Latvia - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Latvia was 14.49 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18.10 in 2020 and a minimum value of 10.40 in 2006.

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
1994 10.54
1995 10.47
1996 12.95
1997 13.42
1998 12.82
1999 12.41
2000 12.29
2001 12.39
2002 12.87
2003 11.69
2004 10.74
2005 10.76
2006 10.40
2007 10.45
2008 12.70
2009 16.56
2010 14.76
2011 13.42
2012 13.59
2013 13.81
2014 14.57
2015 14.17
2016 15.73
2017 16.08
2018 15.48
2019 16.29
2020 18.10
2021 14.49

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