Uruguay - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Uruguay was 11.35 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 40.05 in 1983 and a minimum value of 5.85 in 1998.

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
1970 14.66
1971 14.43
1972 16.90
1974 32.45
1975 31.21
1976 34.71
1977 25.59
1978 32.31
1979 24.06
1980 28.64
1981 31.64
1982 39.15
1983 40.05
1984 37.43
1985 33.85
1986 19.40
1987 15.65
1993 8.57
1994 8.21
1995 10.06
1996 10.80
1997 9.05
1998 5.85
1999 11.13
2000 15.29
2001 12.27
2002 14.97
2003 21.98
2004 23.72
2005 24.27
2006 27.96
2007 22.63
2008 30.52
2009 24.37
2010 19.71
2011 20.47
2012 26.95
2013 18.45
2014 16.30
2015 11.88
2016 10.24
2017 12.32
2018 14.11
2019 13.36
2020 11.35

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