobacco


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


Mauritius	manufactured goods, capital equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals


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


Micronesia, Federated States of	food, manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, beverages


Moldova	mineral products and fuel, machinery and equipment, chemicals, textiles


Mongolia	machinery and equipment, fuel, cars, food products, industrial consumer goods, chemicals, building materials, sugar, tea


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


Morocco	crude petroleum, textile fabric, telecommunications equipment, wheat, gas and electricity, transistors, plastics


Mozambique	machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles


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


Nauru	food, fuel, manufactures, building materials, machinery


Nepal	petroleum products, machinery and equipment, gold, electrical goods, medicine


Netherlands	machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs, clothing


New Caledonia	machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs


New Zealand	machinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft, petroleum, electronics, textiles, plastics


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


Niger	foodstuffs, machinery, vehicles and parts, petroleum, cereals


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


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


Norfolk Island	NA


Northern Mariana Islands	food, construction equipment and materials, petroleum products


Norway	machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals, foodstuffs


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


Pakistan	petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, plastics, transportation equipment, edible oils, paper and paperboard, iron and steel, tea


Palau	machinery and equipment, fuels, metals; foodstuffs


Panama	capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, chemicals


Papua New Guinea	machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemicals


Paraguay	road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery, tractors, chemicals, vehicle parts


Peru	petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, plastics, machinery, vehicles, color TV sets, power shovels, front-end loaders, telephones and telecommunication equipment, iron and steel, wheat, corn, soybean products, paper, cotton, vaccines and medicines


Philippines	electronic products, mineral fuels, machinery and transport equipment, iron and steel, textile fabrics, grains, chemicals, plastic


Pitcairn Islands	fuel oil, machinery, building materials, flour, sugar, other foodstuffs


Poland	machinery and transport equipment 38%, intermediate manufactured goods 21%, chemicals 15%, minerals, fuels, lubricants, and related materials 9%


Portugal	agricultural products, chemical products, vehicles and other transport material, and optical and precision instruments, computer accessories and parts, semi-conductors and related devices


Puerto Rico	chemicals, machinery and equipment, clothing, food, fish, petroleum products


Qatar	machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals


Romania	machinery and equipment, fuels and minerals, chemicals, textile and products, metals, agricultural products


Russia	machinery, vehicles, pharmaceutical products, plastic, semi-finished metal products, meat, fruits and nuts, optical and medical instruments, iron, steel


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


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed, building materials, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and parts


Saint Kitts and Nevis	machinery, manufactures, food, fuels


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


Saint Martin	crude petroleum, food, manufactured items


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	meat, clothing, fuel, electrical equipment, machinery, building materials


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicals and fertilizers, minerals and fuels


Samoa	machinery and equipment, industrial supplies, foodstuffs


San Marino	wide variety of consumer manufactures, food


Sao Tome and Principe	machinery and electrical equipment, food products, petroleum products


Saudi Arabia	machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles, textiles


Senegal	food and beverages, capital goods, fuels


Seychelles	machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals, other manufactured goods


Sierra Leone	foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, fuels and lubricants, chemicals


Singapore	machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs, consumer goods


Slovakia	machinery and transport equipment 31%, mineral products 13%, vehicles 12%, base metals 9%, chemicals 8%, plastics 6% (2009 est.)


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


Solomon Islands	food, plant and equipment, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals


Somalia	manufactures, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials, qat


South Africa	machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs


Spain	machinery and equipment, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, measuring and medical control instruments


Sri Lanka	petroleum, textiles, machinery and transportation equipment, building materials, mineral products, foodstuffs


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


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


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


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


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


Syria	machinery and transport equipment, electric power machinery, food and livestock, metal and metal products, chemicals and chemical products, plastics, yarn, paper


Taiwan	electronics, machinery, crude petroleum, precision instruments, organic chemicals, metals


Tajikistan	petroleum products, aluminum oxide, machinery and equipment, foodstuffs


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


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


Timor-Leste	food, gasoline, kerosene, machinery


Togo	machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products


Tokelau	foodstuffs, building materials, fuel


Tonga	foodstuffs, machinery and transport equipment, fuels, chemicals


Trinidad and Tobago	mineral fuels, lubricants, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals, live animals


Tunisia	textiles, machinery and equipment, hydrocarbons, chemicals, foodstuffs


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


Turkmenistan	machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs


Turks and Caicos Islands	food and beverages, tobacco, clothing, manufactures, construction materials


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


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


Ukraine	energy, machinery and equipment, chemicals


United Arab Emirates	machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food


United Kingdom	manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs


United States	agricultural 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)


Uruguay	crude oil (13.4%), refined oil (4.9%), passenger vehicles (3.5%), transportation vehicles (2.7%), vehicles parts (2.2%), cellular phones (2.1%), insecticides (1.7%)


Uzbekistan	machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, ferrous and nonferrous metals


Vanuatu	machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, fuels


Venezuela	agricultural products, raw materials, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, construction materials


Vietnam	machinery and equipment, petroleum products, steel products, raw materials for the clothing and shoe industries, electronics, plastics, automobiles


Virgin Islands	crude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, building materials


Wallis and Futuna	chemicals, machinery, consumer goods


West Bank	food, consumer goods, construction materials, petroleum, chemicals


Western Sahara	fuel for fishing fleet, foodstuffs


World	the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services top ten - share of world trade: see listing for exports


Yemen	food and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals


Zambia	machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer, foodstuffs, clothing


Zimbabwe	machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels, food products

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