Haiti - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Haiti was 58.72 as of 1981. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 68.28 in 1970 and a minimum value of 52.78 in 1976.

Definition: Manufactures comprise the commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (nonferrous 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
1970 68.28
1971 62.54
1972 61.86
1973 62.56
1974 56.14
1975 53.99
1976 52.78
1977 56.39
1978 57.84
1979 59.64
1981 58.72

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