Liberia top 20 products at 2 Digit

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Liberia's Top 20 Products of Global Imports at 2 Digit HS Code Level

The top 20 product items contribute to 98.44% of the total imports of Liberia in 2008.Major supplier countries to Liberia are South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Nigeria, China, Chinese Taipei, Denmark, Italy, Germany and Norway. Top 10 supplier countries constituted 89.43% share in Liberia's Total Imports in 2008.

Rank in Global Imports of Liberia in 2008	HS Code	Description	Value in 2008(USD Million)	% Share in Global Imports	% Growth 2008/2007	Major Supplier Countries (Top 3)	% Share major supplier countries	% Growth of major supplier	India
									Rank	% Sharein Global Imports	% Growth 2008/07
	TOTAL	All products	8,794.83	100.00	12.03	Singapore	29.88	48.62	20th	0.28	18.47
						Japan	13.91	2.77
						Nigeria	13.00	27,138.27
1	89	Ships, boats and other floating structures	4,756.19	54.08	-15.26	Japan	25.23	2.37	N/A	N/A	N/A
						Nigeria	23.61	N/A
						China	11.94	-8.66
2	99	Commodities not elsewhere specified	2,653.84	30.18	79.61	Singapore	98.98	80.28	12th	0.00	1,228.57
						United States of America	0.61	72.01
						Turkey	0.18	71.00
3	27	Mineral fuels, oils, distillation products, etc	475.81	5.41	164.06	China	48.17	357.18	32nd	0.00	N/A
						Côte dIvoire	15.72	53.71
						Trinidad and Tobago	11.16	N/A
4	73	Articles of iron or steel	186.04	2.12	389.50	China	85.30	796.49	7th	0.19	119.14
						United States of America	11.74	280.97
						Germany	0.69	748.34
5	84	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery, etc	106.00	1.21	49.48	China	41.46	211.10	14th	1.10	-10.21
						United States of America	10.43	224.43
						Germany	7.42	14.11
6	87	Vehicles other than railway, tramway	92.37	1.05	98.37	United States of America	27.23	144.88	14th	1.20	-20.14
						United Kingdom	10.87	139.66
						Japan	10.26	81.34
7	85	Electrical, electronic equipment	69.39	0.79	46.10	China	29.77	12.72	23rd	0.51	284.78
						Nigeria	24.32	N/A
						Sweden	9.57	73.99
8	10	Cereals	68.08	0.77	86.04	China	81.21	82.97	5th	0.73	9,860.00
						United States of America	12.52	49.82
						Thailand	3.60	2,105.41
9	44	Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal	31.37	0.36	1,633.09	United States of America	85.98	12,444.19	15th	0.15	N/A
						China	6.67	672.32
						Malaysia	1.39	789.80
10	30	Pharmaceutical products	25.74	0.29	54.16	France	46.88	51.34	2nd	16.88	41.48
						India	16.88	41.48
						Denmark	11.73	340.58
11	19	Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products	23.69	0.27	18.93	Turkey	47.92	33.33	5th	4.98	183.41
						United States of America	12.67	-26.73
						Malaysia	7.71	76.25
12	72	Iron and steel	21.72	0.25	-23.76	China	44.56	-24.61	3rd	18.17	-50.08
						Turkey	21.74	264.35
						India	18.17	-50.08
13	39	Plastics and articles thereof	18.04	0.21	27.33	China	19.87	40.59	7th	4.71	96.53
						Côte dIvoire	14.43	22.84
						United States of America	11.54	69.13
14	90	Optical, photo, technical, medical, etc apparatus	17.29	0.20	-26.47	United States of America	61.64	-30.94	4th	4.27	577.06
						Germany	5.45	-40.61
						France	4.36	154.73
15	2	Meat and edible meat offal	16.36	0.19	17.47	Brazil	35.43	12.83	5th	5.22	54.43
						Netherlands	25.56	16.39
						United States of America	6.97	791.41
16	15	Animal,vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products, etc	14.25	0.16	-14.76	Malaysia	71.90	55.94	5th	0.23	13.79
						Netherlands	11.41	14.60
						Indonesia	10.53	-78.85
17	94	Furniture, lighting, signs, prefabricated buildings	13.03	0.15	136.71	United States of America	39.29	1,247.37	13th	0.36	-41.98
						Italy	20.61	42.57
						China	13.65	120.45
18	91	Clocks and watches and parts thereof	12.48	0.14	41.06	Switzerland	95.38	55.84	20th	0.00	-100.00
						United States of America	3.69	-60.22
						Hong Kong (SARC)	0.59	362.50
19	21	Miscellaneous edible preparations	12.37	0.14	12.93	United States of America	31.31	-5.23	21st	0.13	N/A
						Croatia	16.38	8.63
						China	9.03	389.91

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