Trinidad and Tobago - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Trinidad and Tobago was 28.96 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 71.91 in 1974 and a minimum value of 0.50 in 1995.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1968 53.11
1969 52.54
1970 52.92
1971 49.85
1972 47.78
1973 50.76
1974 71.91
1975 50.56
1976 57.25
1977 47.61
1978 40.31
1979 28.60
1980 37.67
1981 36.61
1982 25.19
1983 3.20
1984 0.75
1985 3.32
1986 2.83
1987 4.30
1991 14.58
1992 9.38
1993 15.05
1994 0.64
1995 0.50
1996 19.18
1997 12.96
1998 13.09
1999 21.00
2000 32.30
2001 23.41
2002 27.65
2003 27.18
2004 24.16
2005 34.80
2006 35.04
2007 33.49
2008 35.08
2009 32.94
2010 33.30
2011 38.84
2012 41.95
2013 51.18
2014 43.48
2015 28.96

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