Food imports (% of merchandise imports) - Country Ranking - Oceania

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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Rank Country Value Year
1 Kiribati 43.69 2020
2 Tonga 27.18 2014
3 Samoa 25.47 2019
4 Vanuatu 24.96 2011
5 Palau 22.96 2018
6 Fiji 22.46 2020
7 Solomon Islands 22.19 2018
8 Tuvalu 21.53 2008
9 New Caledonia 15.76 2015
10 New Zealand 11.37 2021
11 Papua New Guinea 11.03 2012
12 Australia 6.44 2021

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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.