Japan - Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) in Japan was 9.37 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.90 in 1970 and a minimum value of 4.76 in 2002.

Definition: Ores and metals comprise commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous 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
1962 16.32
1963 14.93
1964 17.32
1965 17.32
1966 18.11
1967 20.44
1968 19.50
1969 20.87
1970 20.90
1971 18.07
1972 15.83
1973 15.98
1974 12.94
1975 10.84
1976 10.29
1977 10.12
1978 9.99
1979 10.11
1980 9.99
1981 8.83
1982 8.90
1983 9.30
1984 9.18
1985 8.91
1986 8.79
1987 8.89
1988 10.29
1989 9.93
1990 8.87
1991 8.54
1992 7.00
1993 6.38
1994 6.21
1995 6.54
1996 5.51
1997 6.02
1998 5.97
1999 5.46
2000 5.52
2001 5.01
2002 4.76
2003 4.90
2004 5.71
2005 6.02
2006 7.66
2007 8.81
2008 7.84
2009 6.29
2010 8.18
2011 8.03
2012 6.60
2013 6.41
2014 6.45
2015 6.34
2016 5.81
2017 6.39
2018 6.42
2019 6.38
2020 7.29
2021 9.37

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