Solomon Islands - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Solomon Islands was 22.19 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31.98 in 2002 and a minimum value of 14.49 in 1980.

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
1970 27.18
1971 20.99
1972 26.60
1973 27.44
1974 25.77
1975 18.89
1976 21.66
1977 21.67
1978 21.54
1979 17.49
1980 14.49
1981 14.77
1982 19.45
1983 16.70
1984 21.24
1985 21.04
1986 21.59
1987 18.90
2002 31.98
2003 23.74
2004 22.32
2005 28.20
2006 23.37
2007 20.03
2008 23.12
2009 30.11
2010 26.10
2011 21.08
2012 21.42
2013 20.20
2014 23.66
2015 24.15
2016 24.12
2017 24.57
2018 22.19

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