United Kingdom - Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports) in United Kingdom was 7.66 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21.72 in 1984 and a minimum value of 2.44 in 1969.

Definition: Fuels comprise the commodities in SITC section 3 (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials).

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
1962 3.86
1963 4.04
1964 3.26
1965 2.82
1966 2.66
1967 2.56
1968 2.70
1969 2.44
1970 2.57
1971 2.57
1972 2.45
1973 2.97
1974 4.65
1975 4.12
1976 4.89
1977 6.32
1978 6.29
1979 10.11
1980 13.03
1981 18.96
1982 20.29
1983 21.59
1984 21.72
1985 21.43
1986 11.87
1987 10.96
1988 7.13
1989 6.59
1990 7.59
1991 7.23
1992 6.42
1993 7.08
1994 6.69
1995 6.20
1996 6.72
1997 6.03
1998 4.14
1999 5.55
2000 8.31
2001 8.03
2002 8.09
2003 8.18
2004 8.74
2005 9.35
2006 9.52
2007 10.28
2008 12.91
2009 11.01
2010 12.37
2011 12.62
2012 13.87
2013 11.42
2014 10.90
2015 7.02
2016 6.26
2017 7.97
2018 9.46
2019 8.60
2020 7.06
2021 7.66

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 export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports