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Although the level of imports remained relatively
stable
beginning in the mid-1980s, droughts and the subsequent
need to
import rice influenced import totals. Principal imports
include
manufactured goods, including transport equipment; food
items,
including rice; and fuel. According to 1986 UN statistics,
manufactured goods accounted for 53.5 percent of
imports--of which
14.1 percent was transport equipment; food items for 20.8
percent--
of which 16.2 percent was cereals, including rice, and
18.9 percent
for petroleum. Limited information shows that the
composition of
imports did not change significantly through 1989. A
substantial
portion of imports is linked to aid programs, although a
government
source indicated that these imports accounted for a slowly
decreasing share of total imports, from about 40 percent
in 1982 to
about 28 percent in 1987.
Data as of July 1994
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