Papua New Guinea - Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in Papua New Guinea was 2.92 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31.09 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1971.

Definition: Fuels comprise the commodities in SITC section 3 (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1971 0.00
1972 0.00
1973 0.00
1974 0.00
1975 0.00
1976 0.00
1981 0.02
1982 0.07
1983 0.05
1984 0.05
1985 0.62
1986 0.33
1987 0.36
1998 15.80
2000 28.75
2001 31.09
2002 22.63
2003 20.32
2004 19.95
2011 3.80
2012 2.92

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