Micronesia - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Micronesia was 36.06 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 10 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 47.11 in 2007 and a minimum value of 36.06 in 2013.

Definition: Manufactures comprise the commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (nonferrous metals).

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
2003 46.75
2004 45.26
2005 40.38
2006 43.45
2007 47.11
2008 40.22
2009 40.78
2010 37.08
2011 37.39
2012 36.12
2013 36.06

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