Rwanda - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Rwanda was 56.45 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 78.45 in 2005 and a minimum value of 55.95 in 1998.

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
1996 64.16
1997 63.48
1998 55.95
1999 57.38
2001 60.19
2002 62.04
2003 66.65
2004 63.34
2005 78.45
2006 63.26
2007 75.40
2008 75.54
2009 75.63
2010 72.22
2011 63.23
2012 78.06
2013 59.82
2014 60.96
2015 64.21
2016 63.94
2017 57.08
2018 57.31
2019 56.45

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

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports