Panama - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Panama was 10.16 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14.14 in 2003 and a minimum value of 2.85 in 2012.

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
1962 13.75
1963 11.79
1964 13.96
1965 11.51
1966 11.13
1967 10.01
1968 9.97
1969 9.63
1970 9.99
1971 12.33
1972 10.47
1973 11.21
1974 10.07
1975 8.82
1976 9.37
1977 9.94
1978 9.33
1979 9.80
1980 10.06
1981 9.04
1982 9.25
1983 10.76
1984 10.48
1985 12.05
1986 12.77
1987 11.24
1995 10.71
1996 11.12
1997 10.41
1998 11.51
1999 11.53
2000 11.60
2001 12.19
2002 13.42
2003 14.14
2004 13.29
2005 12.47
2006 6.91
2007 6.93
2008 7.78
2009 7.94
2010 8.00
2011 7.43
2012 2.85
2013 3.90
2014 4.38
2015 4.22
2016 5.00
2017 10.16

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