Georgia - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Georgia was 12.80 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.12 in 1996 and a minimum value of 12.16 in 2011.

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
1996 36.12
1997 33.47
1998 18.68
1999 22.53
2000 23.34
2001 20.36
2002 20.48
2003 18.11
2004 20.96
2005 17.43
2006 16.37
2007 15.69
2008 15.34
2009 13.27
2010 13.04
2011 12.16
2012 15.43
2013 15.72
2014 14.82
2015 14.61
2016 13.98
2017 14.03
2018 13.79
2019 12.73
2020 14.38
2021 12.80

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