Dominica - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Dominica was 50.25 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 35 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 67.88 in 1999 and a minimum value of 50.25 in 2012.

Definition: Manufactures comprise the commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (nonferrous 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 54.26
1978 57.61
1979 58.39
1980 58.77
1981 58.06
1983 60.40
1985 60.71
1986 62.81
1987 64.74
1993 64.19
1994 63.15
1995 65.73
1996 63.43
1997 64.27
1999 67.88
2000 66.87
2001 65.44
2002 64.18
2003 63.61
2004 64.88
2005 65.50
2006 61.35
2007 59.35
2008 59.65
2009 59.59
2010 57.10
2012 50.25

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