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

Frequency of occurrence, for instance, could be represented by the share of total tariff lines containing an NTB. Coverage would then be measured by the share of imports affected by an NTB as a percentage of total imports.

Since then, however, the share of imports has decreased, and it should continue to do so.

China s share of Africa s unprocessed primary products was more than 80 of its total imports from Africa.

Russia s share of total EU gas imports is just above 40 today, compared to 80 in 1980.

The share of developing countries in world total exports of services was 22 per cent in 2003, while their share in imports was 24 per cent.

The EU currently imports half of its energy supplies in 20 years, the import share will be 70 .

The same year, the share of imports in Chinese steel use also reached a maximum, at 18.5 per cent.

While the share of agricultural commodities in total imports is estimated at around 17.1 per cent in 1991, their share in exports was a mere 2.6 per cent.

Imports from other developing countries declined slightly but the biggest reduction occurred in intraregional imports, the share of which dropped from 7.7 per cent in 1991 to 4.7 per cent in 1992.

In the case of the US, for example, Latin America s share of total imports, at roughly 17 , has not grown since 2000.

For many low income countries, remittances as a share of GDP and imports are larger than in the case of middle income countries.

A large share of exports consist of petroleum products made from imported crude oil, which accounted for 51 of the country's imports in 2007.

As a result their share in global imports of services has dropped from 24 per cent in 2000 to 21 per cent in 2003.

Imports

Imports

Imports of military equipment

Its direct influence on trade may be less immediately obvious, since its share of world exports has never exceeded 4 per cent and its share of world imports reached its highest point in 2003 at 15.5 per cent.

Imports of military equipment X

Agricultural imports (billions of dollars)

Imports (billions of dollars) c

Imports of military equipment X

Exports Imports

quot Imports

Current value of imports of goods

Mozambique, for example, imports 60 of its wheat consumption, and Egypt imports 50 of its food supplies.

After the large increase in their share of imports in 1991, another improvement was recorded in 1992, which raised their share from 60.7 to 61.7 per cent, compared to an average of 57.1 per cent during the period 1988 to 1990.

Imports of arms and related material

The EU already accounts for almost 20 of US imports, and the US for 11 of EU imports.

(c) Imports exports

Illegal Imports Detected

Mining equipment imports

Cancelled imports 858

Total imports (c.i.f.)

b Imports f.o.b.

It is also helping to bring down the domestic cost of imports and is thus stimulating imports.

The US, which at the time needed annual capital imports of 800 billion in order to offset the near total cessation of private savings, received the lion s share of this capital.

US consumers buy imports rather than American made goods because imports are cheaper.

( Normally dutiable imports include imports taking place under preferential terms as well as imports taking place under less preferential terms or MFN terms.

2. Loss of imports and domestic production

(ii) Annual report on imports of arms

Reducing the cost of imports is significant because China imports a wide range of consumer goods, equipment, and raw materials.

Bahrain depends heavily on food imports to feed its growing population it relies heavily on meat imports from Australia and also imports 75 of its total fruit consumption needs.

Now, it imports rice.

Total imports Total exports