Iran - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Iran was 62.09 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 87.91 in 1969 and a minimum value of 16.30 in 2006.

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
1963 79.88
1964 76.41
1965 77.85
1966 83.36
1967 85.97
1968 85.40
1969 87.91
1970 84.95
1971 82.98
1972 82.56
1973 82.30
1974 74.68
1975 79.32
1976 84.42
1977 82.39
1997 69.81
1998 77.73
1999 72.83
2000 73.66
2001 75.93
2002 76.67
2003 78.72
2004 72.56
2005 69.37
2006 16.30
2010 69.96
2011 62.10
2013 65.71
2014 68.01
2015 69.18
2016 70.35
2017 66.53
2018 62.09

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