Imports

Imports Value by Major items

in thousand Tongan Pa'anga (T$'000)

Imports value, major items	2010	2011	2011				2012
Imports value, major items	2010	2011	1^st Qtr	2^nd Qtr	3^rd Qtr	4^th Qtr	1^st Qtr	2^nd Qtr	3^rd Qtr
Food	44,414	51,050	9,966	15,537	11,357	14,191	10,730	14,036	14,190
Oils & Fats	1,560	1,788	164	233	601	789	96	471	432
Beverages / Tobacco	42,381	46,471	7,011	9,999	13,822	15,639	7,971	9,721	11,700
Minerals & Fuels	72,532	85,212	16,582	23,745	21,413	23,473	20,609	23,181	22,165
Crude materials	26,809	28,397	6,356	4761	6,722	10,559	6,597	6,114	84,000
Chemicals	12,716	14,701	3,121	3957	3,789	3,834	4,103	3,069	3,509
Basic Manufacturers	31,136	37,535	10,051	6,682	7,834	12,967	5,735	8,455	6,587
Machinery & Transport equipment	59,694	53,136	13,181	10,824	12,345	16,785	12,368	20,912	16,307
Miscellaneous Manufactured	8,637	5,838	1,028	989	1,277	2,545	1,840	1,189	1,412
Other	1,875	8,081	465	694	3,325	3,597	619	735	1,877
Total	301,755	333,210	67,925	77421	82,485	104,378	70,666	87,883	86,580
Goods Not Elsewhere Specified	11,214		15	175	520	65	42	392	30
Capital equipment (BEC basis)	21,198		4,648	4,186	5,282	10,072	6,176	10,611	4,652

* Commodities and Transaction Not Classified Elsewhere in the SITC.

Imports by Major Trading Partner

in thousand Tongan Pa'anga (T$'000)

Year	Total	Australia	New Zealand	United States	China	Japan	Singapore	Fiji	Other
2009	291,925	33,497	88,852	37,701	14,845	10,534	43,210	38,796	24,490
2010	301,755	27,636	96,198	39,215	16,231	7,135	60,037	32,282	23,021
2011	332,210	21,737	100,477	39,839	21,260	16,472	74,278	29,419	28,728
2011
1^st Qtr	67,926	6,107	24,786	7,421	5,266	1,846	13,704	4,810	3,986
2^nd Qtr	77,421	5,203	23,407	9,296	2,983	2,072	21,627	7,047	5,786
3^rd Qtr	82,485	5,693	21,511	8,972	6,113	4,045	19,140	8,715	8,296
4^th Qtr	104,378	4,736	30,773	14,151	7,971	8,509	19,806	8,846	9,586
2012
1^st Qtr	70,666	3,547	21,917	9,185	2,674	3,035	19,095	5,931	5,283
2^nd Qtr	87,882	5,578	25,867	13,714	8,724	1,587	20,683	5,768	5,961
3rd Qtr	86,580	4,061	28,166	9,861	4,197	5,324	20,293	8,307	6,371

Source: Foreign Trade Reports, Statistics Department.

Note: Totals may not tally due to rounding off.

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