Thus, while the value of energy sector exports receipts have risen by more than one-third, since 2001, nonenergy exports have languished. Figure 10 According to the preliminary trade data, non-energy exports in 2004 were about 15 percent below the level of 2002.
Import growth has been quite buoyant over the last two years, and apart from the rise in capital imports related to Train IV, the partial indicators suggest a sizable increase in consumer imports.