Canada - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Canada was 6.22 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.46 in 2008 and a minimum value of 3.32 in 1999.

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
1962 7.80
1963 8.23
1964 7.35
1965 7.26
1966 6.45
1967 6.50
1968 6.39
1969 5.05
1970 5.61
1971 5.84
1972 5.73
1973 5.68
1974 10.50
1975 12.05
1976 10.82
1977 9.93
1978 9.04
1979 9.28
1980 12.38
1981 12.37
1982 10.06
1983 6.98
1984 6.45
1985 6.06
1986 4.73
1987 4.89
1988 3.91
1989 4.69
1990 6.28
1991 4.87
1992 4.35
1993 3.99
1994 3.48
1995 3.62
1996 4.31
1997 4.38
1998 3.34
1999 3.32
2000 5.30
2001 5.71
2002 4.98
2003 6.37
2004 7.15
2005 9.25
2006 9.20
2007 9.39
2008 12.46
2009 9.47
2010 10.17
2011 11.90
2012 11.18
2013 10.95
2014 10.37
2015 7.02
2016 6.31
2017 6.99
2018 7.95
2019 7.27
2020 4.95
2021 6.22

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