Samoa - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Samoa was 16.99 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.19 in 2014 and a minimum value of 3.02 in 1974.

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 3.54
1963 3.41
1964 3.19
1965 3.57
1966 3.56
1967 4.71
1968 4.62
1969 4.30
1970 3.79
1971 4.14
1972 3.46
1973 4.39
1974 3.02
1975 8.28
1976 7.41
1977 7.97
1978 7.74
1979 9.23
1980 16.46
1981 17.77
1982 15.61
1983 17.48
2001 12.48
2002 13.00
2003 13.49
2004 14.26
2005 15.41
2006 15.81
2007 18.58
2008 23.65
2009 18.58
2010 17.56
2011 21.24
2012 22.72
2013 21.99
2014 24.19
2015 14.85
2016 13.60
2017 15.91
2018 18.45
2019 16.99

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