IDA only - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in IDA only was 63.29 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65.84 in 2004 and a minimum value of 59.04 in 2008.

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
2000 62.70
2001 63.16
2002 62.56
2003 63.31
2004 65.84
2005 64.93
2006 61.94
2007 61.59
2008 59.04
2009 61.51
2010 60.86
2011 59.55
2012 59.40
2013 61.41
2014 60.37
2015 63.66
2016 65.83
2017 65.14
2018 62.92
2019 63.29

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