Belize - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Belize was 20.94 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28.02 in 1975 and a minimum value of 11.43 in 2002.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1975 28.02
1976 26.55
1977 24.57
1978 26.89
1979 27.52
1980 24.76
1982 20.35
1983 23.44
1984 24.31
1985 26.86
1986 27.22
1987 25.27
1992 21.02
1993 17.76
1994 18.43
1995 19.13
1996 20.31
1997 19.74
1998 19.23
1999 20.26
2000 14.00
2001 13.74
2002 11.43
2003 11.89
2004 11.91
2005 16.13
2006 12.18
2007 13.00
2008 12.72
2009 14.86
2010 16.54
2011 12.51
2012 14.00
2013 13.65
2014 22.65
2015 20.76
2016 21.02
2017 20.53
2018 20.18
2019 20.22
2020 25.65
2021 20.94

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