Jamaica - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Jamaica was 18.77 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 40.58 in 2008 and a minimum value of 9.02 in 1963.

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 9.25
1963 9.02
1972 9.04
1973 10.91
1974 20.89
1975 19.18
1976 22.75
1977 29.07
1978 24.16
1979 32.01
1980 37.83
1981 33.25
1982 29.04
1983 29.90
1984 30.19
1985 32.08
1986 20.52
1987 19.21
1991 17.89
1992 17.87
1993 15.71
1994 14.85
1995 12.65
1996 15.23
1997 13.12
1998 9.77
1999 13.10
2000 18.37
2001 18.09
2002 17.73
2003 20.86
2004 24.71
2005 28.36
2006 24.46
2007 33.80
2008 40.58
2009 27.58
2010 30.34
2011 35.90
2012 36.25
2013 36.35
2014 33.81
2015 22.97
2016 19.79
2017 24.46
2018 26.09
2019 26.88
2020 18.77

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