. Merchandise imports in dollars increased by 4.4 per cent in 1992.

Merchandise exports

The Fund is an intergovernmental financial institution exclusively concerned with commodity development issues and commodity development projects.

Exports Imports

quot Imports

(c) Imports exports

6350 Import diversification

(Millions of United States dollars)

2. Import exports

b Imports f.o.b.

Let's take food imports.

The share of petroleum imports in the total import of SIDS is generally very high.

The goal is to separate agricultural commodities and non commodity outputs as much as possible.

Table 2. Commodity export concentration ratios for Africa, 1989

3110 Minimum import prices

3340 Flexible import fees

4110 Advance import deposit

Imports of military equipment

Imports (billions of dollars) c

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Illegal Imports Detected

Imports of military equipment X

2. Loss of imports and domestic production

(b) Exploration of the links between commodity policies, use and management of natural resources and sustainable development

In order to stave off job losses and sustain economic growth, China stimulated domestic demand by unleashing a wave of credit fueled construction. As commodity imports soared, the current account surplus fell below 2 of GDP.

According to the IMF, the fall in China s current account surplus GDP ratio has largely been the result of very high levels of investment, a weak global environment, and an increase in prices for commodity imports that has outpaced the rise in prices for Chinese manufactured goods.

Petrol is being sold in very limited amounts.

Some Chinese have called for a boycott of imports from the Philippines.

Sometimes they are a precursor to import restraints.

This is reminiscent of the defiance of the Supreme Court stay order in September 2004 on iron ore that was shipped from Buchanan port over a period of six months.

To return to a path of

Agricultural imports (billions of dollars)

(c) Development of the mechanism for import and export monitoring

During those years, the rise in the volume of net imports just balanced the effect of the dollar s fall on the total cost of imports.

They will remain an important source of import demand, especially for high technology and industrial goods.

And we are now well on the way to diminishing returns.

Port includes import, export and berthing taxes.

2390 Internal taxes and charges levied on imports n.e.s.

Imports (billions of dollars) 70.1 b 72.1 d

Data on Data on submitted in Background

Transfers reported on import forms 120 86

Imports into the region grew almost as quickly.

Developing countries in general remained heavily dependent on commodity exports for their foreign exchange earnings.

In 1990 91 the coal industry accounted for 14.5 per cent of total commodity exports.

Manufactured imports into Japan have increased considerably.