Syrian Arab Republic - Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Syrian Arab Republic was 49.89 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 79.01 in 1981 and a minimum value of 37.82 in 2009.

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 55.18
1975 70.31
1976 64.70
1977 60.58
1978 62.80
1979 72.13
1980 78.86
1981 79.01
1982 74.70
1983 68.85
1984 63.06
1985 74.05
1986 42.03
1987 51.81
2000 76.34
2001 77.44
2002 72.17
2003 71.35
2004 67.63
2005 67.83
2006 40.35
2007 41.11
2008 38.57
2009 37.82
2010 49.89

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 export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports