Aruba - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Aruba was 33.50 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.50 in 2021 and a minimum value of 6.36 in 2005.

Definition: Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

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Year Value
2000 25.07
2001 23.81
2002 21.65
2003 22.28
2004 22.94
2005 6.36
2006 21.73
2007 19.67
2008 21.73
2009 27.46
2010 31.84
2011 27.94
2012 31.47
2013 31.70
2014 27.92
2015 30.57
2016 29.87
2017 29.57
2018 27.73
2019 28.33
2020 30.61
2021 33.50

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports