Somalia - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Somalia was 54.69 as of 1982. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 70.46 in 1981 and a minimum value of 50.39 in 1971.

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
1962 58.51
1966 54.88
1970 53.47
1971 50.39
1972 64.56
1973 68.43
1974 67.31
1975 63.35
1976 61.94
1977 67.49
1978 67.59
1979 67.58
1980 62.04
1981 70.46
1982 54.69

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