Palau - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Palau was 50.82 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 57.29 in 2016 and a minimum value of 39.88 in 2011.

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
2007 44.78
2008 40.98
2009 46.07
2010 45.27
2011 39.88
2012 40.05
2013 45.39
2014 48.21
2015 54.65
2016 57.29
2017 55.19
2018 50.82

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