Singapore - Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) in Singapore was 73.06 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 83.80 in 1998 and a minimum value of 34.77 in 1962.

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
1962 34.77
1963 38.60
1964 42.56
1965 42.52
1966 41.36
1967 44.55
1968 47.77
1969 49.56
1970 56.11
1971 58.52
1972 59.78
1973 60.66
1974 55.75
1975 56.36
1976 51.45
1977 51.81
1978 55.95
1979 54.97
1980 54.12
1981 52.26
1982 53.18
1983 54.63
1984 56.04
1985 55.45
1986 64.67
1987 67.67
1989 73.08
1990 72.97
1991 74.99
1992 76.24
1993 78.82
1994 81.66
1995 82.99
1996 82.59
1997 81.98
1998 83.80
1999 83.21
2000 81.60
2001 80.30
2002 79.83
2003 79.68
2004 78.78
2005 47.47
2006 46.21
2007 70.58
2008 63.05
2009 65.35
2010 64.40
2011 58.69
2012 58.77
2013 58.82
2014 59.44
2015 66.86
2016 70.02
2017 66.91
2018 66.41
2019 69.12
2020 73.06

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