Micronesia - Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in Micronesia was 0.266 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.460 in 2011 and a minimum value of 0.044 in 2004.

Definition: Agricultural raw materials comprise SITC section 2 (crude materials except fuels) excluding divisions 22, 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap).

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
2002 0.173
2003 0.155
2004 0.044
2005 0.051
2006 0.382
2007 0.378
2008 0.337
2009 0.197
2010 0.382
2011 0.460
2012 0.360
2013 0.266

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 export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports