Cyprus - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Cyprus was 15.29 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.99 in 1997 and a minimum value of 11.98 in 2004.

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
1970 16.10
1971 15.80
1972 17.19
1973 23.66
1974 19.68
1975 26.18
1976 24.30
1977 17.63
1978 17.19
1979 15.45
1980 14.78
1981 16.27
1982 15.25
1983 17.27
1984 15.15
1985 15.13
1986 15.92
1987 14.02
1989 12.82
1990 14.33
1991 16.52
1992 16.23
1993 17.43
1994 18.19
1995 20.37
1996 24.49
1997 26.99
1998 20.34
1999 19.44
2000 18.65
2001 16.52
2002 12.76
2003 12.08
2004 11.98
2005 12.42
2006 12.56
2007 12.89
2008 13.39
2009 15.49
2010 14.85
2011 15.75
2012 17.50
2013 20.04
2014 16.64
2015 16.04
2016 15.16
2017 14.12
2018 12.94
2019 15.16
2020 14.89
2021 15.29

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