Virgin Islands - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Virgin Islands was 58.50 as of 1978. As the graph below shows, over the past 8 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 63.18 in 1973 and a minimum value of 4.18 in 1977.

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
1970 40.55
1971 54.77
1972 55.83
1973 63.18
1977 4.18
1978 58.50

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