Tuvalu - Ores and metals imports
Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports)
The value for Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) in Tuvalu was 2.77 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.54 in 2006 and a minimum value of 0.11 in 1977.
Definition: Ores and metals comprise commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous 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 |
|---|---|
| 1977 | 0.11 |
| 1978 | 0.71 |
| 1979 | 0.36 |
| 1980 | 0.38 |
| 1981 | 0.34 |
| 1982 | 0.56 |
| 1985 | 1.04 |
| 1997 | 0.24 |
| 1998 | 0.40 |
| 1999 | 0.73 |
| 2001 | 0.26 |
| 2002 | 0.39 |
| 2004 | 0.26 |
| 2005 | 0.24 |
| 2006 | 3.54 |
| 2008 | 2.77 |
Classification
Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators
Sub-Topic: Imports
