>>19161078the 3rd group — raw and semi-manufactured products — the most significant import items were fertilizers, metals, liquid fuels, coal, cement, and tobacco. Most of these items were very important and irreplaceable by any substitutes. That is why the imports in this group increased from around 21% of the total import value in 1925 to 35.21% in 1939. If we consider the years 1924, '28 and '39 as the average years, the import figures of the above items for these years are as follows: In 1924 the imports of fertilizers account for 6.0 mil. Litas. metals — 5.1, coal — 9.5, liquid fuel — 4.4, cement — 1.9, and tobacco — 1.5. Importation of some of these items doubled a few years later. Therefore, in 1928 the value of fertilizer imports was already 13.2 mil. Litas. metals — 10.7, coal — 11.3, liquid fuel — 9.6, cement 4.7, and tobacco — 3.2. In 1938 the import figures were: fertilizer 10.90, metals — 17.73, coal — 11.00, liquid fuel — 7.35, cement — 6.26, and tobacco — 1.65 millions Litas
