Suriname - Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports) in Suriname was 0.114 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.909 in 1962 and a minimum value of 0.023 in 2008.

Definition: Agricultural raw materials comprise SITC section 2 (crude materials except fuels) excluding divisions 22, 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap).

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 0.909
1965 0.394
1973 0.339
1974 0.269
1994 0.099
1995 0.070
1996 0.103
1997 0.124
1998 0.093
1999 0.223
2000 0.037
2001 0.054
2002 0.098
2003 0.076
2004 0.051
2005 0.040
2006 0.034
2007 0.028
2008 0.023
2009 0.101
2010 0.091
2011 0.071
2012 0.065
2013 0.055
2014 0.086
2015 0.091
2016 0.300
2017 0.897
2018 0.085
2019 0.114

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