International Merchandise Trade

 
Total Imports Value by Major items
in thousand Tongan Pa'anga (T$'000)
Total imports value, major items 2007 2008 2009
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr
Food 38,887 8,702 11,786 12,478 11,780 9,369 13,493
Oils & Fats 1,487 397 247 367 456 252 316
Beverages / Tobacco 43,192 9,288 11,922 10,950 13,665 9,253 10,286
Minerals & Fuels 74,392 15340, 22,531 31,764 18,572 17,261 13,520
Crude materials 23,222 5,222 6,783 5,868 7,825 5,708 4,959
Chemicals 10,833 4,174 3,843 3,044 3,172 2,968 2,515
Basic Manufacturers 22,791 4,688 6,070 7,265 6,380 3,314 5,735
Machinery & Transport equipment 43,290 14,622 16,781 16,460 13,148 10,966 14,713
Miscellaneous Manufactured 7,839 1,112 1,967 2,303 2,030 1,101 1,192
Other 15,099 3,435 1,838 2,893 3,278 4,889 3,838
Total 281,032 66,980 83,768 93,392 80,306 65,081 70,565
Goods Not Elsewhere Specified 15,186 3,508 1,906 2,995 3,278 4,897 3,832
Exports, capital equipment (BEC basis) 13,301 2,276 4,981 5,136 4,563 2,881 3,296
* Commodities and Transaction Not Classified Elsewhere in the SITC.
Total Imports by Major Trading Partner
in thousand Tongan Pa'anga (T$'000)
Year Total Australia New
Zealand		 United
States		 China Japan Singapore Fiji Other
2004 206,380 43,449 75,493 17,506 13,028 5,696 3,542 35,031 12,635
2005 234,510 33,289 89,620 20,895 8,611 7,538 5,563 51,760 17,235
2006 235,694 29,604 78,076 22,941 11,335 7,003 4,599 66,349 15,786
2007 281,032 32,924 94,766 28,358 17,501 7,320 47,942 37,372 14,849
2008  
1st Qtr 66,979 7,515 22,856 4,286 2,579 3,589 14,528 6,109 5,518
2nd Qtr 83,767 10,339 24,808 6,556 4,021 508 21,121 7,483 8,932
3rd Qtr 93,392 8,387 21,492 11,884 3,230 2,955 31,073 7,166 7,206
4th Qtr 80,307 8,970 23,834 7,382 3,877 2,525 16,871 8,180 8,669
2009  
1st Qtr (r) 65,079 8,486 16,358 6,070 2,964 3,378 2,850 18,972 6,002
2nd Qtr 70,565 7,506 20,186 10,548 4,054 2,517 11,885 7,095 6,773

 

Source: Annual Foreign Trade Reports, Statistics Department.

Note: Totals may not tally due to rounding off.

Sections and Commodity groups of Annual Reports 1996-1999 are classified according to SITC which
this information could be found in the Key Stats Excel workbook.
And since year 2000 Harmonize System (HS) adopted to replace, SITC according to information published.

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