Bangladesh - Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Bangladesh was 0.172 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.462 in 2010 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 1986.

Definition: Ores and metals comprise the commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals).

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

See also:

Year Value
1977 0.002
1978 0.015
1979 0.095
1980 0.002
1982 0.048
1983 0.074
1984 0.029
1986 0.000
1993 0.062
1994 0.016
1996 0.001
1997 0.031
1998 0.002
2000 0.014
2001 0.009
2002 0.041
2003 0.023
2004 0.160
2005 0.198
2006 0.335
2007 0.425
2008 0.327
2009 0.331
2010 0.462
2011 0.448
2012 0.418
2013 0.314
2015 0.172

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 export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports