Ireland - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Ireland was 3.92 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14.80 in 1982 and a minimum value of 2.54 in 1998.

Definition: Fuels comprise the commodities in SITC section 3 (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials).

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
1963 8.94
1964 8.52
1965 8.45
1966 8.65
1967 9.61
1968 8.36
1969 7.58
1970 8.09
1971 9.06
1972 7.53
1973 6.80
1974 13.91
1975 14.09
1976 13.40
1977 12.60
1978 10.11
1979 12.05
1980 14.79
1981 14.68
1982 14.80
1983 13.49
1984 12.41
1985 11.89
1986 8.49
1987 7.38
1988 5.64
1989 5.49
1990 6.43
1991 5.87
1992 5.19
1993 4.77
1994 3.85
1995 3.29
1996 3.69
1997 3.47
1998 2.54
1999 2.92
2000 4.07
2001 3.85
2002 3.23
2003 3.79
2004 5.26
2005 6.85
2006 7.76
2007 9.02
2008 11.46
2009 9.87
2010 11.58
2011 13.18
2012 12.82
2013 12.39
2014 10.46
2015 7.32
2016 5.11
2017 5.94
2018 6.63
2019 6.05
2020 3.92

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