China - Ores and metals imports
Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports)
The value for Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) in China was 13.46 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14.74 in 2011 and a minimum value of 2.47 in 1986.
Definition: Ores and metals comprise 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.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 5.53 |
| 1985 | 3.90 |
| 1986 | 2.47 |
| 1987 | 2.89 |
| 1992 | 4.80 |
| 1993 | 3.87 |
| 1994 | 3.40 |
| 1995 | 4.44 |
| 1996 | 4.51 |
| 1997 | 4.82 |
| 1998 | 5.02 |
| 1999 | 5.31 |
| 2000 | 5.95 |
| 2001 | 5.97 |
| 2002 | 5.39 |
| 2003 | 5.77 |
| 2004 | 7.62 |
| 2005 | 8.99 |
| 2006 | 9.38 |
| 2007 | 11.96 |
| 2008 | 13.19 |
| 2009 | 13.63 |
| 2010 | 14.33 |
| 2011 | 14.74 |
| 2012 | 13.11 |
| 2013 | 12.70 |
| 2014 | 11.51 |
| 2015 | 10.18 |
| 2016 | 10.17 |
| 2017 | 11.30 |
| 2018 | 10.69 |
| 2019 | 11.89 |
| 2020 | 13.46 |
Classification
Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators
Sub-Topic: Imports
