Syrian Arab Republic - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Syrian Arab Republic was 21.04 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28.14 in 1974 and a minimum value of 11.85 in 1977.

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.

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Year Value
1974 28.14
1975 21.38
1976 17.18
1977 11.85
1978 18.02
1979 13.62
1980 14.10
1981 15.63
1982 14.46
1983 19.80
1984 18.82
1985 18.96
1986 17.16
1987 16.39
2000 19.33
2001 12.35
2002 16.30
2003 18.95
2004 16.72
2005 17.78
2006 13.23
2007 12.61
2008 14.02
2009 22.86
2010 21.04

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