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constituting 7.0% of exports.
Other important export items were wine and fresh grapes – $122mn; alcoholic beverages – $75.8mn; precious metal ores and concentrates – $75.2mn; natural or artificial mineral and carbonated waters – $69.7mn; packaged medicines – $63.6mn; gold – $59.5mn; and nitrogenous fertilizers – $53.7mn.
The top import commodities in January-August were motor cars, with imports equalling $481.6mn or 9.7% of imports. Petroleum and petroleum oils followed on the list at $325.1mn or 6.6% of imports. Copper ores and concentrates were third at $312.1mn or 6.3% of imports.
Other important import items were packaged medicines – $205.2mn; natural gas – $178.8mn; phones – $101.8mn; wheat and meslin – $68.8mn; motor vehicles for the transport of goods – $44mn; cigars and cigarettes – $43.5mn; and meat and edible offal of poultry – $42.2mn.
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