Bangladesh - Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Bangladesh was 95.81 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 95.81 in 2015 and a minimum value of 57.31 in 1977.

Definition: Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 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 57.31
1978 61.47
1979 64.53
1980 67.65
1981 67.15
1982 61.54
1983 61.00
1984 64.31
1985 65.80
1986 64.29
1987 71.61
1989 73.99
1990 77.49
1991 79.77
1992 83.26
1993 83.97
1994 83.88
1995 85.15
1996 87.23
1997 88.38
1998 90.68
2000 90.51
2001 92.70
2002 89.69
2003 92.91
2004 91.91
2005 91.19
2006 91.33
2007 88.28
2008 91.91
2009 92.70
2010 91.69
2011 92.79
2012 92.80
2013 93.54
2015 95.81

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