European Union - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in European Union was 10.19 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.72 in 1981 and a minimum value of 6.11 in 1998.

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
1962 14.93
1963 12.93
1964 12.66
1965 11.81
1966 10.88
1967 12.29
1968 11.18
1969 9.86
1970 11.32
1971 13.66
1972 12.57
1973 13.02
1974 21.81
1975 21.22
1976 21.80
1977 19.17
1978 17.67
1979 20.32
1980 24.09
1981 26.72
1982 25.76
1983 24.10
1984 23.21
1985 21.94
1986 12.87
1987 11.31
1988 8.23
1989 9.48
1990 9.91
1991 9.72
1992 9.58
1993 9.38
1994 8.59
1995 7.49
1996 8.77
1997 8.37
1998 6.11
1999 6.56
2000 9.53
2001 9.23
2002 9.06
2003 9.11
2004 9.74
2005 12.27
2006 13.12
2007 11.75
2008 14.74
2009 12.76
2010 14.24
2011 16.46
2012 17.96
2013 17.07
2014 14.90
2015 11.13
2016 8.97
2017 10.17
2018 11.46
2019 10.59
2020 7.35
2021 10.19

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