■  Korea's Imports by Major Commodity Group   (U$ million)     2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005  Import toal 160,481.0 141,097.8 152,126.2 178,826.7 224,463.7 261,238.3  Cereals 2,438.3 2,528.8 2,665.0 2,933.9 3,716.5 3,365.0  Direct consumer goods 4,646.8 4,786.5 5,707.7 6,161.0 6,326.3 7,154.5  Non-durable consumer goods 2,549.3 3,091.2 4,112.3 4,574.5 4,867.6 5,440.4  Durable consumer goods 6,424.0 6,216.8 7,759.7 9,922.0 11,585.3 10,856.8  Fuel 37,800.6 33,790.2 32,128.8 38,155.5 49,355.1 66,487.2     (Crude oil) 25,215.6 21,367.8 19,200.3 23,081.6 29,917.2 42,605.8  Minerals 4,191.5 4,064.4 4,144.0 4,849.9 7,517.3 9,367.6  Light indutry materials 4,844.7 4,408.8 5,320.4 5,363.8 5,818.6 5,968.0  Chemicals 11,837.6 11,274.5 12,269.2 14,443.1 18,233.6 21,530.6  Iron & steel products 6,007.0 5,029.7 6,267.8 8,204.8 13,251.2 16,407.8  Non-ferros metals 4,844.6 4,222.0 4,341.5 5,276.3 7,762.2 8,596.8  Machineries & equipment 18,425.9 15,264.2 17,998.9 21,704.2 28,223.8 31,924.7  Information/communication  equipment 12,157.5 9,066.9 8,496.7 8,705.1 9,726.9 11,197.4  Semiconductor 19,923.1 15,546.6 17,470.0 21,328.3 23,618.3 25,132.6  Transportation equipment 2,815.5 2,648.4 3,082.5 3,379.6 4,498.1 5,195.3   Source: Korea Customs Services         Copyright © 2004 Korea Business Information Services, Inc. All rights reserved.