The main developments in Cyprus Foreign Trade in January 2001 as compared with January 2000 were:

1. Total imports (covering imports for home consumption and imports placed into bonded warehouses) totalled £183,2 mn as compared with £142,3 mn in January 2000. Total exports reached £46,2 mn compared to £41,3 mn in January 2000. The trade deficit accounted for £137,0 mn compared to £101,0 mn.
2. Imports for home consumption increased to £149,2 mn in January 2001 and £112,8 mn in January 2000. Intermediate inputs imported for home consumption valued at £56,3 mn or 37,7% followed by consumer goods with £35,6 mn or 23,8%, capital goods with £21,5 mn or 14,4%, transport equipment with £19,3 mn or 13,0% and fuels and lubricants with £16,5 mn or 11,1%.
3. Domestic exports, including shipstores, valued at £15,8 mn as compared with £15,0 mn in January 2000 and re-exports, including shipstores, to £30,4 mn compared to £26,2 mn in January 2000. Industrial products of domestic produce exported in January 2001 accounted for £12,5 mn or 83,5%. Exports of raw agricultural products in January 2001 valued at £2,4 mn.
4. In January 2001 the EU countries supplied Cyprus with goods valued at £96,1 mn or 52,4% and absorbed goods valued at £7,5 mn or 49,8% of Cyprus domestic exports, excluding shipstores.

Additional data on Cyprus foreign trade are shown in the quarterly publication entitled "Imports-Exports Statistics" obtainable from the Government Printing Office while more detailed statistics on the same field are available from the Statistical Service.