Caribbean small states - Ores and metals exports

Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Caribbean small states was 7.65 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15.15 in 1973 and a minimum value of 0.46 in 1969.

Definition: Ores and metals comprise the commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous 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
1968 0.48
1969 0.46
1970 5.58
1971 4.83
1972 6.42
1973 15.15
1974 12.92
1975 3.98
1976 4.51
1977 4.97
1978 4.50
1979 5.96
1980 2.02
1981 4.21
1982 1.88
1983 1.72
1984 2.65
1985 1.76
1986 2.04
1987 2.23
1991 6.52
1992 5.34
1993 4.83
1994 13.17
1995 12.74
1996 11.86
1997 13.86
1998 14.07
1999 13.87
2000 5.78
2001 6.26
2002 5.91
2003 5.98
2004 5.97
2005 6.26
2006 5.88
2007 8.08
2008 7.96
2009 5.64
2010 4.93
2011 5.18
2012 4.34
2013 5.06
2014 5.42
2015 7.65

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports