Table 15:2  : SUMMARY OF IMPORTS CLASSIFIED BY HARMONIZED SYSTEM ,2006 - 2008
		C.I.F. Value (in Rf. '000)				% Change Over Previous Year
Harmonized System		2005	2006	2007	2008	2006	2007	2008
	TOTAL	9,534,267	11,859,521	14,032,513	17,760,114	24.4	18.3	26.6
Section I	Live animals; animal product	376,592	488,411	616,467	730,031	29.7	26.2	18.4
Section II	Vegetable products	494,023	628,106	803,793	1,041,092	27.1	28.0	29.5
Section III	Animal And Vegetable Fats And Oils And Their Cleavage Products;Prepared Edible Fats;Animal Or Vegetable Waxes	53,363	61,707	64,395	88,621	15.6	4.4	37.6
Section IV	Prepared Foodstuffs; Baverages, Spirits And And Vinegar;Tobacco And Manufactured Tobacco Substitues	572,576	733,578	862,644	987,478	28.1	17.6	14.5
Section V	Mineral products	1,777,609	2,719,908	3,233,064	4,727,591	53.0	18.9	46.2
Section VI	Products of the chemical & allied industries	437,450	556,807	650,336	750,366	27.3	16.8	15.4
Section VII	Plastic & articles thereof; rubber & article there of	330,286	362,898	489,591	514,731	9.9	34.9	5.1
Section VIII	Raw Hides & Skins, Leather, Furskins & Articles There Of;Saddlery And Harness;Travel Goods,Handbags And Similar Containers;Articles Of Animal Gut(Other Than Silk-Worm Gut)	9,236	10,380	13,838	16,649	12.4	33.3	20.3
Section IX	Wood; Articles Of Wood; Wood Charcoal; Cork & Articles Of Cork;Manufactures Of Straw,Of Esparto Or Of Other Plaiting Materials;Basketware And Wikerwork	504,003	613,232	782,339	889,458	21.7	27.6	13.7
Section X	Pulp Of Wood Or Of Other Fibrous Cellulosic Material;Recovered(Waste And Scrap)Paper Or Paperboard;Paper And Paperboard And Articles Thereof	180,773	202,247	240,035	295,454	11.9	18.7	23.1
Section XI	Textiles and textile articles	212,723	283,421	327,711	391,015	33.2	15.6	19.3
Section XII	Footware, Headgear, Umbrellas, Sunumbrellas,Walking-Sticks,Seat-Sticks,Whips,Riding-Crops And Parts Thereof;Prepared Feathers And Articles Made Therewith;Artificial Flowers;Articles Of Human Hair	37,510	46,325	57,187	67,317	23.5	23.4	17.7
Section XIII	Articles Of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos ,Mica Or Similar Materials;Ceramic Products;Glass And Glassware	273,105	303,521	366,588	449,836	11.1	20.8	22.7
Section XIV	Natural Or Cultures Pearls, Precious And Semi-Precious Stones, Precious Metals,Metals Clad With Precious Metal And Articles Therfof;Imitation Jewellery;Coin	8,883	15,853	22,866	22,391	78.5	44.2	-2.1
Section XV	Base metal and articles of base metal	742,101	802,195	1,097,848	1,188,721	8.1	36.9	8.3
Section XVI	Machinery & Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment;Parts Thereof;Sound Recorders And Reproducers,Television Image And Sound Recorders And Reproducers,And Parts And Accessories Of Such Articles	2,507,717	2,618,359	2,997,190	3,301,787	4.4	14.5	10.2
Section XVII	Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels And Associated Transport Equipment	471,151	669,209	653,467	1,493,075	42.0	-2.4	128.5
Section XVIII	Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic,Measuring,Checking,Precision ,Medical Or Surgical Instruments And Apparatus;Clocks And Watches;Musical Instruments; Parts And Accessories Thereof	141,286	208,601	191,190	195,636	47.6	-8.3	2.3
Section XIX	Arms & ammunition; parts & accessories thereof	53	16,238	-	-	30,251.0	-100.0	0.0
Section XX	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	403,507	517,055	560,991	608,218	28.1	8.5	8.4
Section  XXI	Work of art, collectors pieces & antiques	319	1,471	975	647	361.5	-33.7	-33.6
Source:  Maldives Customs Services