South Africa - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in South Africa was 13.96 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23.35 in 2014 and a minimum value of 0.24 in 1975.

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
1974 0.27
1975 0.24
1976 0.40
1977 0.53
1978 0.46
1979 0.58
1980 0.40
1981 0.32
1982 0.44
1983 0.42
1984 0.37
1985 0.58
1992 0.51
1993 0.41
1994 0.32
1995 8.32
1996 9.52
1997 11.43
1998 8.37
1999 10.12
2000 14.29
2001 14.73
2002 12.44
2003 11.95
2004 14.41
2005 14.26
2006 18.34
2007 18.59
2008 22.38
2009 21.43
2010 19.03
2011 20.78
2012 22.01
2013 21.60
2014 23.35
2015 15.69
2016 13.49
2017 14.73
2018 18.56
2019 16.89
2020 13.96

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