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Table AI.1  
Merchandise exports by group of products, 2000-07  
(US$ million and per cent) 
Description 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 
  (US$ million) 
Total (Comtrade mirror) 106 87 95 130 195 214 241 331 
Total (BOP figures) .. 47 58 74 97 103 120 168 
Total national trade statistics .. 40 .. 67 85 99 118 158 
  (% of total) 
Total primary products 95.9 92.3 97.2 97.4 97.4 97.8 97.9 98.9 
   Agriculture 95.7 92.3 97.1 97.4 97.3 97.8 96.5 98.6 
      Food 34.2 32.0 29.9 32.3 34.3 22.3 16.7 22.5 
         0342 Fish, frozen (excluding fillets and minced fish) 6.1 11.9 6.4 10.4 17.8 8.3 5.6 8.0 
         0371 Fish, prepared, preserved, n.e.s. 10.4 1.9 6.3 4.5 3.3 5.9 5.4 4.5 
         4222 Palm oil, fractions 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.4 
         0721 Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted 2.4 2.7 6.1 7.2 4.5 2.9 2.8 2.9 
         2231 Copra 2.4 2.7 0.8 3.0 3.9 4.0 2.2 2.8 
         0363 Molluscs, and aquatic i nvertebrates 1.0 2.3 1.7 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.3 
         4223 Coconut oil (copra), fractions 3.7 1.4 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 
         0341 Fish, fresh, chilled,  whole 5.9 8.1 7.4 4.9 3.9 0. 4 0.2 0.1 
         0361 Crustaceans, fro zen 0.1 0.1 0.1 0. 0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 
         0351 Fish, dried, salted 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 
      Agricultural raw material 61.5 60.3 67.3 65.1 63.0 75.5 79.8 76.1 
         2475 Wood, non-coniferous, in the rough, or roughly 
         squared 58.3 53.8 64.8 62.5 59.1 72.5 76.9 73.1 
         2484 Wood, non-coniferous, sawn, thickness > 6 mm 1.9 2.3 1.6 1.4 2.0 1.2 1.7 1.7 
   Mining 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.4 0.3 
Manufactures 3.7 6.9 2.7 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.7 0.8 
   Iron and steel 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 
   Chemicals 0.7 2.4 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 
   Other semi-manufactures 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 
   Machinery and transport equipment 0.5 1.6 0.9 1.0 0.2 1.0 0.6 0.3 
   Textiles 0.1 0.0 0. 1 0.0 0.0 0. 0 0.0 0.0 
   Clothing 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 
   Other consumer goods 0.7 2.2 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.3 
         8991 Carved or moulded goods, n.e.s. 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 
Other 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 
   Gold 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 
 
.. Not available. 
 
Source: UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3). 
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Table AI.2 
Merchandise imports by group of products, 2000-07  
(US$ million and per cent) 
Description 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 
  (US$ million) 
Total (Comtrade mirror) 98 86 69 108 118 148 191 251 
Total (national trade statistics) .. 85 69 94 121 186 217 286 
  (% of total) 
Total primary products 35.7 34.5 37.4 43.9 39.2 39.8 35.4 39.9 
   Agriculture 12.6 18.7 14.5 17.3 15.4 9.5 9.3 10.3 
      Food 12.0 17.8 14.0 16.3 14.8 9.0 8.8 9.9 
         0412 Other wheat and meslin , unmilled 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.7 1. 0 1.0 1.3 
         0989 Food preparations, n.e.s. 1.9 1.9 2.8 1.7 1.7 1.2 1.1 1.0 
         0612 Other beet, cane and chemically pure sucrose, 
         solid form 0.8 1.0 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 
         0371 Fish, prepared, preserved, n.e.s. 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.6 
        1212 Tobacco, wholly or partly st emmed/stripped 0.1 0.1 0. 3 0.1 0.0 0. 2 0.3 0.5 
         1223 Other manufactured t obacco 0.0 0.2 0.0 0. 0 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.5 
      Agricultural raw material 0.6 0.8 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 
         2690 Worn clothing, rags, etc. 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 
   Mining 23.1 15.8 22.8 26.6 23.9 30.3 26.2 29.6 
      Ores and other minerals 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 
      Non-ferrous metals 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 
      Fuels 22.9 15.1 22.1 26.2 23.5 29.8 25.7 29.2 
Manufactures 48.0 46.9 40.8 43.3 49.8 45.1 47.0 47.3 
   Iron and steel 2.4 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.9 2.0 2.5 
         6744 Flat-rolled iron/steel products, cl ad, etc., n.e.s. 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.6 
         6741 Flat-rolled products, iron/steel , zinc plated 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 
         6794 Other tubes, pipes, hollow pr ofiles, iron/steel 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 
   Chemicals 4.7 3.6 4.2 4.6 4.4 4.0 3.4 3.5 
         5429 Medicaments, n.e.s. 0.6 0.4 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 
         5541 Soap 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 
         5977 Lubricating preparations. 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 
   Other semi-manufactures 6.9 6.8 5.8 6.0 8.1 5.5 4.8 6.1 
         6997 Articles, n.e.s., of copper/nick el/aluminium/etc. 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.0 
         6911 Iron or steel structures, tubes and the like, etc. 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 
         6924 Reservoirs, tanks, vats of iron, steel or 
         aluminium 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.4 
   Machinery and transport equipment 24.7 18.5 20.6 22.2 22.4 24.2 29.2 28.7 
      Power generating machines 1.7 0.6 1.2 0.7 0.9 0.7 2.5 1.2 
         7165 Generating sets 1.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.4 2.3 0.9 
      Other non-electrical machinery 8.1 5.4 5.2 5.9 6.2 8.2 8.3 10.3 
         7232 Mechanical shovels, etc., self-propelled 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.4 1.2 1.3 2.1 
         7231 Bulldozers, angledozers, etc ., self-propelled 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.9 
         Agricultural machinery and tractors 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.4 
      Office machines & telecommunicati on equipment 2.7 3.2 3.8 3.5 3.6 2.8 2.8 2.7 
      Other electrical machines 2.2 2.1 2.9 1.6 2.1 2.7 2.3 3.6 
         7726 Electric control panels 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.9 
         7781 Batteries and electric accumula tors, and parts 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 
Table AI.2 (cont'd) Solomon Islands WT/TPR/S/215 
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Description 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 
      Automotive products 5.5 3.8 3.8 3.6 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.1 
         7821 Goods vehicles 1.8 1.2 0.8 0.8 2.0 1.7 1.8 2.0 
         7812 Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, n.e.s. 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.5 1.7 2.4 1.8 1.7 
         7843 Other motor vehicle parts and accessories of 722, 
 781-83 1.6 1.1 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.5 
      Other transport equipment 4.4 3.3 3.7 7.0 4.1 4.2 7.6 5.8 
         7932 Ships, boats, etc.  0.5 0.2 0.0 1.4 0.1 0.8 4.1 2.8 
   Textiles 1.7 2.3 1. 5 1.6 1.9 2. 3 0.8 1.1 
   Clothing 1.6 2.4 1.0 1.1 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.3 
   Other consumer goods 6.0 11.5 5.7 5.4 8.9 5.4 6.2 5.1 
         8747 Oscilloscopes, spectrum anal yzers, etc. 0.1 0.1 0. 1 0.3 0.6 0. 7 0.6 0.6 
         8921 Printed books, pamphlets, maps, etc. 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.8 2.1 0.4 
Other 6.9 7.7 8.3 9.5 8.4 10.4 9.7 8.6 
         9310 Special transactions and commodities not 
         classified  6.8 7.7 8.3 9.4 8.3 9.9 9.7 8.6 
 
Source: UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3). WT/TPR/S/215 Trade Policy Review 
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Table AI.3 
Merchandise exports by trading partner, 2000-07  
(US$ million and per cent) 
Description 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 
  (US$ million) 
Total (Comtrade mirror) 106 87 95 130 195 214 241 331 
Total (BOP figures) .. .. 58 74 97 103 120 168 
Total (national trade statistics) .. .. 48 67 85 99 118 158 
  (% of total) 
  America 0.7 3.6 0.8 1.3 2.7 1.1 2.2 1.8 
    United States 0.6 3.3 0.8 1.1 1.8 1.1 1.2 0.5 
    Other America 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.1 1.0 1.3 
      Mexico 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.9 0.3 
  Europe 12.9 8.0 3.2 3.0 6.8 9.1 7.4 8.1 
    EC(25) 12.9 8.0 3.2 2.8 6.1 9.1 7.4 8.1 
      Italy 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.3 4.5 4.7 3.9 
      United Kingdom 7.5 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 2.2 
      Spain 0.0 3.6 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 
      Germany 2.0 0.5 1.0 1.1 2.2 1.7 0.8 0.4 
      Belgium 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.3 1.9 0.7 0.3 
      France 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.2 0.1 
    EFTA 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
    Other Europe 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 
  Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)a 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
  Africa 0.1 0.1 0.1 2.8 2.8 0.5 0.0 0.1 
  Middle East 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 
  Asia 86.4 88.2 95.8 92.9 87.6 89.3 90.4 89.9 
    China 12.6 6.8 19.1 25.0 29.8 45.1 51.8 55.1 
    Japan 21.6 21.4 21.6 13.8 9.4 7.5 9.6 6.2 
    Six East Asian Traders 27.3 36.6 34.9 33.3 37.7 25.8 19.8 18.6 
      Korea, Rep. of 17.1 19.5 16.7 18.1 16.5 14.5 11.6 7.6 
      Thailand 5.4 9.5 7.8 6.3 15.1 7.5 5.0 7.0 
      Malaysia 1.7 1.6 2.6 2.1 2.0 1.4 1.4 2.9 
      Singapore 0.9 1.2 4.1 5.6 2.8 1.7 1.4 0.5 
      Hong Kong, China 2.1 4.7 3.6 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.5 
      Chinese Taipei 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 
    Other Asia 24.8 23.4 20.2 20.8 10.8 11.0 9.3 9.9 
      Philippines 12.6 11.3 13.0 10.3 5.3 5.5 4.8 5.0 
      India 2.8 4.8 1.3 1.7 0.1 1.3 0.8 1.9 
      Australia 2.7 1.5 0.8 2.5 1.9 1.3 1.2 1.6 
      New Zealand 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.4 
      Fiji 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.4 
      Indonesia 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 
      New Caledonia 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 
  Other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Memorandum:                
    EC(15) 12.9 7.8 3.1 2.7 6.1 9.0 6.9 8.1 
 
.. Not available. 
 a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS ) includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, 
Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turk menistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. 
 
Source:  UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3). Solomon Islands WT/TPR/S/215 
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Table AI.4  
Merchandise imports by trading partner, 2000-07  
(US$ million and per cent) 
Description 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 
  (US$ million) 
Total (Comtrade mirror) 98 86 69 108 118 148 191 251 
Total (national trade statistics)  .. 85 69 94 121 186 217 286 
  (% of total) 
  America 6.3 8.9 2.4 1.8 2.5 1.7 3.3 5.3 
    United States 6.1 8.5 2.2 1.7 2.3 1.6 3.0 2.2 
    Other America 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 3.2 
      Mexico 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 
  Europe 2.9 2.7 2.5 3.2 3.6 4.6 5.1 3.2 
    EC(25) 2.5 2.7 2.5 3.1 3.5 4.6 5.0 3.0 
      United Kingdom 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.1 0.8 1.2 1.4 1.2 
      Germany 0.6 1.6 0.8 1.0 0.6 1.1 1.1 1.2 
      Denmark 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.1 
      Netherlands 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 
      France 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.1 
      Sweden 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 
      Italy 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.4 0.7 1.4 0.1 
      Belgium 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 
    EFTA 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 
    Other Europe 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 
  Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)a 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
  Africa 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.2 
  Middle East 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 
  Asia 89.4 88.1 94.9 94.2 93.2 93.0 91.3 91.3 
    China 1.1 1.2 1.6 2.0 2.8 3.4 2.6 4.1 
    Japan 6.1 4.3 3.0 3.3 4.6 4.8 9.6 5.6 
    Six East Asian Traders 35.7 31.3 32.5 31.6 35.1 42.8 36.2 41.5 
      Singapore 28.5 22.3 26.2 24.0 28.3 32.8 28.7 33.9 
      Malaysia 2.0 1.4 1.4 2.1 1.8 2.5 2.8 3.2 
      Thailand 1.2 3.3 0.8 1.1 1.9 3.4 2.9 2.4 
      Hong Kong, China 2.4 3.3 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.1 0.9 
      Korea, Rep. of 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.6 0.6 0.6 
      Chinese Taipei 0.7 0.4 0.7 1.7 0.3 0.9 0.2 0.5 
    Other Asia 46.5 51.3 57.9 57.4 50.7 42.0 42.8 40.1 
      Australia 33.5 36.6 43.8 33.2 30.8 32.0 32.3 30.3 
      New Zealand 6.3 6.5 6.8 5.5 9.6 6.0 6.2 5.4 
      Indonesia 0.9 1.7 2.4 1.6 1.5 2.2 2.1 2.3 
      Fiji 1.5 2.6 2.5 1.1 2.0 1.3 1.5 1.7 
      Philippines 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 
      India 0.5 0.3 0.4 5.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 
Memorandum:                
    EC(15) 2.4 2.7 2.5 3.1 3.4 4.6 5.0 3.0 
 
a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS ) includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, 
Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turk menistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. 
 
Source:  UNSD, Comtrade database (SITC Rev.3). WT/TPR/S/215 Trade Policy Review 
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Table AI.5 
Trade in services, 2000-08 
(US$'000) 
 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008a 
Services balance 15,890 15,705 -436 5,973 7,673 6,850 22,954 20,417 14,901 
Receipts 49,875 46,654 16,635 21,222 30,364 36,267 53,141 73,288 41,423 
Payments 33,986 30,949 17,071 15,249 22,691 29,417 30,188 52,871 26,523 
Transportation  -3,524 -2,647 -2,736 -2,152 -5,486 -7,566 -8,418 -15,232 -7,866 
Receipts 1,030 606 1,035 993 530 1,163 1,440 2,040 412 
Payments 4,553 3,253 3,771 3,145 6,016 8,729 9,858 17,272 8,277 
Travel  -3,301 -3,005 -2,859 -2,176 -124 -1,425 1 -4,167 -2,956 
Receipts 5,406 3,473 1,462 2,271 4,310 3,285 4,123 3,512 1,393 
Payments 8,707 6,478 4,321 4,448 4,434 4,710 4,122 7,679 4,350 
Insurance services  -843 -954 -1,329 -1,094 -864 -1,088 -499 -775 103 
Receipts 35 0 37 101 107 42 7 127 228 
Payments 878 955 1,366 1,195 971 1,130 506 902 125 
Financial services  15,474 14,677 -1,552 90 -361 -1,277 -2,415 -5,267 -424 
Receipts 18,223 20,877 83 907 1,212 610 458 12 1,973 
Payments 2,750 6,200 1,635 816 1,572 1,887 2,873 5,279 2,397 
Communication services  -554 99 946 -2,172 -1,407 -470 2,372 2,725 -924 
Receipts 2,157 1,708 2,740 55 145 1,425 4,055 4,738 779 
Payments 2,711 1,609 1,794 2,226 1,552 1,895 1,684 2,013 1,703 
Royalties & license fees  -125 89 116 98 128 -143 1,161 1,464 -101 
Receipts 67 232 119 108 134 90 1,278 1,735 41 
Payments 193 143 2 10 6 232 117 271 142 
Other services 8,763 7,447 6,977 13,379 15,787 18,842 30,752 41,801 27,069 
Receipts 22,957 19,759 11,159 16,789 23,927 29,652 41,780 61,124 36,598 
Payments 14,194 12,312 4,181 3,410 8,139 10,810 11,028 19,324 9,529 
 
a January-June  
Source:  Central Bank of the Solomon Islands.   Viewed at:  http:/ /www.cbsi.com.sb/. 
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