Colombia - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Colombia was 15.18 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15.18 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.50 in 1963.

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.

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Year Value
1962 7.66
1963 5.50
1964 9.05
1965 8.35
1966 10.72
1967 7.35
1968 7.70
1969 7.96
1970 7.69
1971 10.31
1972 8.65
1973 12.09
1974 13.32
1975 9.42
1976 12.21
1977 12.44
1978 10.73
1979 10.54
1980 11.71
1981 10.21
1982 10.72
1983 10.91
1984 10.23
1985 9.49
1986 8.70
1987 7.95
1991 6.69
1992 9.31
1993 7.61
1994 8.84
1995 9.39
1996 12.57
1997 11.13
1998 11.80
1999 12.89
2000 11.93
2001 11.73
2002 12.15
2003 11.37
2004 10.58
2005 8.88
2006 8.89
2007 9.16
2008 10.14
2009 10.27
2010 9.70
2011 9.52
2012 10.33
2013 9.99
2014 9.51
2015 10.30
2016 13.04
2017 12.64
2018 12.54
2019 12.56
2020 15.18

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