Antigua and Barbuda - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Antigua and Barbuda was 26.62 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.34 in 2012 and a minimum value of 14.85 in 2006.

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
1973 20.11
1974 17.93
1975 19.82
1977 31.51
1978 33.33
1981 23.86
1999 21.83
2000 21.67
2005 17.59
2006 14.85
2007 20.05
2009 17.60
2010 21.35
2011 23.92
2012 37.34
2013 35.59
2014 22.54
2015 27.06
2016 22.99
2017 23.04
2018 27.38
2019 26.62

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