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Imports 2001-2005
Reporter: Benin
Product group

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001 - Live animals except fish 115 105 271 210 68
011 - Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen 14
012 - Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen (except meat and meat offal unfit or unsuitable for human consumption) 34,412 46,190 54,093 56,250 47,927
016 - Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal 12 11 43 52 10
017 - Meat and edible meat offal, prepared or preserved, n.e.s. 216 497 304 464 692
022 - Milk and cream and milk products other than butter or cheese 14,835 18,456 16,834 16,804 15,806
023 - Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk 297 273 237 482 316
024 - Cheese and curd 279 336 360 283 241
025 - Eggs, birds', and egg yolks, fresh, dried or otherwise preserved, sweetened or not; egg albumin 8 87 22 43 189
034 - Fish, fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen 4,524 6,660 8,941 10,223 15,544
035 - Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish (whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process); flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human 17 30 13 4 9
036 - Crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, whether in shell or not, fresh (live or dead), chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; crustaceans, in 113 49 6 2 163
037 - Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved, n.e.s. 227 1,225 1,301 998 343
041 - Wheat (including spelt) and meslin, unmilled 2,383 3,093 2,592 411 359
042 - Rice 15,709 23,103 39,425 54,135 100,725
044 - Maize (not including sweet corn), unmilled 657 754 54 71 116
045 - Cereals, unmilled (other than wheat, rice, barley and maize) 2
046 - Meal and flour of wheat and flour of meslin 4,815 5,760 6,639 3,935 3,359
047 - Other cereal meals and flours 20 80 212 9 3
048 - Cereal preparations and preparations of flour or starch of fruits or vegetables 3,967 6,279 6,759 5,862 5,744
054 - Vegetables, fresh, chilled, frozen or simply preserved (including dried leguminous vegetables); roots, tubers and other edible vegetable products, n.e.s., 318 487 662 564 466
056 - Vegetables, roots and tubers, prepared or preserved, n.e.s. 7,858 7,669 3,439 3,933 5,636
057 - Fruit and nuts (not including oil nuts), fresh or dried 4,907 7,510 6,927 4,420 5,028
058 - Fruit, preserved, and fruit preparations (excluding fruit juices) 53 28 63 105 78
059 - Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweet 502 549 465 1,159 707
061 - Sugars, molasses and honey 3,083 4,793 10,362 6,654 8,276
062 - Sugar confectionery 262 714 1,012 1,255 2,167
071 - Coffee and coffee substitutes 331 2,146 968 44 215
072 - Cocoa 2 14 10 7 1
073 - Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, n.e.s. 292 488 453 567 777
074 - Tea and maté 148 91 121 37 41
075 - Spices 73 66 64 135 70
081 - Feeding stuff for animals (not including unmilled cereals) 402 546 641 632 511
091 - Margarine and shortening 1,480 1,420 1,470 3,098 9,988
098 - Edible products and preparations, n.e.s. 9,464 12,868 11,033 10,447 9,827
111 - Non-alcoholic beverages, n.e.s. 605 937 1,609 1,703 2,049
112 - Alcoholic beverages 5,360 5,776 6,668 7,136 7,067
121 - Tobacco, unmanufactured; tobacco refuse 55 92 304
122 - Tobacco, manufactured (whether or not containing tobacco substitutes) 1,458 4,814 8,279 10,266 7,772
222 - Oil-seeds and oleaginous fruits of a kind used for the extraction of soft fixed vegetable oils (excluding flours and meals) 1 1,825 1,407 15 1
223 - Oil-seeds and oleaginous fruits, whole or broken, of a kind used for the extraction of other fixed vegetable oils (including flours and meals of oil-seeds 0 8 714 370 83
231 - Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary forms (including latex) or in plates, sheets or strip 5 4 2 1
232 - Synthetic rubber; reclaimed rubber; waste, parings and scrap of unhardened rubber 13 31 36 24 35
244 - Cork, natural, raw and waste (including natural cork in blocks or sheets) 12 2
246 - Wood in chips or particles and wood waste 1 2 3 0
247 - Wood in the rough or roughly squared 1 28 0
248 - Wood, simply worked, and railway sleepers of wood 15 46 58 158 283
263 - Cotton 2 9 109 88 3
264 - Jute and other textile bast fibres, n.e.s., raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) 2 0
265 - Vegetable textile fibres (other than cotton and jute), raw or processed but not spun; waste of these fibres 12 56 73 30 47
266 - Synthetic fibres suitable for spinning 0 54 181 64 42
267 - Other man-made fibres suitable for spinning; waste of man-made fibres 4 3
268 - Wool and other animal hair (including wool tops) 1 10 3 0 0
269 - Worn clothing and other worn textile articles; rags 30,027 37,609 34,147 31,842 36,892
273 - Stone, sand and gravel 3,810 2,292 4,931 4,688 3,973
274 - Sulphur and unroasted iron pyrites 2 2
277 - Natural abrasives, n.e.s. (including industrial diamonds) 3 20 26 14 14
278 - Other crude minerals 1,400 2,076 4,971 2,905 1,695
282 - Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel 2 1 2 6 3
283 - Copper ores and concentrates; copper mattes; cement copper 0 4
287 - Ores and concentrates of base metals, n.e.s. 0 17
291 - Crude animal materials, n.e.s. 6 2 47 22 0
292 - Crude vegetable materials, n.e.s. 456 631 813 520 645
334 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude); preparations, n.e.s., containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or o 75,950 88,137 124,098 142,028 122,817
335 - Residual petroleum products, n.e.s., and related materials 1,013 2,849 4,457 6,010 834
342 - Liquefied propane and butane 1,540 1,459 1,757 2,566 3,525
344 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons, n.e.s. 14 17 39 28 29
351 - Electric current 25,605 34,153 48,429 54,947 56,460
411 - Animal oils and fats 4 207 113 3
421 - Fixed vegetable fats and oils, soft, crude, refined or fractionated 387 183 720 107 148
422 - Fixed vegetable fats and oils, crude, refined or fractionated, other than soft 2,795 6,820 18,129 14,698 12,015
431 - Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; waxes; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils, n.e.s. 141 784 1,507 675 3,211
511 - Hydrocarbons, n.e.s., and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives 376 508 639 663 883
512 - Alcohols, phenols, phenol-alcohols, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives 186 650 693 351 760
513 - Carboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives 161 241 153 143 110
514 - Nitrogen-function compounds 209 415 517 470 560
515 - Organo-inorganic compounds, heterocyclic compounds, nucleic acids and their salts, and sulphonamides 11 46 30 30 16
516 - Other organic chemicals 51 126 126 168 149
522 - Inorganic chemical elements, oxides and halogen salts 399 1,008 1,240 1,213 1,034
523 - Metal salts and peroxysalts, of inorganic acids 681 814 744 753 837
524 - Other inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals 44 54 116 144 203
525 - Radioactive and associated materials 6 1 0
531 - Synthetic organic colouring matter and colour lakes, and preparations based thereon 413 228 226 490 522
532 - Dyeing and tanning extracts, and synthetic tanning materials 3 4 10 8 2
533 - Pigments, paints, varnishes and related materials 1,212 1,353 1,086 986 832
541 - Medicinal and pharmaceutical products, other than medicaments of group 542 3,099 14,697 4,878 3,992 2,543
542 - Medicaments (including veterinary medicaments) 28,314 24,741 32,586 35,406 32,123
551 - Essential oils, perfume and flavour materials 567 516 381 214 59
553 - Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (excluding soaps) 2,790 4,382 3,650 3,045 3,068
554 - Soap, cleansing and polishing preparations 2,476 3,443 4,800 5,565 5,111
562 - Fertilizers, manufactured 12,089 22,744 8,881 15,094 2,658
571 - Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms 347 377 906 290 657
572 - Polymers of styrene, in primary forms 42 22 52 100 159
573 - Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms 97 270 478 327 293
574 - Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms 654 896 1,061 1,150 1,274
575 - Other plastics, in primary forms 624 700 777 899 846
579 - Waste, parings and scrap, of plastics 4
581 - Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor, of plastics 2,031 2,616 2,802 3,588 1,087
582 - Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics 433 530 626 637 610
583 - Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked, 9 16 6 11 12
591 - Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in form 8,234 14,227 13,404 5,658 1,333
592 - Starches, inulin and wheat gluten; albuminoidal substances; glues 462 457 887 547 360
593 - Explosives and pyrotechnic products 140 223 313 89 194
597 - Prepared additives for mineral oils and the like; prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission; anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids; lub 118 212 244 216 200
598 - Miscellaneous chemical products, n.e.s. 804 1,021 1,094 933 1,718
611 - Leather 1 7 0 1 0
612 - Manufactures of leather or of composition leather, n.e.s.; saddlery and harness 1 7 4 3 6
621 - Materials of rubber (e.g., pastes, plates, sheets, rods, thread, tubes, of rubber) 101 100 132 83 78
625 - Rubber tyres, interchangeable tyre treads, tyre flaps and inner tubes for wheels of all kinds 8,475 10,797 9,112 9,121 10,695
629 - Articles of rubber, n.e.s. 371 982 1,213 972 719
633 - Cork manufactures 0 1 0 1 0
634 - Veneers, plywood, particle board, and other wood, worked, n.e.s. 766 867 897 1,039 821
635 - Wood manufactures, n.e.s. 240 406 728 304 329
641 - Paper and paperboard 2,353 3,740 1,474 1,640 2,182
642 - Paper and paperboard, cut to size or shape, and articles of paper or paperboard 8,538 8,199 11,606 10,116 9,072
651 - Textile yarn 203 239 357 164 66
652 - Cotton fabrics, woven (not including narrow or special fabrics) 41,976 48,324 48,862 41,548 36,342
653 - Fabrics, woven, of man-made textile materials (not including narrow or special fabrics) 17,864 9,601 10,414 7,770 9,075
654 - Other textile fabrics, woven 156 301 82 131 878
655 - Knitted or crocheted fabrics (including tubular knit fabrics, n.e.s., pile fabrics and openwork fabrics), n.e.s. 10 5 1 1 0
656 - Tulles, lace, embroidery, ribbons, trimmings and other smallwares 1,216 647 731 3,474 3,320
657 - Special yarns, special textile fabrics and related products 637 697 1,188 1,582 1,806
658 - Made-up articles, wholly or chiefly of textile materials, n.e.s. 1,003 2,949 2,273 2,542 2,829
659 - Floor coverings, etc. 126 122 148 159 111
661 - Lime, cement, and fabricated construction materials (except glass and clay materials) 30,846 25,596 31,186 31,084 43,867
662 - Clay construction materials and refractory construction materials 3,972 5,903 7,905 7,624 7,050
663 - Mineral manufactures, n.e.s. 222 419 686 378 335
664 - Glass 529 810 794 944 1,009
665 - Glassware 1,299 1,493 758 663 695
666 - Pottery 64 146 246 195 155
672 - Ingots and other primary forms, of iron or steel; semi-finished products of iron or steel 102 509 45 28
673 - Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, not clad, plated or coated 464 265 191 390 160
674 - Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, clad, plated or coated 2,946 2,778 2,313 2,055 2,775
675 - Flat-rolled products of alloy steel 55 14 27 17 5
676 - Iron and steel bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections (including sheet piling) 7,833 11,709 16,556 14,178 19,460
677 - Rails or railway track construction material, of iron or steel 0 6 1 2 0
678 - Wire of iron or steel 511 387 551 567 1,181
679 - Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, and tube or pipe fittings, of iron or steel 2,289 2,162 2,279 2,533 1,958
681 - Silver, platinum and other metals of the platinum group 0 1
682 - Copper 53 118 220 109 147
683 - Nickel 0 2 2
684 - Aluminium 1,261 1,312 1,564 1,822 1,915
685 - Lead 0 11 1 0
686 - Zinc 142 250 5 5 5
687 - Tin 3 0
689 - Miscellaneous non-ferrous base metals employed in metallurgy, and cermets 1
691 - Structures and parts of structures, n.e.s., of iron, steel or aluminium 1,271 1,828 3,212 4,988 2,745
692 - Metal containers for storage or transport 1,337 493 1,521 911 1,049
693 - Wire products (excluding insulated electrical wiring) and fencing grills 220 1,245 1,416 152 231
694 - Nails, screws, nuts, bolts, rivets and the like, of iron, steel, copper or aluminium 918 1,203 1,978 949 1,039
695 - Tools for use in the hand or in machines 617 801 1,225 806 699
696 - Cutlery 221 291 298 253 174
697 - Household equipment of base metal, n.e.s. 2,672 988 1,430 1,374 1,180
699 - Manufactures of base metal, n.e.s. 3,064 3,932 5,301 3,699 4,635
711 - Steam or other vapour-generating boilers, superheated water boilers, and auxiliary plant for use therewith; parts thereof 343 42 223 106 57
713 - Internal combustion piston engines, and parts thereof, n.e.s. 685 1,375 1,566 1,400 1,589
714 - Engines and motors, non-electric (other than those of groups 712, 713 and 718); parts, n.e.s., of these engines and motors 1 3 11 21 23
716 - Rotating electric plant, and parts thereof, n.e.s. 2,120 2,338 4,373 8,692 3,679
718 - Power-generating machinery, and parts thereof, n.e.s. 7 28 23 94 6
721 - Agricultural machinery (excluding tractors), and parts thereof 459 114 154 364 330
722 - Tractors (other than those of headings 744.14 and 744.15) 1,031 1,519 579 928 290
723 - Civil engineering and contractors' plant and equipment; parts thereof 6,705 4,575 4,862 6,601 2,675
724 - Textile and leather machinery, and parts thereof, n.e.s. 4,897 1,883 7,607 1,190 658
725 - Paper mill and pulp mill machinery, paper-cutting machines and other machinery for the manufacture of paper articles; parts thereof 92 490 594 89 67
726 - Printing and bookbinding machinery, and parts thereof 1,299 611 937 368 458
727 - Food-processing machines (excluding domestic); parts thereof 5,519 3,291 1,144 3,977 614
728 - Other machinery and equipment specialized for particular industries; parts thereof, n.e.s. 2,437 1,999 10,201 3,780 1,815
731 - Machine tools working by removing metal or other material 314 92 87 144 49
733 - Machine tools for working metal, sintered metal carbides or cermets, without removing material 244 98 233 28 123
735 - Parts, n.e.s., and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines falling within groups 731 and 733 (including work or tool holders, 22 25 31 8 22
737 - Metalworking machinery (other than machine tools), and parts thereof, n.e.s. 39 84 101 345 245
741 - Heating and cooling equipment, and parts thereof, n.e.s. 4,107 3,800 3,358 4,042 3,124
742 - Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring device; liquid elevators; parts for such pumps and liquid elevators 553 823 1,291 2,386 2,088
743 - Pumps (other than pumps for liquids), air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with 1,041 1,292 2,084 1,584 1,572
744 - Mechanical handling equipment, and parts thereof, n.e.s. 3,605 2,375 7,465 3,187 1,908
745 - Non-electrical machinery, tools and mechanical apparatus, and parts thereof, n.e.s. 1,646 3,574 2,103 1,986 1,078
746 - Ball- or roller bearings 304 399 492 386 241
747 - Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically contr 769 1,085 952 1,208 1,136
748 - Transmission shafts (including camshafts and crankshafts) and cranks; bearing housings and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball screws; gearboxes 593 895 894 665 388
749 - Non-electric parts and accessories of machinery, n.e.s. 263 293 656 340 247
751 - Office machines 752 1,517 894 841 809
752 - Automatic data-processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machine 6,199 6,625 7,847 8,596 10,435
759 - Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use solely or principally with machines falling within groups 751 and 7 484 767 884 697 532
761 - Television receivers (including video monitors and video projectors), whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound- or video-recording o 553 763 972 834 1,017
762 - Radio-broadcast receivers, whether or not incorporating sound-recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock 283 347 880 476 401
763 - Sound recorders or reproducers; television image and sound recorders or reproducers; prepared unrecorded media 104 182 120 583 238
764 - Telecommunications equipment, n.e.s., and parts, n.e.s., and accessories of apparatus falling within groups 761, 762 and 763 7,209 2,638 17,028 21,316 11,941
771 - Electric power machinery (other than rotating electric plant of group 716), and parts thereof 1,285 645 2,065 2,496 2,066
772 - Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (e.g., switches, relays, fuses, 2,437 2,870 5,949 4,514 5,652
773 - Equipment for distributing electricity, n.e.s. 2,279 2,264 4,647 6,808 3,841
774 - Electrodiagnostic apparatus for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes, and radiological apparatus 285 415 486 192 1,019
775 - Household-type electrical and non-electrical equipment, n.e.s. 2,345 1,245 2,303 1,640 1,588
776 - Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes (e.g., vacuum or vapour or gas-filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, 349 506 69 2,448 167
778 - Electrical machinery and apparatus, n.e.s. 2,336 3,401 4,362 4,131 2,668
781 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, 17,329 22,107 26,599 23,267 25,848
782 - Motor vehicles for the transport of goods and special-purpose motor vehicles 6,550 6,941 6,026 6,548 6,092
783 - Road motor vehicles, n.e.s. 3,260 4,751 4,068 3,268 2,159
784 - Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of groups 722, 781, 782 and 783 893 1,438 2,165 2,302 1,297
785 - Motor cycles (including mopeds) and cycles, motorized and non-motorized; invalid carriages 1,988 3,585 5,023 5,912 5,660
786 - Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically-propelled; specially designed and equipped transport containers 1,570 1,587 1,581 1,891 1,201
791 - Railway vehicles (including hovertrains) and associated equipment 151 6 483 13 6
792 - Aircraft and associated equipment; spacecraft (including satellites) and spacecraft launch vehicles; parts thereof 14 4 11 6
793 - Ships, boats (including hovercraft) and floating structures 102 72 757 19 62
811 - Prefabricated buildings 1 20 2 293 267
812 - Sanitary, plumbing and heating fixtures and fittings, n.e.s. 625 919 1,048 838 803
813 - Lighting fixtures and fittings, n.e.s. 644 653 1,277 1,015 1,158
821 - Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings 1,928 2,785 4,382 3,356 3,736
831 - Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive cases, briefcases, school satchels, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, spectacle cases, gu 768 715 934 910 981
841 - Men's or boys' coats, capes, jackets, suits, blazers, trousers, shorts, shirts, underwear, nightwear and similar articles of textile fabrics, not knitted o 3,510 5,249 3,407 2,235 7,156
842 - Women's or girls' coats, capes, jackets, suits, trousers, shorts, shirts, dresses and skirts, underwear, nightwear and similar articles of textile fabrics, 324 417 149 169 292
843 - Men's or boys' coats, capes, jackets, suits, blazers, trousers, shorts, shirts, underwear, nightwear and similar articles of textile fabrics, knitted or cr 842 695 255 155 127
844 - Women's or girls' coats, capes, jackets, suits, trousers, shorts, shirts, dresses and skirts, underwear, nightwear and similar articles of textile fabrics, 257 524 360 368 647
845 - Articles of apparel, of textile fabrics, whether or not knitted or crocheted, n.e.s. 878 2,484 3,229 4,128 12,761
846 - Clothing accessories, of textile fabrics, whether or not knitted or crocheted (other than those for babies) 932 646 401 483 369
848 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories of other than textile fabrics; headgear of all materials 204 249 348 295 326
851 - Footwear 2,454 2,446 2,169 2,271 2,731
871 - Optical instruments and apparatus, n.e.s. 58 25 19 374 12
872 - Instruments and appliances, n.e.s., for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes 1,801 3,330 2,805 2,665 2,921
873 - Meters and counters, n.e.s. 1,206 715 1,787 1,931 2,567
874 - Measuring, checking, analysing and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s. 916 1,411 1,361 2,216 1,567
881 - Photographic apparatus and equipment, n.e.s. 238 213 244 137 88
882 - Photographic and cinematographic supplies 264 192 160 537 167
883 - Cinematographic film, exposed and developed, whether or not incorporating soundtrack or consisting only of soundtrack 3 3
884 - Optical goods, n.e.s. 751 22 28 216 22
885 - Watches and clocks 41 75 106 92 79
891 - Arms and ammunition 41 59 121 65 50
892 - Printed matter 2,913 3,175 4,593 5,451 6,905
893 - Articles, n.e.s., of plastics 3,117 3,413 5,680 6,638 7,033
894 - Baby carriages, toys, games and sporting goods 505 420 694 473 667
895 - Office and stationery supplies, n.e.s. 944 919 1,087 618 844
896 - Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques 5 26 104 29 12
897 - Jewellery, goldsmiths' and silversmiths' wares, and other articles of precious or semiprecious materials, n.e.s. 277 1,231 1,254 1,174 734
898 - Musical instruments and parts and accessories thereof; records, tapes and other sound or similar recordings (excluding goods of groups 763 and 883) 185 113 321 506 125
899 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s. 951 947 2,323 1,663 1,440
931 - Special transactions and commodities not classified according to kind 10,419 5,898 6,547
971 - Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates)