Syrian Arab Republic - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Syrian Arab Republic was 54.06 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 71.23 in 2005 and a minimum value of 42.95 in 1984.

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
1974 60.05
1975 67.36
1976 67.83
1977 66.44
1978 63.32
1979 57.11
1980 54.56
1981 45.84
1982 43.83
1983 45.72
1984 42.95
1985 46.88
1986 57.82
1987 60.39
2000 64.41
2001 44.01
2002 63.78
2003 70.22
2004 63.71
2005 71.23
2006 52.07
2007 47.57
2008 46.56
2009 57.16
2010 54.06

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