Caribbean small states - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Caribbean small states was 22.28 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49.18 in 1974 and a minimum value of 6.23 in 1995.

Definition: Fuels comprise the commodities in SITC section 3 (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials).

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
1972 29.41
1973 29.43
1974 49.18
1975 41.12
1976 43.86
1977 33.01
1978 28.49
1979 25.78
1980 40.60
1981 40.11
1982 34.36
1983 23.37
1984 22.03
1985 22.24
1986 18.24
1987 17.43
1992 11.90
1993 13.82
1994 7.07
1995 6.23
1996 15.72
1997 12.19
1998 10.75
1999 15.94
2000 20.60
2001 18.67
2002 19.16
2003 20.49
2004 19.69
2005 26.85
2006 26.30
2007 25.65
2008 30.35
2009 24.82
2010 25.82
2011 31.79
2012 32.15
2013 35.84
2014 32.70
2015 22.28

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