Mauritius - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Mauritius was 21.62 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.36 in 1970 and a minimum value of 10.22 in 1988.

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
1970 36.36
1971 33.99
1972 30.27
1973 27.45
1974 33.55
1975 26.71
1976 24.23
1977 23.73
1978 26.45
1988 10.22
1989 12.48
1990 12.39
1991 12.34
1992 13.10
1993 13.87
1994 14.17
1995 16.62
1996 16.21
1997 14.89
1998 15.73
1999 13.77
2000 14.23
2001 15.74
2002 18.94
2003 17.45
2004 17.50
2005 16.66
2006 16.45
2007 18.81
2008 20.86
2009 21.55
2010 20.98
2011 21.25
2012 21.48
2013 22.05
2014 21.20
2015 21.96
2016 24.17
2017 23.99
2018 21.00
2019 20.76
2020 24.75
2021 21.62

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