Tonga - Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Tonga was 28.42 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 39 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28.42 in 2014 and a minimum value of 0.63 in 1977.

Definition: Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals).

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
1975 0.81
1976 1.78
1977 0.63
1978 1.46
1979 1.74
1980 3.46
1981 6.48
1982 12.82
1983 15.61
1984 9.21
1985 12.99
1986 14.88
1987 17.59
2000 2.08
2001 6.37
2002 1.98
2003 1.41
2004 3.90
2005 4.05
2006 4.59
2007 6.15
2008 6.03
2009 10.16
2010 7.56
2011 11.14
2012 16.60
2013 7.74
2014 28.42

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