Oman - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Oman was 70.52 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 80.66 in 1985 and a minimum value of 16.41 in 2003.

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
1975 79.51
1976 76.12
1977 75.34
1978 72.46
1979 74.49
1980 66.34
1981 68.50
1982 72.20
1983 78.37
1984 76.87
1985 80.66
1986 76.58
1987 71.24
1988 68.17
1989 69.95
1990 67.32
1991 72.98
1992 72.04
1993 70.00
1994 69.31
1995 68.17
1996 70.69
1997 72.91
1998 76.85
1999 69.17
2000 55.67
2001 67.66
2002 68.41
2003 16.41
2004 74.56
2005 75.80
2006 77.40
2007 79.63
2008 79.43
2009 75.97
2010 73.31
2011 69.36
2012 49.61
2013 60.02
2014 50.98
2015 68.99
2016 67.62
2017 58.53
2018 70.52

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