Caribbean small states - Food exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Caribbean small states was 12.68 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.32 in 1997 and a minimum value of 8.57 in 1991.

Definition: Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).

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 12.01
1969 11.64
1970 14.47
1971 14.18
1972 15.93
1973 13.94
1974 12.94
1975 17.91
1976 13.55
1977 13.04
1978 12.95
1979 12.93
1980 8.94
1981 9.73
1982 8.68
1983 9.53
1984 9.93
1985 10.02
1986 11.74
1987 11.95
1991 8.57
1992 13.02
1993 14.72
1994 15.19
1995 15.87
1996 16.42
1997 20.32
1998 20.29
1999 16.94
2000 15.43
2001 13.76
2002 14.80
2003 14.94
2004 14.09
2005 13.59
2006 11.97
2007 11.15
2008 10.79
2009 12.55
2010 11.33
2011 10.56
2012 11.40
2013 11.27
2014 11.23
2015 12.68

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 export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports