Venezuela - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Venezuela was 70.66 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 86.72 in 2005 and a minimum value of 64.19 in 2007.

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
1962 77.60
1963 79.16
1964 79.66
1965 81.39
1966 80.95
1967 80.10
1968 81.15
1969 82.47
1970 82.01
1971 84.12
1972 84.46
1973 80.46
1974 80.75
1975 82.71
1976 83.42
1977 82.90
1978 83.84
1979 81.69
1980 79.07
1981 78.05
1982 81.36
1983 71.07
1984 72.09
1985 76.22
1986 80.05
1987 77.31
1990 77.29
1991 80.08
1992 83.38
1993 82.18
1994 79.10
1995 76.46
1996 76.69
1997 81.22
1998 82.03
1999 81.40
2000 81.08
2001 81.38
2002 81.72
2003 77.08
2004 79.96
2005 86.72
2006 69.57
2007 64.19
2008 78.99
2009 76.64
2010 80.83
2011 76.42
2012 76.30
2013 70.66

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