Papua New Guinea - Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Papua New Guinea was 54.45 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 69.22 in 1974 and a minimum value of 0.78 in 1971.

Definition: Ores and metals comprise the 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
1971 0.78
1972 24.60
1973 63.11
1974 69.22
1975 59.37
1976 59.87
1981 50.39
1982 51.02
1983 52.46
1984 39.28
1985 42.07
1986 45.99
1987 57.51
1998 44.38
2000 51.30
2001 27.17
2002 29.62
2003 46.26
2004 21.10
2011 56.65
2012 54.45

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 export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports