Luxembourg - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Luxembourg was 12.09 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.60 in 2020 and a minimum value of 9.30 in 2001.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1999 10.72
2000 9.80
2001 9.30
2002 10.42
2003 11.18
2004 10.55
2005 10.22
2006 9.38
2007 9.45
2008 9.43
2009 11.92
2010 11.16
2011 9.68
2012 10.03
2013 10.96
2014 11.77
2015 12.26
2016 12.36
2017 11.96
2018 12.41
2019 12.13
2020 13.60
2021 12.09

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