Serbia - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Serbia was 69.47 as of 2007. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 70.75 in 2004 and a minimum value of 59.41 in 1997.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1992 61.63
1996 59.83
1997 59.41
1998 62.83
1999 64.21
2000 63.34
2001 61.36
2002 66.91
2004 70.75
2005 65.52
2006 65.11
2007 69.47

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