Table Nine: Imports of Goods and Services
																														Average annual
			Millions of people								Millions of U.S. dollars, constant 1987 prices																			percentage growth
	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997		75-84	85-89	90-MR
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA	50,734	54,450	49,847	54,263	63,755	67,386	66,568	73,173	73,679	70,788	81,587	91,045	79,599	70,667	71,685	67,880	63,589	61,711	66,693	68,272	68,085	69,485	74,752	74,293	78,603	87,248	93,324	101,914		1.7	-0.9	5.2
excluding South Africa	30,609	32,191	30,550	32,709	38,041	42,948	45,019	55,562	56,080	53,219	60,496	66,973	59,920	54,344	51,694	50,905	46,982	44,464	45,616	47,136	48,213	49,187	53,406	51,313	51,742	55,683	58,824	65,973		3.5	-2.4	3.7
excl.  S. Africa & Nigeria	28,352	28,332	27,283	28,216	32,165	32,493	33,017	36,231	36,826	36,453	40,335	41,679	40,050	38,306	39,217	39,398	38,661	38,760	39,997	40,993	41,364	41,561	45,660	43,662	44,703	47,807	52,366	55,570		2.4	0.8	3.7
Angola	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2,362	2,196	2,164	2,148	2,136	2,569	2,119	5,257	3,125	4,361	5,012	4,904	5,015		..	-2.2	12.2
Benin	433	518	559	552	559	593	554	606	641	817	964	1,055	809	599	599	707	631	603	631	385	562	597	675	667	436	565	577	593		2.8	-7.2	2.1
Botswana	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	520	531	630	620	655	791	1,019	1,246	1,146	1,065	972	862	863	922	..		..	12.1	-4.1
Burkina Faso	242	289	308	321	329	390	355	448	449	453	499	535	523	456	425	530	717	667	595	540	626	675	644	696	497	608	667	674		3.2	4.3	1.0
Burundi	104	135	129	121	129	165	155	190	203	227	216	216	281	301	310	294	309	291	274	245	280	294	285	310	329	328	185	202		8.4	-4.1	-2.7
Cameroon	891	1,082	1,072	974	977	1,030	1,140	1,260	1,369	1,525	1,527	2,269	2,076	2,112	2,673	2,862	2,380	2,538	2,325	2,860	2,673	2,544	2,615	2,429	2,483	2,510	2,884	3,337		10.5	-0.6	1.3
Cape Verde	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	121	123	131	129	123	150	157	197	218	211	207		..	..	8.2
Central African Republic	292	283	264	271	225	272	252	318	328	311	393	337	318	309	321	334	346	352	368	366	354	376	370	382	391	381	399	394		3.0	2.8	1.2
Chad	285	290	282	330	295	292	315	329	303	267	247	193	172	247	257	442	444	424	448	439	415	385	380	363	305	349	366	416		-4.0	7.9	-1.7
Comoros	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	76	77	86	88	96	89	83	83	84	79	77	78	90	85	73	76	73	80		..	-3.2	-0.5
Congo, Democratic Rep. of	675	806	912	1,069	965	888	735	1,039	791	802	1,013	1,052	877	1,136	1,687	1,825	1,791	2,208	2,517	2,520	1,903	1,772	1,094	710	530	725	685	668		4.2	9.5	-16.6
Congo, Republic of	845	848	852	855	858	901	863	809	803	642	907	1,340	1,949	1,532	1,483	1,488	1,163	888	895	874	894	986	1,120	1,035	1,210	965	1,629	1,169		8.0	-11.9	5.1
Côte d'Ivoire	1,910	1,540	1,579	1,911	2,041	1,985	2,495	3,143	3,604	3,490	3,534	3,459	3,093	2,752	2,670	2,822	3,159	2,988	2,785	2,698	2,444	2,560	2,624	2,574	2,614	3,033	3,336	3,948		3.2	-0.1	4.8
Djibouti	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..
Equatorial Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	62	74	90	93	100	77	97	74	85	235	244	609	1,117		..	12.6	36.9
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..
Ethiopia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1,142	1,297	1,097	1,040	1,227	1,334	1,377	1,107	1,195	1,041	1,275	1,123	1,220	1,546	1,574		..	3.0	2.8
Gabon	539	562	659	659	1,436	1,841	2,072	2,048	1,663	1,420	1,649	2,370	2,143	2,459	2,501	2,548	2,442	1,484	1,686	1,801	1,716	1,683	1,701	1,777	1,495	1,457	1,799	2,070		4.0	-9.2	0.5
Gambia, The	149	131	121	134	138	131	130	166	200	248	251	238	240	207	170	137	127	131	141	167	188	197	205	204	180	183	191	185		5.3	0.1	0.3
Ghana	2,503	2,048	1,415	2,050	2,428	2,063	1,962	2,084	1,931	1,632	1,784	1,541	951	852	896	955	1,133	1,329	1,322	1,384	1,456	1,602	1,708	1,996	1,833	1,856	2,080	2,064		-9.8	9.9	5.2
Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	612	627	713	689	756	760	741	782	723	761	700	770		..	5.0	0.3
Guinea-Bissau	105	106	117	119	111	84	74	73	73	74	71	66	92	88	102	105	103	68	75	88	75	85	94	70	69	64	60	72		0.1	-5.9	-3.8
Kenya	2,346	2,726	2,290	2,254	2,703	2,059	2,004	2,371	3,022	2,447	2,691	2,125	1,783	1,455	1,714	1,592	1,861	2,108	2,298	2,523	2,608	2,491	2,433	3,255	3,803	4,468	4,905	4,789		-3.9	9.4	10.7
Lesotho	105	129	170	196	224	308	374	377	395	437	451	484	511	499	513	500	456	487	600	605	570	632	620	585	558	606	638	714		7.2	4.2	1.4
Liberia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..
Madagascar	1,186	1,194	1,037	1,057	939	1,003	726	794	899	1,242	1,230	800	768	655	590	704	566	552	510	498	656	533	547	624	630	646	668	715		-3.2	-5.1	3.4
Malawi	452	474	514	379	421	526	468	438	570	469	535	415	396	403	377	459	339	329	397	481	495	521	566	523	474	421	578	624		-2.1	2.2	1.5
Mali	196	216	243	234	324	307	276	268	397	423	465	449	445	501	580	779	697	639	677	669	748	771	819	750	696	749	799	846		7.0	0.6	1.5
Mauritania	184	188	367	258	427	472	721	629	500	468	474	585	696	678	640	646	696	606	556	519	546	521	529	490	430	561	577	511		2.9	-4.6	0.1
Mauritius	391	401	472	521	613	634	676	740	751	751	682	614	565	582	634	678	868	1,176	1,410	1,431	1,593	1,567	1,613	1,730	1,823	1,767	1,919	2,058		-1.1	20.6	4.0
Mozambique	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	930	930	985	801	746	605	668	696	680	752	703	719	774	944	770	737	754	747		..	1.2	0.4
Namibia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1,250	1,468	1,239	1,025	1,015	1,046	1,090	1,260	1,211	1,214	1,325	1,368	1,437	1,421	1,521	1,514	1,648	1,514		..	4.3	3.0
Niger	362	314	398	461	534	440	500	477	557	624	835	784	914	715	549	654	458	562	506	493	468	380	354	359	326	309	336	396		4.9	-3.1	-3.9
Nigeria	3,864	5,110	4,571	5,596	6,966	10,558	11,802	17,902	17,878	15,855	18,837	23,215	18,579	15,276	12,133	11,276	8,275	5,783	5,705	6,225	6,916	7,674	7,845	7,728	7,176	7,998	6,751	10,368		5.8	-15.1	3.3
Rwanda	94	105	131	112	180	153	179	172	220	232	275	271	387	376	385	400	460	412	410	385	325	599	616	708	915	423	444	645		10.4	-0.1	4.6
São Tomé and Principe	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	22	32	42	38	36	33	37	35	44	42	..		..	..	0.8
Senegal	1,024	992	991	984	1,003	1,120	1,250	1,444	1,185	1,256	1,230	1,343	1,333	1,323	1,426	1,345	1,430	1,445	1,452	1,487	1,532	1,451	1,511	1,443	1,298	1,337	1,377	1,423		2.3	1.3	-1.3
Seychelles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	118	127	125	160	205	199	216	294	316	179	176	264	304		..	14.2	2.6
Sierra Leone	677	610	560	565	565	512	448	435	489	574	595	507	397	304	265	298	340	311	282	376	402	359	305	334	281	328	423	..		-5.1	4.3	-1.0
Somalia	60	86	83	90	103	101	108	316	295	367	416	370	414	430	395	138	341	315	202	293	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		16.9	-1.3	..
South Africa	18,649	20,530	17,953	19,970	23,767	22,985	20,687	17,857	17,873	17,702	21,079	23,974	19,810	16,622	19,914	17,118	16,699	17,282	21,068	21,135	19,902	20,328	21,415	22,918	26,608	31,155	34,008	35,572		-1.4	2.8	8.3
Sudan	1,783	1,623	1,397	1,450	1,924	2,487	2,618	2,614	2,406	2,783	3,695	4,078	4,382	4,751	4,290	3,264	2,479	2,297	2,530	2,330	2,297	2,373	..	..	..	..	..	..		9.0	-10.5	..
Swaziland	180	157	174	186	187	181	218	208	258	301	336	375	368	383	361	376	358	406	448	540	544	556	582	623	512	524	546	572		8.8	7.9	0.0
Tanzania	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1,131	1,073	1,085	1,118	1,147	1,183	1,278	1,318	1,328	1,312	1,306		..	..	2.7
Togo	226	271	259	226	226	278	348	602	751	637	570	535	556	433	477	567	665	634	696	629	647	587	516	350	290	380	418	468		6.0	5.7	-6.4
Uganda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	971	933	932	962	1,134	1,260	1,231	1,214	1,157	1,139	1,100	1,227	1,908	2,091	1,854		..	7.3	7.5
Zambia	1,745	1,849	1,879	1,553	1,811	1,687	1,259	1,244	1,030	940	1,061	890	695	586	572	695	787	808	807	676	629	621	851	636	603	695	573	640		-10.7	3.8	-1.0
Zimbabwe	..	..	..	..	..	..	1,092	1,098	1,096	1,046	1,174	1,321	1,356	1,378	1,351	1,445	1,445	1,434	1,491	1,648	1,870	2,384	2,980	2,606	3,118	3,247	3,605	4,508		3.7	3.1	11.7
NORTH AFRICA	15,936	15,504	17,058	19,440	25,018	29,874	30,102	34,169	35,029	36,350	37,571	41,254	39,247	39,595	42,433	43,280	37,719	31,968	33,898	37,114	37,995	36,046	37,647	38,027	39,390	41,266	40,509	..		4.7	-4.4	1.6
Algeria	4,489	4,148	4,831	6,062	8,181	9,526	9,093	11,007	11,873	10,870	11,235	13,081	12,853	13,651	13,992	14,790	11,531	8,227	8,505	9,934	8,960	7,356	7,695	7,179	7,617	7,770	6,993	7,119		5.1	-10.1	-3.2
Egypt, Arab Republic	4,898	4,839	5,077	5,332	7,313	8,828	8,353	8,807	9,108	10,586	11,447	12,059	10,471	10,580	12,145	12,506	10,921	9,222	9,505	9,662	10,016	10,134	9,662	10,430	10,626	10,735	11,425	12,322		4.5	-5.9	2.7
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..
Morocco	2,412	2,348	2,394	2,875	3,012	3,930	4,781	5,376	4,680	4,836	4,456	4,541	4,680	4,149	4,336	4,421	4,793	5,218	5,675	6,131	6,978	7,158	8,033	7,944	8,231	9,315	8,954	..		1.5	7.6	5.5
Tunisia	1,231	1,343	1,646	1,627	1,951	2,143	2,387	2,750	2,981	3,430	3,585	4,051	4,088	3,997	4,223	3,672	3,597	3,473	4,034	4,620	5,114	4,827	5,394	5,541	5,735	5,923	5,753	..		8.5	2.0	3.4
ALL AFRICA	67,081	70,416	67,293	74,115	89,230	97,700	97,099	107,786	109,138	107,482	119,666	132,897	119,220	110,371	114,063	110,883	101,321	94,165	101,191	105,722	106,305	106,068	113,079	112,940	118,726	129,550	135,270	146,861		2.6	-2.1	4.2